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About Blender Fox

Recreational road-runner, blender/CG rookie, linux user (LE-1, LPIC-1, SUSE CLA 11, SUSE 11 Tech Spec), programmer, avid tinkerer (I'm always breaking things), self-confessed anime & manga otaku & japanophile

Chickenshed 10K Run

It’s been a while since I posted anything about this, but yesterday, I got a certificate in the post from Chickenshed acknowledging I completed the 10K and raised the great sum of…. £80. Not much, I know, but the main thing is the experience. First time in a charity running race, and what an experience :)

Mikko Hypponen: How the NSA betrayed the world’s trust — time to act | Video on TED.com

Mikko Hypponen: How the NSA betrayed the world's trust — time to act | Video on TED.com.

Jack Andraka: A promising test for pancreatic cancer … from a teenager | Video on TED.com

Jack Andraka. Remember that name. If this test works the way he says it does, he’s going to be one crazy rich guy. Also, look at the way he does his presentation, he keeps your attention, doesn’t bore you with too many slides and is very passionate about what he says.

Jack Andraka: A promising test for pancreatic cancer … from a teenager | Video on TED.com.

Shingles

Went to see my GP today and the short of it is he agrees with the Shingles diagnosis, and even gave me a quick 5-minute lesson in it. He was surprised that it WASN’T hurting or itching – although it does when I try to sleep on it, and that I suspect is because the blisters are starting to scab up and as a result, my skin gets pulled as I roll over in my sleep).

I have one more day’s worth of anti-viral, and my GP says I should leave it alone to clear up by itself afterwards, and if it doesn’t clear after a while, then come back. I actually had to push him for a suggested duration to decide how long before seeing him again. We decided if it doesn’t clear after 4 weeks to come back.

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CGI girl ‘Sweetie’, 10, used to catch 1,000 paedophiles in internet chatrooms

The line between fantasy and reality is getting ever more blurry. A CG girl manages to snare over 1000 paedophiles? Here’s another example of how close to realism CG has gone.

 

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F*** It….

FLOSS isn’t without it’s humour. It’s the only time you can say “Fork It” without getting in trouble for swearing ^_^