• I'm a drop out- History without the Art isn't as exciting as I envisioned earlier this year, so after much consideration (and stressing over an assesment that was long overdue) i've decided to quit. i've got a new block of coursework starting in September though, so I think i'll still be on track in regards to the overall degree.

• Before September though, i'm hoping to tackle my gaming backlog in a big way. There's plenty (and perhaps too much) to keep me busy, but with just as many games i'm wanting to replay as I do to complete, it's a task that gets bigger every week. Plans for buying a Playstation 3 probably don't help much in that regards either, but, you know.

• Harry Potter & The Order of The Phoenix (DVD)

Yeah okay, so i'm late to the series. Following Goblet of Fire-both my favourite book and film of the series- was never going to be easy, so naturally, I went into watching the film not expecting much. Inevitably loads has been left out of the film adaptation including many moments of exposition that the book provided- once again, film fans seem to get the short straw. Regardless, it was fun, looked great, and did a good job of putting print into film, though obviously improvement would be no bad thing for the film, or indeed, the future of the film franchise in general.

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• I'm also hoping to get lots of Lego-sorting done as well. As with years past, this is another summer i'm going to be spending in the garage like a big geek. As with the game backlog, this task is constant.

• Twitter redeemed itself this past week when E3 was taking place. I was watching the live conference streams but getting updates ahead of my viewing was pretty interesting, and the continued coverage from some of the users i'm following means that i'm getting most of the info from the one place. Even better? Twitter didn't crash once.

• Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)

With the entire contents of the game revealed through the game's official blog, Brawl is immediately unsurprising, and a game cursed with all the hype that came before it's european launch, inevitably sometime after the rest of the world gets the game first. Online feels incredibly wasted, while new single-player mode 'The Subspace Emissionary' is repetitive and feels tacked on.  Depth is certainly there by the huge number of unlockables and fan service, but with so much hype and a lengthy development, Brawl already feels old and uninspiring.

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• I've aged forty years overnight- i'm now growing carrots and lettuce in the back garden. For the rabbits, for my own shits and giggles, as an experiment; there's a number of reasons why I guess. Count yourselves lucky you're not getting Carrotwatch updates- currently there's no growth at all...

• Squarespace V5 launches on Monday. I may play around with the site's appearance or what not- if things aren't displaying, it's probably my fault.

• The 2008 Mercury Music Prize nominees are announced next week I think. My predictions? Portishead, Ting Tings, Duffy/Adele, Radiohead and possibly Estelle.

• Finally, I recently posted this over on my Tumblog, fifty words or less. It's rather awesome though, so here it is again for any who haven't seen it. Human Skateboard by PES: