After some light investigation it dawned on me why I have seen the pentagram on several occasions now - usually in places where there is no obvious reason for it being there such as in town centres on a wall, or sometimes a path. It is possible, that according to ancient Scottish ancestry I may be classed as a Warlock, or in basic terms, a male witch. Warlocks were common in Scotland, it would be no surprise for me to learn this has been passed down from generation to generation. Certainly, I don't wish curses on any human, and try and use my better judgement to resolve problems as they arise without suffering inflicted or minimal intervention (if that's the right word.) One thing I became clearly aware of, especially while in Australia near the rockfaces - as I mentioned earlier - if I am anywhere near granite areas or high concentrations of particularly quartz or precious stones, I can literally feel an elevated life energy that simply can't be replicated by other means. Recent research I did, let me to discover that those stones emit a radiohalo, which is basically why this phenomenon occurs. My understanding, from Wikipedia, is that a Russian intelligence agent was found murdered, who was investigating Polonium 218 - the key element within the Radiohalo arrangement. Hence therefore, why I have chosen not to look any further into the attributes of Radiohalos.

Something about this area, or certainly worthy of note, would be the presence of freemasonry or witchcraft. The other day, while out biking I clearly saw the pentagram scrawled onto a wall with a can of car paint. This can mean either witchcraft or freemasonry, or both, who knows. My understanding of these entities is limited. All I know, is that white witches are supposed to be for the good, and black ones are the trouble, but frankly, it all scares me a bit, messing around with forces that probably don't like being disturbed. Centuries ago, these practices were common, especially around europe. Germany, in particular has well documented manifests about this. Of course the penalties were pretty damn severe in most cases, often leading to burnings around burial sites or standing stones. It would be no surprise for me to learn that witchcraft still exists today, like drugs and vice and pretty much all the stuff that's really best left alone, but I frankly can't recall the last time i've ever heard of anyone being convicted of witchcraft. I'm sure a smart lawyer would have a field day trying to make head nor tail of it. I'm hoping that if there really is that going on here, that it's the white ones operating, damn those black witches, life's hard enough as it is...

Since all the talk of the new DS3, I have been playing MarioKart64 through an emulator pretty flawlessly called Project64. This game was always fun even to this day. I can't wait for it to come out on the DS3. It was a brilliant (and still the best game imho) on the DS Lite. Until it arrives, i'll just have to make do with this emulated version... Here goes. Usually, playing through emulators isn't anywhere near as good, but on a netbook, MarioKart64 comes out pretty well. Everything is pretty much the same.

I'd maybe get into a first person shooter again, but I haven't seen anything worth getting really into since the first Half-Life. Ever since then, most of the shooters graphics requirements went to ridiculous levels. Personally, I think shooters and most games come out best using open gl. Not sure about Half Life 2 - even although the game runs fine on this netbook, or even a dedicated desktop, I don't see the fun level really increase that much with uber tight graphics. It's good just to see a game that can take advantage of realtively low spec machines and stand the test of time with good level design and sound effects etc. It's been a long time since I actually went and bought a game due to these reasons.

I'm going to personally bet that MarioKart will be the best title on the DS3 and maybe Pilotwings (although the reviews i've seen say it's all over too fast etc). Imho, I wouldn't be surprised if they turn out to be the two best titles, actually worth paying for. Mario was always good as well, but Zelda, for me, was always too big of a game to really get into and finish although I agree it should be given a high rating for mission and level design etc.

Tried this flying game today Flight Sim 2004. Again, it runs smooth as even on a netbook, I was quite surprised. Another game that is playable on full graphics was Farcry - I never got time to play these when they came out, so will prolly spend a few days on these ones.

Ok, so after many days of sitting and trying to sort out things, i went outside and saw a cool sky. Note the cloud on the right, about an hour later it turned into an anger cloud which was also worthy of note, but frankly i was too tired to photograph it. This was taken in Nelson, New Zealand.

Torrent Bay, Abel Tasman National Park in New Zealand

Walked up here the other day, very nice place.

Wellington harbour to Picton. Nice boat trip ;)
Red rocks in New Zealand