Got to play with an Asus Eee PC 701/4G for a moment at Dragonmeet. I am now thinking seriously about flogging the Jornada 710 and buying one, despite the fact that it doesn't meet my "fit in a pocket" criterion. It's just REALLY nice and seems to be VERY strongly built, and would be a nice way to get to play with Linux.
When I was out shopping earlier I popped into a charity shop and picked up a copy of the Mac version of Age of Empires II Gold Edition for a fiver. I could sell it on Ebay but I really can't be arsed, and I can't seem to find anyone selling it so I have no idea of price anyway. It claims to be compatible on OS 8.5 through OS-X and built for OS-X - I suspect this means OS-X 10.0 but hopefully it's still compatible. It's a sealed disk and I'm not going to unwrap it to find out. It looks like it has never been used, but the box is bashed.
I'm not a huge fan of gaming on the iBook, and at the moment don't have time, so what I'm going to do is offer it here for a minimum of a fiver, if anyone wants to offer more I'll give the excess to Cancer Research UK, highest bid gets it. Buyer pays postage, which I suspect will be £3 or more in the UK - sorry, I'm not going to mess with airmail, it's heavy. I will give priority to anyone who can collect it from me at the Tun on Thursday.
Thought I'd show how the Paddle Steamer project is coming.
On Saturday at Dragonmeet I used the flat version - basically a flat deck plan, which I laminated - as a prop and people seemed to like it. Today I've done a bit of work on superstructure. Just some cutout boxes that can be stuck on top. So far I haven't tried a laminated version, I'm still messing around with getting the format right. I'll use a straw as the mast, make the chimney as a paper cylinder, some bench seats on the upper deck, etc.
karohemd posted some photos of Dragonmeet that include the flat version here
and this is where I've got to today:
At the moment the lifeboat is still "attached" to the stern of the flat deck plan, I'll move it onto the deck above the cabins.