No sex please, we’re communists

Now then creating your own search engine may seem like a [rather] strange project for a political organisation, but for the communists of Leningrad [...im a traditionalist] it’s the way to promote red ideals and fight capitalism.

The first search website of its kind is named after the German communist theorist Friedrich Engels. The [wise and rugged] Engels will become an alternative to Google, Yahoo, and of course Russia’s most popular search engine, Yandex, which are ‘infested with consumerism, the sex industry and mindless mass culture’, the would-be creators say.

According to the creators of this glorious new search engine: “Engels search will ban pornography, dating sites and obscenity. Engels will be the site for workers, farmers and intelligentsia,” foresee the enthusiastic visionaries. “Friedrich Engels’ kind face with a cunning wink – the logo of the raising top search website – will come to every country cottage, every mountain village, every nomad’s tent, every prison cell of a freedom fighter!”


So if your searching for an alternative search engine, then give them a couple of months and you could be Engelsing for your favourite blogs (TWP) and social networking sites (Facebook?)!

Full House Part Deux

Well its Microsoft's keynote this afternoon, and in TWP tradition (you know, the one I started yeserday) I hereby offer you a Bingo card for the presentation. Good luck!

A New Dawn

After all yesterday's Mac silliness, it's time to turn to the Windows side of things - Microsoft's CES keynote is this evening (if my timing its sort of right). Whilst gaming is likely to be low on the agenda (rumours say only Halo 3 ODST and Wars will be mentioned), there is likely to be a lot of discussion about Windows 7 both in the keynote and the rest of the show, which starts tomorrow. CES is always manic, and if you don't feel you can cope with all the gadgetry, or you're really just a gamer and Engadget is like a turd you'd rather not lick, I'll be back later in the week with a roundup of the best from the show.

Disappointment

...thy name is Macworld.

But hey, maybe there'll be a whole other event for the iMac and mini in February or something. Wait, did I just start a rumour?

Full House

Well its about 2 hours away from the keynote now, and I've even written this post in advance because right about now I'd be salivating over fan-made renders of a Mac mini touch Phone. In the good old internet tradition of making graphics in PowerPoint, I have lovingly made up a Keynote Bingo board (much like you might find elsewhere), just with somewhat more outlandish suggestions. The middle square's a free one by the way - Phil's guaranteed to mention it. Pens at the ready!

Please eX-PLane.

OK so i promised to update you on the iPhones gaming capacity. I have promising news.

So I will start with Trace. It's basically Line Rider but slightly more complicated in that there are things the KILL your awesome little guy whom you have to navigate towards the star. Yeah sounds like a pipe dream to me too. Its free, so worth a look.

Second is X-Plane. Now I do like flight simulations. Sad, yes, but also, when done right, oh so liberating. Especially over mountains. Which is perfect. X-Plane has a large area over some mountains in Austria, a choice of weather, day time, cloud levels etc.

But the contols, oh god the controls! Think of a PS3s sixaxis. Done right. And you have the controls for X-Plane. It is incredible. Buy it. Ah yeah, that's its only downside, it costs a bit, but not too much thankfully...

Anyhoo, thats two games you might like to pick up at some point. If not then whatever, your loss. Will get back to you with some more, will try to do a bought one and a free one every now and then, so it might be worth staying up to date with the blog *hint hint*.

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