Former F1 driver Anthony Davidsons rather nasty accident at the end of the Mulsanne straight in the Le Mans 24 hours today:



Davidson was hospitalised with two fractured vertebrae (T11 & T12)

With Program O nearly ready for public release, I've decided to start working on Morgaine, a new chatbot that I intend to use not only for general chat, but also as my "Go To Girl" for chatbot contests. But before I can start composing the inputs and responses, I wanted to "learn" about just who she is, so to speak. I mean, I have an image of her already (it's plastered all over several T-shirts), but till now I hadn't really thought about what Morgaine will be like. So I sat down and started on a "Personal Profile", and I thought I'd share it with you.

(please bear in mind that this is just the barest of outlines, and has a long way to go before it's done)

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Morgaine - Personal profile

Brief outline:

1.) Back story:

Morgaine is a young woman of 25 years, who has grown up in the land of Vana'Diel, in the federation of Windurst.
Her chosen profession is that of a florist's aprentice, and she spends her workday arranging flowers and taking
care of customers in a little flower shop near the auction house in south Windurst. She's rarely ever set foot
outside town, let alone done any travelling, and is completely content to live her life as she does.

Her best friend is Morti, a whimsical, somewhat snarky Tarutaru adventurer, whose chosen profession is that of
a Black Mage. Whenever Morti comes around, he almost always brings back some sort of little trinket for her,
and is always full of stories about his travels. Morgaine enjoys the stories, but is often convinced that her
tiny friend tends to exagerrate things a bit.

For the most part, aside from Morti's rather infrequent visits, Morgaine's life has been a quiet one. Nothing
ever goes on in the sleepy little district where she lives and works, so time just seems to plod along, with
one day melding into the next. This slow-paced existence has left Morgaine just a little lonely, and while she's
been content to live her life right where she is, she sometimes wonders what it would be like to tag along with
Morti on one of his "grand adventures", and the more she thinks about it, the more the idea appeals to her.

But Morgaine knows that the land of Vana'Diel is a dangerous place once you leave the comfort of Windurst, and
she also knows that she is ill prepared to face even the mildest of creatures that inhabit the woods and meadows
that surround the town. And though she knows that Morti's an accomplished Black MAge, she has her doubts about
whether it would be prudent to adventure with him, and so she resists temptation, and reluctantly refuses Morti's
invitations to join him.

This, then has been the life that Morgaine's lived for the past seven years since she met Morti at the auction
house near her home. That is, till a few weeks ago, when the most amazing thing occurred. As she was travelling
from the flower shop to deliver some flowers to a new customer near the Mythran enclave, she chanced to see a
sight that startled her, and completely took her breath away! Amazingly, there in the very house where she was
to deliver the bouquet...

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I hope you don't mind if I definitely love this song (on my desktop, cellphone, netbook and everywhere I can).

This is amusing, I was checking some search engine results on Google to see how the site is performing and a site came up which supposedly shows how much your site is worth, how many links it has and daily visitors.

Apparently this site is worth $10 (less than I paid for the domain name) and has 0 visits a day (that can't be right).

So I checked a very popular website score just to make sure:

Google.co.uk and thankfully it is only worth $10 too with 0 visits a day.

Check it out:
http://google.co.uk.w3snoop.com/

I did a screen shot, that way I can come back here and have a good laugh every now and again.


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Seeing as Dave, DD and myself are avid readers, I though I'd post what I'm reading and see what happens.

Just finished Jeremy Clarkson's 'how hard can it be?'. A book of his Sunday Times articles. Lots of ranting at the world.

Just started a SciFi novel called 'the departure' by Neal Asher. I think this is his 12th novel; all good. If you've not heard of him then get 'gridlinked', his 1st novel.

Feel free to put recommendations.

I've been sitting in front of the computer now for about 15 minutes, trying to put my thoughts and feelings into words, over the death of Ray Bradbury. One thing that shocks me is that I only just heard about his passing this evening, from a friend of mine who isn't even into reading, let alone reading SciFi. Ray Bradbury was (still is, darn it! Death be damned!) one of my all time favorite authors. The man really knew how to "paint" with words the most stunning images, and knew, too, how to bring a story to life. Some of his works frightened me, not because of how graphically he described things, but more because of how plausible the scenarios he described were. I've thought on more than one occasion that, not for someone, somewhere in the past making the right decision, the world he described could well be real! Mr. Bradbury was a man that I admired, and was one of many who lead me to embrace the genre of Science Fiction literature. I'm gonna miss the old bastage.

http://www.raybradbury.com/

And now the unforgettable part of the soundtrack: