James Casey
The Indifferent Hat
Yes, well, it's all a bit strange, isn't it? We were young, we were foolish, we ate too many melons. I can remember when we were actively rivalling Wikipedia - that's a battle long lost, though we always had the potential to be something more. I guess the internet did catch up with what we wanted to do, but by the time it had, the power seemed to have gone out of the engines. I haven't been here actively for years, but it seemed important to come back and claim a cabin as the ship breaks out of orbit for the first time in a decade and sets forth again. And you know what? It feels right to be out there again, unfettered.
Buggered if I can remember GuideML though.
To Did List
By which I mean things I really, really was going to finish but then didn't and now might not. Anyway, they were:
People have been talking about this Guide Entry. Here are the most recent Conversations: Journal Entries Welcome to this Researcher's Journal. If you'd like to comment on anything they have written here, just click the relevant 'Discuss this Entry' button. Moan, Moan, Moan (Oct 8, 2003)Why can't the Guide be a little more like the Guide in the books insofar as entries seem to be trying too much to be factual and lacking character? Opinion is nearly always inseparable from 'fact', so all the 'according to this researcher' stuff dotted around this website's official entries seems a bit too... I dunno. It puts a wall between the Guide and the User. I mean, the Guide doesn't always have to be RIGHT, of all things, does it? Can't someone use the Guide to find a restaurant, but disagree with the Guide on whether the Beluga caviar is exquisite or not? If a User reads on the Guide that the food in such-and-such a place is very good, that User's going to be a twit if they think 'Well then that's indisputable fact'. Click here to discuss this (3 replies, Latest reply: Jul 1, 2004) Busy Day, Good Day (Apr 30, 2003) Tomorrow, that is. Hoping to watch X-Men 2 at around 12; Leicester Sq with any luck. Then a meeting at Alomo Productions in the afternoon. Click here to discuss this (No replies) Sitcom (Sep 27, 2002) A company likes it and is taking out an option on it. Hooray. Click here to discuss this (No replies) Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (May 15, 2002) Going to see this tonight - the evening before it opens worldwide! I think it goes without saying I am rather excited. Click here to discuss this ( 1 reply, Latest reply: May 22, 2002) Portilloroony (Jun 22, 2000) On the tube back from seeing 'Gladiator' this evening, Michael Portillo got on the train from Oxford Circus to Victoria. I suppose that makes him famous. He clearly wanted to introduce himself to me, but was too shy. Click here to discuss this (No replies) Click here to see more Journal Entries Most Recent Conversations
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