Word 2007, Cyber Nations, Jane Eyre and more

I am using word 2k7 to post this blog. It enables me (heh! Is that English?) to do all sorts of things like this

Which I won't be doing ever again, of course.

Anyways.

I have been playing this game cybernations on the internet. A limited enough creation, you set up a nation, trade for resources go to war etc. I got two of the worst resources in the game: Furs and Sugar. Michael tells me I should delete my nation and start again. I have an issue with this. Why can't I progress using the resources I've been given, rather than cave and have what everybody else has? I think exploiting the game mechanic in this way takes the game out of the game. I think I am just going to pick a fight I can't win and let my nation suffer.

What about Jane Eyre you say? Well, A few folk have come here looking for information on her. I hope you weren't disappointed.

No way to add labels either. Bah.

Release Day

Lucky us working late today with a software release.

Apophenia, Synchronicity or Succubus?

I have talked about apophenia before (seeing connections in random or meaningless data). I don’t think the following counts, it leans towards synchronicity.

Or she was a succubus.



Let me explain. Three timelines in play here:

Back when I was a kid, I used to say I’d be a botanist when I grew up. At the time, I was mildly obsessive about nature (I still am). Mum used to say we’d go down the Amazon. Paints a nice family picture, huh?

Hop forward to my mid-to-late teens. I am involved in a ‘biblical’ relationship with a German girl. She also has this type of relationship with a few other guys. Can’t really say it was an issue at the time, or now for that matter.

Hop forward to present day. I was visiting my folks yesterday, when a couple of their friends popped over. Turns out their daughter is working in the Amazon on a botany field trip, being led by said German girl.


A couple of answers to this:

It’s a coincidence (or incoincident)

She’s a Succubus, and stole my mojo.

She always wanted to be a Network Engineer/Sys Admin and we swapped destinies.

Jungian Synchronicity.


I’m leaning toward Succubus. It all makes sense to me. Either that or she was some sort of carnal Sylar. No more conclusions than that. Thoughts?