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I was thinking on how you would effectively model activities that may occur in the real world in order to create a game where you can play god and, without actually doing anything obviously god-like, affect the way the world works in various ways in order to create a ‘ripple effect’ - e.g. genetically changing a virus just ever-so-slightly, sending a cosmic ray to just the wrong place to give someone a tumour, changing the direction of tectonic plates in a way so as to cause a major earthquake etc. ...

Well, last day at Apple, handing back all my equipment etc. It’s always kind of strange leaving a company behind that you’ve built up a repository of knowledge about, even with relatively short contracts. 12 months is plenty of time to get kind of used to a place. Any lasting contribution that I can feel ‘That is going to get used an make a difference?’ I guess the biggest one has to be the Account Planning project. ...

Well went to see this at the Islington Vue. And to be honest it was somewhat disappointing. Not sure why - just seemed really slow-going. Long tracts of teenage swooneyness interjected with brief moments of plot / adventure. It’s also quite some way from capturing the foreboding of the book. Ah well. I’d say it was ‘cause I’m a bloke. But as Pat & Becca felt similarly, maybe not. Chloe enjoyed it though - so maybe aimed more at the 9-12yr old market. And no idea why it’s a 12a. Well, it’s an early-evening out. ...

Went to see wicked at the weekend with Chloe. She really loved it. Unfortunately, put me in a room with the lights turned down and a bit stuffy, and roll out the ballads, and the old eyelids start going. Oops. Well, I don’t think I fell asleep - but the first half was a lot of setting up of the plot. Second half was great - some memorable numbers, and quite a clever tie-in of the original Oz story - think Rosencrantz & Guilderstern with a more recent reference and lots of green. Possibly one of those that would be better on a second viewing with more than four hours sleep the previous night. ...