Rachel Soma http://rachelsoma.com Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:54:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything http://rachelsoma.com/2010/06/hyperbole-and-a-half-the-alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything/ http://rachelsoma.com/2010/06/hyperbole-and-a-half-the-alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:54:22 +0000 rachel http://rachelsoma.com/?p=130 The Alot is an imaginary creature that I made up to help me deal with my compulsive need to correct other people’s grammar.  It kind of looks like a cross between a bear, a yak and a pug, and it has provided hours of entertainment for me in a situation where I’d normally be left feeling angry and disillusioned with the world.

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]]> http://rachelsoma.com/2010/06/hyperbole-and-a-half-the-alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything/feed/ 0 Game On 2.0 in Tasmania http://rachelsoma.com/2010/06/game-on-2-0-in-tasmania/ http://rachelsoma.com/2010/06/game-on-2-0-in-tasmania/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:45:06 +0000 rachel http://rachelsoma.com/?p=128 Get ready to play your way through the history of video games at the international blockbuster exhibition Game On 2.0.

This action-packed celebration of video games culture has thrilled more than one million players of all ages around the world and is exclusively in Tasmania at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston.

Game On  2.0 tracks the development of videogames from the earliest computer games to arcade-era hits and the very latest from today’s billion-dollar industry. With more than 120 playable games, as well as rarely seen consoles, controllers and collectables, this is a showcase of games history like no other.

Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery – Exhibitions@Inveresk.
>>download flyer (293k pdf)

Game On 2.0 exhibition
Saturday 3 July – Sunday 3 October 2010
Open daily 10 am to 5 pm
Plus Late Night Thursdays until 9 pm
QVMAG @ Inveresk, Launceston

Tickets: Full $15 / Concession: $12 / Family (2 Adults, 2 children) $45

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A graphic look at what I tweet and frequency of use.

Created at http://www.wordle.net/.

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James + Rachel on Flickr

]]> http://rachelsoma.com/2010/01/james-rachel/feed/ 0 David Bowie Is Very Disappointed in You http://rachelsoma.com/2010/01/david-bowie-is-very-disappointed-in-you/ http://rachelsoma.com/2010/01/david-bowie-is-very-disappointed-in-you/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:42:02 +0000 rachel http://rachelsoma.com/?p=62

David Bowie Is Very Disappointed in You.

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