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Make your own Xbox game
August 18, 2006

Microsoft recently released "XNA", which represent a more straightforward way for hobbyists to create their own video games and play them on their PC or Xbox 360.

As a kid I would have been in heaven! It will be interesting to see how successful XNA is. Not having played with it, it's hard to tell, but my gut tells me that something like this could make a big impact.

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Shuttle Atlantis
August 10, 2006

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts115/060809tcdtqa/

As we head into mid-August, I'm getting really excited about the prospect of taking a road trip down to Florida with Graham to watch the next shuttle mission launch. Checkout the above link to see a small image of the NASA mission patch that Graham and his fellow students designed for the mission.

The hope is that we'll be able to watch it go up from the "VIP bunker", only 3 miles away from the launch site.



Kincardine Weekend
August 10, 2006

This weekend we enjoyed grandma Mary's famous hospitality at the cottage in Kincardine, and celebrated with Emily and Paul as they turned 23 and 55, respectively.



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