Sport: May 2009 Archives

Another weekend in a busy life, with lots of things happening, including a Saturday afternoon snooze to recharge the batteries, and a chance remark last week which got me thinking along a theme...what does make the pulse beat just a little faster?

• Climbing to level 3 at Docklands Stadium- need to get fitter, once a week is not enough...
• The lead changing, backwards and forwards,  in the last quarter of the St Kilda vs Brisbane Lions match
• Stevie Milne's snap off the ground in the last quarter for a goal, which turned the match around
• A hard fought win, even when the Saints were not playing as well as they would have liked
• Nick Riewoldt kicking for goal
• Getting three fifty point bonuses in scrabble in one game, for using all the letters up
• Clever, witty conversation  with a touch of sarcasm...too few for my liking, I need the practice.

Over the past few weeks I have discovered that one way of making sure that I can watch the footy, even when my better half does not want to watch, is to hand over the iPod Touch, so that he can play some games instead.

Lucky for games like Trism, Bejewelled and Fieldrunners.

For me, I had a long winded run on Trism, getting one score in the 1 billion range, but I am over it now. I have also downloaded the Scrabble version from the App Store, and can happily play against the computer for hours. I guess I will get sick of that soon, too.

These devices are addictive, but also very useful. With the benefit of a wireless network, I can check the latest footy or cricket scores and stories thanks to the apps which cater for these interests, as well as check the latest AU/ US fx rate; the headlines and stories in The Age, Le Monde or the ABC. And I (or someone else) can play games for hours, and having more than a thousand music tracks, a French English dictionary, some electronic books and hundreds of photos of my last holiday in France are just added bonuses!

Nerdy? Maybe, but lots of fun.