Google wave is exciting, but it's development quality has beem erratic, I'm giving it another go, we'll see how it stands up in it's current form.

The empirical independent existence of God has been a philosophical sticking point for ages. As we advance further into the future, our understanding and mastery of the universe increases at an ever-increasing rate, not only scientifically and technologically, but also philosophically (which is a given if it is assumed that all knowledge is an intertwined ball of wibbly-wobbly application-abstraction; debatable? perhaps later). One interesting idea and related field of study to arise in our age of enlightenment is that of memetics, a genetic approach to the nature of knowledge.

I recently got myself an HTC desire and as anyone who's so much as seen me in the last week or so will yell you, I am absolutely enamoured with it. IPhone are cool and friendly, I certainly don't fault Stephen Fry for his love affair with Apple, but the device I'm blogging from right now trumps the iPhone full stop in my opinion. The Desire is sleek and powerful.

I've been waiting for this film for quite some time, as I know a lot of people have. I thought Tim Burton with all his quirky skill would be able to re-energise Carrol's classic tale, freeing it from the twisted chains of non-conformist bizarro overtones that it had been given over the years by goth/emo/whatever stereotypes. It did that, and I'm glad that it did.

I've been meaning to write this for a while now but at some level I think I'm scared of goals because I'm scared of not achieving them, but with Emily as inspiration, I'm starting

My Bucket List

* Learn Chinese.
* Live in China.
* Drive from Peking to Paris (on an indian scout?).
* (climb to and?) see (and touch?) the glacier on mt kilimanjaro.
* Punch a living dinosaur.
* Win a fist fight (against a man)
* Make my own industry recognised computer/video game.
* Write at least one book and have it published.
* Beat the Turing test.

I'm a fan of microblogging. I'm using the term here to refer to twitter, facebook statuses, and all the other similar services that are available.

I like the way microblogging provides us with a medium to appreciate the small things in life alongside the grand. I like the way it makes us think simply and express those thoughts concisely.

Because I have a few values invested in microblogging it also means I have a few quibbles with it's users, or rather some of their content.

People in need of a quick boost to their personal depth often quote famous paradoxes and follow it with a quizzical stare. It annoys me. One of the more common ones is the following: "What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?" It's a favourite because it gives the impression that not only does the speaker often plumb the depths of philosophy, but physics as well.

After much debate I have set up a genetic algorithm basing fitness on pronouncability, similarity to my old name and google uniqueness (fewer google results the better).

After running this several times I came up with my favourite: Acegiak

I've started using it immediately. One thing that has helped cement it in my mind is using it in a chat conversation with the other Acegikmo. This helped me think of Acegikmo as someone else and Acegiak as myself.

Now on to the tedious business of converting my identity across the net to the new name.

As a person who places huge amounts of value in personal individuality, I put a lot of value in my online identity. My the name I use online "Acegikmo" dates back to my highschool days where I noticed the pattern when being told to "just do the questions in the left hand column" in maths class. We originally gave the name to a giant Godzilla like monster which featured in powerpoint animations we made. Soon after I began using it as an online alias because of it's uniqueness.