Red Dead Redemption

Number one daughter texted me to ask me what kind of Father’s Day I was having. “Oh” I replied, “I just learnt to ride and shot a bunch of coyotes. Next I’m going out with the sheriff to round up a gang of rustlers. “

The family had clubbed together and got me the game  “Red Dead Redemption”  (or “Grand Theft Horsey” as some people call it).  Fantastic. It is like being inside a western movie. The thing that impresses me most is the depth of the scenario and the attention to detail. If I was at school and preparing for a test on life in the old west then I reckon a few days of this would probably give me enough of a feel of the place and time to at least get a pass. Particularly if the exam had a section on headshots.

Perhaps people could learn Latin by playing “Grand Theft Chariot” or whatever.  Then again, perhaps not. Either way it is a darned fine game that I’m looking forward to working my way through.

Apparently in the follow up game you take control of a design agency and through a mixture of cold blooded executions and nifty product placement take over the world. It is called “Red or Dead Redemption”.

Helicopter Repair Day

I love the phrase “Big Size”.

A neat little package arrived today from Hong Kong. This contained an unbroken version of the bit of my helicopter I smashed a week or so ago. I thought it would take a minute or so to fit the replacement. Not so. We had to remove a little metal pin from a little plastic thing, and then put it back without any damage.

We got one out of two, but it the craft is now mostly mended. It doesn’t quite hang in the air like it used to, but that is because the stabiliser bar is now stiffer than it use to be and so I’ll have to loosen that bit. But it is a lot more mended than it was.

Want One – Parrot Drone

I so, so, soooo want one of these.

New Glasses

I got some new glasses last week. I came to the conclusion that it would be nice to be able to see things closer than two feet from me, something which my existing specs didn’t let me do very well. I’ve already been able to fix my robot dog using my new super vision skills. I was actually able to see the deposit on the battery terminals from a leaky Duracell that was stopping him (it) from powering up.

I’m now going round the house looking at things close up and marvelling at the details.  The downside is that when I check the mirror I now look around 10 years older…

Things to Do

Got back to work and the first thing I did was make a list of around 15 tasks that I need to do. I like making lists of tasks. The first thing on the list is always “make a list of tasks”. Then, when I’ve finished the list I can cross that one off….