Scott Walker

Alice Joan Walker

2007-06-26T13:28:51Z

And this is baby Alice, sorry for the massive lack of posts but it's been a long time concentrating on making sure everything went according to plan.

Myself and Ruth are really happy.

Spiffy news

2005-09-27T16:11:15Z

We've announced it to a few friends already and I think the rumourmill has been a-working...

However official announcement and all that.

Ruth and I are having a Baby, it (for we do not wish to enquire as to the sex of the child) is due next May. It's all massivly exciting and a little daunting. Some Larp friends might not see us for a while though as priorities get shifted.

The Ice Hotel break is something of a celebration, somewhere Roo has always wanted to go and I think it's going to be an ideal time to get away.

Holiday booking woes

2005-09-21T16:16:49Z

I have a provisional booking for the Ice hotel held until tomorrow...

Roo has wanted to go since forever and they have one space left for the date we want. And my cover at work is being a pain about signing off on it.

I'm beginning to feel a little vexed.

Welcome (back) to the mobile Age.

2005-09-09T16:11:13Z

After much problems with previous mobile including
a) too whizzy for it's own good
b) lack of ability to hold charge
c) lack of coverage in the north (and no internet coverage at all up here *sulk*)
d) shaped like a brick and about as heavy

Which all added up to it sitting at home uncharged.

I have shelled out for two matching Motorola V3 noirs for myself and Roo.
These are
a) Fairly basic as far as new phones go
b) have nice long standby times
c) According to the website map coverage on Orange looks much better then 3 was.
d) Slender and pretty, weight 95g.

So as of Tuesday we will be phoneable, textable and all that jazz.
Although I've mainly bought them so we can phone each other.

http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handset/motorola_v3_black/detail/pay_monthly

gsw @ 2005-08-08T14:19:00

2005-08-08T13:34:40Z

Ran my first Ars Magica game on Saturday.

Overall was very impressed with the smoothness of fifth edition, the only bit that is currently hurting my head is metacreator... however, I suspect this might be an app where reading the help file may actually help a lot.

I wouldn't like to record keep this game on pen and paper.

Players seemed happy and picked themselves a mid term goal.

More prep required for the next session.

Dan Dare

2005-08-04T13:47:11Z

Have discovered Dan Dare serialised on Radio 7

Listen again section, Monday -> Thursday 6pm

Top stuff :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/monday/

Catch up

2005-08-04T10:38:07Z

Event done and sleep cycle returning to normal, mainly tired but reminded of how much I enjoy actuation. A few niggles and things that didn't go well but for the most part the player base seemed entertained. I think we did a pretty good job. Cuffley though was very strange to go back to, especially after getting used to it being half an hour down the road, 4 and a half hour drive was just plain wierd.

Ars Magicka this weekend, first session and first tabletop I've run since the move... slightly nervy,although I've done more prep for this then I've ever done for a tabletop game before I still don't feel it's quite enough.

Really looking forward to it though.

Shopping tonight for food for my house guests and probably doing "The Battle of Darrowshire" on warcraft with my guild. The culmination of a really nice plotline involving trying to save the soul of a dead child and her Father. Tonight we summon all the ghosts and undead who took place in the original battle and try to change the course of history. Revenant plot no.2 but I'm really looking forward to it, oh and we're going to need at least 10 people there to assist, last time we tried it we got so wiped out.

now though, off home for lunch... the perks of Yorkshire life :)

more trouble...

2005-07-21T12:55:14Z

all you london folks ok then?

gsw @ 2005-07-08T09:30:00

2005-07-08T08:38:13Z

Got into work to loads of emails from my american colleagues wishing me well as I work for an American team and know them all pretty well it's not too suprising, don't think they understood that I work in Leeds now but they also wished that all my friends were ok. I felt a little guilty at all this sympathy being aimed at me.

I was quite touched and thought that those who were actually affected should know that the world really does care.

So dear friends, lots of people you don't know hope that you are all safe and well. I told them you all were.

Want to help

2005-07-07T13:21:04Z

Roo just reminded me that there are a number of blood giving services operating today, and well... blood is going to be required.

I'm going across after work.

It's a small thing but I think I need to do something to help.
Putting this here in case anyone else thinks it's a good idea.

(edit)

www.blood.co.uk

Has a search facility.

Reports about a bus exploding

2005-07-07T09:31:32Z

This kind of puts the power surge thing into a new perspective....

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1188265,00.html

oh hell...

Everyone ok

2005-07-07T09:23:46Z

Hearing about the tubes and things up here...

Everyone I know ok in London?

on the death of anti-heroes

2005-06-27T08:55:59Z

Had one of the best weekends Larp for a while and then I got bit of a case of heatstroke things went a bit blurry and I ended up without a character. I do hate losing the things, especially Larp ones it's the danger that makes the immersion complete though, without the chance of losing the character there would be no real investment in playing it.

So exit stage left one character and this time I didn't have another waiting in the wings (although I am working on that one).

Lost some sleep last night, reliving 'the moment' as I always do and now I'm just trying to fill the void of plans and schemes that I had.

The challenges now are the old difficult ones.

* To play something distinctive from the last one.
* To build a new set of relationships again.
* To decide a new set of win conditions and decide what game I want to play with the new guy.
* To find a first name that is distinctive, fits and isn't common so I can take it and shape it.
* To find the right look of kit so that I can properly immerse myself in the new character.
* To find myself a reference for the character that I can soak up before playing him.

Some of these are done, some are not and I've only got this week to sort it.

Piggy

2005-06-21T12:18:58Z

My pig offered without comment...
http://drawapig.desktopcreatures.com/gallery/large.asp?id=522705&p=0&hof=1&q=personality+test

rats!

2005-06-13T15:51:49Z

Our work social function and seminars to Brussells just got cancelled. A real shame as last year was really good fun.

The plane ticket is none-refundable and none-transferable but unfortunately the cost of getting a second ticket for Roo is now prohibitive and there would be hotels etc. on top of that.

Pretty sad about it, but could see it coming to be honest.

Went home to see Roo at Luchtime, she's looking a lot better. Hopefully it's just a 24 hour thing.

Weekends and things

2005-06-13T09:51:06Z

Ilford trip was v. good lots of excellent tabletop followed by good food and good company, shame to miss the concert but really couldn't get the day off on the Monday.

Nice to see everyone, it kinda showed just how much we had missed people since moving. Must get out and find a roleplaying group. (Anyone within driving distance of Pontefract fancy an Ars Magicka 5th campaign?).

Drive home was a bit filled with traffic and the odd accident (not with us in greatfully) as the rain came down in torrents, visibility went to nothing and aquaplaning was the order of the day.

And just to confirm the reason I play my mmorpg's on a roleplay server (where the below is not the norm...)

Roo has developed a *mysterious* cough brought back from Ilford and is at home poor thing. I'm gonna nip back at Lunchtime and see how whe is doing.

Oh and a recent net discovery...

Fellowship of the ring done in l33t

http://home.student.uu.se/jeli3351/LOTR.txt

Made me giggle somewhat.

Warcraft

2005-05-03T08:59:03Z

Have now hit level 40 with my primary character on Earthen Ring and cannot afford a horse...

Bit of a disaster this as one of the main benefits of hitting that level is that mounts become available. Roo on the other hand is a Paladin and gets hers for free (not the 40 gold + riding lessons that I have to pay).

So this week is mainly going to be about money-making schemes. I suspect it's time to start mugging ogres for their hard earned silver.

none-geeks somewhere on my road

2005-04-28T10:02:48Z

Someone on my street has an unsecured wireless network... completely open no encryption, no security.

Is the message about how easy it is to piggyback off it really not getting through, I suspect they must be able to see mine (although they won't be able to connect to it no-sir-ee).

Still if my net connection ever goes down or if I use up all of my monthly allowance I can just that one.

People shouldn't play with tech unless they are not prepared to understand how it works.

songs meme

2005-04-22T13:07:36Z

I had a go at doing some Fish lyrics through the google translator thing...

It didn't really make much difference to them, so I gave up.

songs

2005-04-22T12:24:59Z

last one was too easy.... hmm this one is still spottable though

*edit to post the whole thing thanks to a net search on lyrics *

In your sector, in which time is still or in the movements with your will of will you let the morning soon come, or will you leave me being here in your blackening of favourite your light of half of favourite your conscience of favourite your slave of favourite

in your sector, in which hearts make a success of you only here the will which you lead me to your armchair of bending or holding your innocence of favourite your price of favourite your Lieblingslaecheln your slave favorite to disappear here, I leave themselves with your words on your feeling of breath with your will of skin I am alive

in your sector your flames from cause of eye extreme will be born always here leaves you fire die to the bottom soon hangs, or will I is always here your leaning of favourite your play of favourite your mirror of favourite your slave of favourite hangs living your words on your feeling of breath with your will of skin I, is always here

song quiz

2005-04-22T09:18:37Z

Song taken from english to german then german to french then french to english using googles transation tool.

Can you guess what it is (I reckon it's pretty easy actually)?

if you were young and your heart you were book used opened to say phases and you leave phases (to know you, know you that you knew each other you), however in those everchanging the world, in whom we live in the types, gives you of a sigh called to phases and leaves cubes

I guess this makes me an Anti-Dug

2005-04-13T01:13:59Z

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Reality Check

2005-04-13T01:03:03Z

I just got asked for ID... That hasn't happened since I was 14.

I guess it must be the long hair, I think I'm the only guy in Arkansas who has long hair and is out of college.

I mean, I don't look younger then Salvador do I?

gsw @ 2005-04-08T13:40:00

2005-04-08T12:41:53Z

it's snowing....

Which was followed by a chous from the office (directed at me) of Welcome to the North.

test

2005-04-08T09:46:46Z