Having always been a fan of the Wipeout set of games, this ‘arcade’ game particularly interests me….

Now if only it had powerups and weapons.. I’d be sold!

RACER DEMO 0.1 – video game mashup from sputnic on Vimeo.

So I’ve finally started preparing for 3 peaks (with 3 days to go) and I thought I’d share my packing list so far with everyone (just incase you find yourself packing for a mountain walking trip with 72 hours to spare).

Here goes (I have a fellow walker named ‘Dee’ to thank for this list);

• Map
• Compass
• Gloves
• Hat
• Waterproofs
• GPS
• Mobile phone
• Spare socks
• First aid kit
• Sunglasses
• Head torch
• Toilet paper
• Camera
• Glucose tablets
• Survival blanket
• Optional: walking poles
• Winter: Crampons

Pretty simple really.. And I think I’m all sorted except for the glucose tablets (seriously – they’re not easy to find anymore!)

Any other recommendations are welcome in the comments!

Popular (well with me at least) blog lifehacker.com has released a list of 10 underhyped webapps.. worth checking out

http://lifehacker.com/5361979/top-10-underhyped-webapps-2009-edition

One of my major gripes with facebook has always been the sheer amount of people that use groups to retrieve friends numbers after loosing their phone.  At one point I was being invited to a “XXXXX got drunk and lost thier phone, NUMBERS PLEASE!!” group once a day.

I mean not only were you stupid enough to loose your phone, but you’re stupid enough to create a

The Facebook create group screen with notification

group on facebook, which not only lists your numbers, but those of the individuals silly enough to post their contact details in…! </rant>

Anyway – it seems facebook has finally got wind of all this pointless group creation and has added the following warning to the create group page… advising those of you that are creating a group that you can retrieve your friends numbers by other means!