Happy Birthday Elite

This is going to be a schizophrenic blog entry as there hasn't been any major events going on at the moment. Last week started with another win of the Pond pub quiz but a shallow victory with only three teams entering then one too drunk to care. Friday's TV experiment by Derren Brown was a mixed result though I don't think I was really concentrating. I was more insterested in the Twitterfall of people talking about him. I nearly got caught with a nasty PC virus thanks to some evil Tweet and short URL. Lesson learnt: never click on a short URL unless you know its reliable.

Saturday night was at a very local pub on Lewes Road, Brighton called the Gladstone. Go-Bang and a few other local DJs put on an all-dayer. It was a refreshing change not to need a taxi but the drink prices were still steep. Good to meet a few new people and the neo-disco sounds were quite cool. Alot of remixed old classics catching my attention. We stayed until the end dodging the Gladstone regulars. There were alot of warning signs to keep dogs attached to their lead (or string looking at the normal clientele). Back to ours (for a change) for more cocktails and chat.

Sunday was a day of TV managing to lower our standards by watching the whole of Cannonball Run 2 film which despite the million famous people starring in it, its still corny sh*te. This was followed by watching Back to the Future which a little better but perhaps we could have done something else. With Sukey's restaurant recommendation, our laziness continued by trying Pompoko, the Japanese restaurant in town. The food was very tasty and quite cheap in comparsion with service quick and efficient. We forgot they didn't serve alcohol so went on to the Life bar where Maxxi Soundsystem (Go-Bang) were playing. Lucky we did turn up as it looked like we were the only ones.

Monday's news is featured in the headline. Elite was 25 years old this day which was launched on the old BBC Microcomputer. I never had a BBC but they released it on the ZX Spectrum 48k about a year later which I was hooked on. Another (sad?) memory was doing an English Literature project comparing the short story book of Elite to Blade Runner and Empire Stikes Back. Geek naming starts here.

Last night we looked at some local cat rescue websites as we're starting to miss a furry friend being around. Brighton's City Cat Shelter and RSPCA websites were a sorry state to read. As well as the stories behind the abandoned kitties, it was their web design that brought a lump to my throat. Quite whether I can bring myself to visit these places without wanting to adopt them all is one thing but I may look into creating a better website for them using WordPress (for free) just for the experience.