Computer games
Few computer games have long term appeal to me. These two are the exceptions. I've been playing them on and off for several years now.
StarCraft is still the
best real-time strategy game in my opinion.
The balance between the races, the challenging
single-player levels, and the large amount of online games on at any given time all add to
the fun. And of course the campaign editor, the results of which
can be seen on the
maps page.
My other favorite is
Civilization II, which is simply the best turn-based
strategy game ever (and since few people seem to be working on new ones, I don't expect that to change soon).
It's not just fighting, in fact,
I am usually so focused on other objectives that military options seem out of the question: economy or espionage are far better
weapons. The early gameplay is my favorite part of a good Civ2 game. Trying to get a decent kingdom running and carving out the land, while
fending off the barbarians and those clumsy computer players.
PVR/XMLTV stuff
I currently use MediaPortal with a SkyStar 2 card. Before I used GB-PVR and I've tried Mythbuntu.
Language tools
I started learning Modern Standard Arabic in 2003 and I've played a bit with translation scripts and other tools.
Web stuff
I'm one of those people who care about standards on the web.
- Serving up XHTML: How to return the appropriate mime-type using Apache content negotiation