TalkRhubarb

Should really be GmailRhubarb but there we go. I was trying to get Google Apps for your domain up and running for merriweather.org.uk, but it’s very difficult because of the lack of options UKReg (who I registered the domain with) provide. No matter how hard I tried Google wouldn’t verify that I was the owner of the domain. Last night I gave up and decided I’d try with talkrhubarb.com (hosted with powweb.com). The result is that I have 50 talkrhubarb.com 2Gb gmail accounts setup so I’ve added a link to the login page at the top of the page. Powweb’s setup made it soooo much easier.

I downloaded this game last night and have found it strangely compelling.  It’s taken me back 20 years to when I doodled similar sketches in 2nd year physics at high school - only sketchfighter brings those doodles to life.  It gives it a weird mix of nostalgia and novelty I really like. What does that say about me?

There’s multiplayer competitive or co-op options too, both of which have you tethered to another player.  Unfortunately my firewall stopped me finding internet players, but even sharing a keyboard works quite well.

You can get Sketchfighter here

Some Swiss developers have used the flickr API to allow you to create mosaics of your own, or people’s flickr photos, providing they’ve used a creative commons license. It’s a nice little app, but unfortunately it’s just too slow for me to use without frustration. Hopefully you mileage varies. I mention it because it seems a photo I took of dolphons at Parc Asterix last summer is used as one of the sample mosaics. Check it out:
Mosaickr sample