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From the archives

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So. I love the wayback machine. I found all these gems AND my old blog. The photos below were all taken in 1999, when we started having LAN parties, 5-6 of us descending on a friends computer shop where he was working. We did 24 hours including midnight mooches to a kebap house just across the road. Playing CS, red alert, unreal tournament etc all the latest games at the time. Back then you needed a voodoo 3DFX graphics card to run most games. No £1,000 price tags, just a simple graphics card for around £100.

We had so much fun in those days. Before life began really, some of my favourite memories were born here.

Two individuals working at a desk in an office setting, one is looking at an open cardboard box while the other assists. Visible items include a tripod, computer equipment, and various office supplies.
Two young males sitting in a computer room with desktop computers, one looking at the camera with a playful expression and the other focused on a computer screen.
A young person seated at a desk in a computer lab, using a desktop computer with two monitors. They are wearing glasses and a light jacket, engaged in computer activity. A bottle of drink is placed on the desk.
A young man sitting at a desk in front of a computer monitor, making a peace sign with his hand. The monitor displays a strategy game. Other computers and various items are visible in the background.
Two children sitting at desks with old desktop computers, one with a blue screen and the other displaying static. The room has a window with raindrops on it.
Two young men seated at computer desks in a room with a window. One man is looking towards the camera while the other is focused on his screen. There are cardboard boxes and packaging scattered around the room.

College. And its dangerous proximity to a pub

We all went to college together in Wales doing a two year advanced IT course. We made many a trip to the local pub at lunch time or if the lessons finished early. Granted we were all underage at the time but in those days no one really cared so long as you weren’t 12 years old. Here is a selection of photos I’ve salvaged from that time.

A young man with glasses sits at a table in a pub setting, wearing a light jacket. Beside him, another figure with a festive green and red hat is also present. The background features cozy seating and dim lighting, with patrons visible in the distance.
Three friends making funny faces while sitting at a table in a pub, with drinks and snacks in front of them.
A group of young people sitting at a table in a pub, with one person wearing sunglasses and a hat. A balloon figure is placed on the table, surrounded by drinks and snacks.
A group of five young men wearing festive hats and drinking beverages in a pub, gathered around a table with snacks and glasses. The interior features patterned curtains and a warm atmosphere.
Three young men sitting at a table in a pub, two are looking at the camera while one smiles. Empty drink bottles and glasses are on the table.
Group of young men sitting in a pub, one holding a white t-shirt with a logo, with drinks and food on the table.
A young man holding a glass of beer, smiling at the camera, while another young man sits in the background looking away.
A group of young adults sitting at a table in a pub, some holding drinks, with one person eating a burger. The background shows a bar and another individual standing.
Group of friends sitting at a table in a pub, with drinks and a relaxed atmosphere. One person has spiky hair, while others have varying hairstyles. The setting includes low lighting and decorative walls.
Three young men sitting on a railing by the beach, two holding cigars, with a coastal town in the background under a cloudy sky.

My good old blog

I managed to extract a post written back in 2003. At that time I was in university, oddly enough about 500m from where we used to live in the student halls. Which has since been demolished and is now the site of a gated community.

Wednesday, May 21, 2003

You know I thought the cleaner was annoying, I have decided that Sylvia the warden is equally annoying now. 11am she comes into the flat shouting ‘Is any body in?’ and then starts whistling loudly. Apparently a noise complaint was made about the flat monday morning or something by security. So we all had to go and argue with her about it, because that was the one day we didn’t actually make any noise.
That was fun, once we explained to her that it wasn’t us and security were a bunch of wankers, we sat in her office talking about stupid things people have done whilst they stayed at the halls, apparently last year, the people in are flat put a VHS tape in the microwave, which in turn blew the microwave up and they chucked it out of the second story window..and then the year before that someone stole a luggage trolly from the train station, take it back to the halls, and use it to tow a mini(car) in the car park and hid it behind a building. So we were just laughing are asses off, also found out that someone stole a pear tree from the quad, one day it was there, and the next it was replaced by a hole or something…

Went off to town with Tom, Mez and Rolf to go out and get things, which I’ll tell ya about later because someone might read this and find out what we were doing and will kill the suprise.

I got bored and found some pictures that I never stuck up on the site before, so click here, just various random picture of things over the past few weeks, nothing major.

I watched the last ever buffy episode, awwww, good episode though, downloaded it last night when someone abandoned me. Would have thought they would have made it longer or something, but was good anyway, but aww, not because its ended but from what happened.

I then spent till 5am looking at clothes online…kill me now, I’ve turned into a girl 😛 nah, I’m joking, I got bored and remembered I need new shoes and stuff, so found a load of decent sites to get stuff off 🙂

Song: Green Day – Blood, sex, and booze [lyrics]

ranted by m0rph . @ 5:43 PM ::

Conclusion

My writing style has changed a little bit, not much, still blogging about random stuff happening in my life and running a commentary. It’s been nice looking through the old posts, it brought back some nice memories. I’ll have to see if I can dig out anymore.

Knowing you, knowing me

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Why did you start blogging?

It was a cold depressing day in north Wales. This was back in 1998, the days of the dialup, Napster and all the good stuff before society got in the way. I discovered this thing called blogging and started reading multiple blogs. Most were using something called BlogSpot, which was perfect. You could edit HTML on the fly and it just worked.

So I thought I would get on the bandwagon and start my own. Twisted Reality it was called. I and all my college friends had one. I would upload photos from the LAN nights we used to have, I’d rant about various things and every Friday I tried designing new layouts.

It started out of a sense of wanting to keep a diary, but making it public was my way of sharing with the world, I still love blogging but since they monetized everything it all comes at a price now.

I’ll have to go on the ‘way back when’ site to drag some example content out.