Musings of a Teenager

• Empire of Sports - Review From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (650 days old)

  Empire of Sports Website So, here it is, my first ever review. It's of a game that's yet to come out, but still... It's called Empire of Sports and it advertises itself as the world's first true mult… more

• On this Day - January 27th From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (650 days old)

  A simple list of what I consider to be the most interesting events, births and deaths on this day in history. If you feel I have missed out anything spectactularly important please tell me in a commen… more

• What's so Funny? From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (664 days old)

  It's a question we've all been asked. Sometimes it's just continuing in the humour in a self-deprecating manner. At others it is honest, an expression of confusion. But what really is funny? Why do we… more

• WGP - Web Game Programming From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (672 days old)

  Here it is, another year, and another project for me. What am I doing this time? Programming a game. Online. Multiple users. Ah. That sounds like a lot of hard work. And if there's one thing I hate it… more

• Happy New Year! From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (676 days old)

  Okay, so I will start the new year with an apology (great, already!). I have not been very active blog wise recently and I am sorry. My RS lessons turned into tests so my main material source dried up… more

• Fame From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (720 days old)

  We all want it. Some of us have got it. But what is it? What drives us towards it? What does it actually mean? OK, so I admit it, this is based on the assemblies given at school this week by my form … more

• The News - Jean Charles de Menezes Case From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (727 days old)

  The Jean Charles de Menezes Shooting On the 21st of July 2005, there was a bomb scare in Central London. Coming as it did, a fortnight after 4 devices had been detonated to major damage and several d… more

• One must consider the Psycology of the Individual From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (733 days old)

  That, as you may or may not know, is a quote from Terry Pratchett's brilliant and highly successful series of Discworld books. But when, you ask, might that come into play in real life? I actually hav… more

• IVF From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (738 days old)

  First, an apology, I wrote this last week but completely failed to upload it to this blog. Sorry again, anyway, here it is: Once again I have lived up to my reputation for picking highly contentiou… more

• All About Me! From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (748 days old)

  So, I've been writing this blog, properly, for over a month now and I feel that it is surely time that I told you all a little about myself. I'm Robert, I'm 14 and I love in the West Midlands. I go a… more

• Grammar Schools From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (755 days old)

  So, should they exist? It's a topic of little deabate in British politics at the moment. It's a political minefield. As your schooling affects the rest of your life, it is understandable that politici… more

• War From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (763 days old)

  War. It is a slightly, he says, controversial topic. Possibly it would be better to phrase as 'highly controversial'. It is also topical. And, as you can imagine, it came up on the journey to Swinner… more

• The Donkey and the Daughter - Part Two From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (769 days old)

  So, what did you decide? Most people in my class said that it was the same. That dropping the daughter off was just as bad as dropping the donkey off. This is actually highly odd. The 'Christian Union… more

• The Donkey and the Daughter - Part One From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (777 days old)

  I suppose I had better start with an explanation. I walked into the first Religious Studies of this term with some trepidation. I was only taking short course for GCSE and didn't know quite what to ex… more

• The (Non-)Existence of God #3: Notes and Addendum From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (802 days old)

  So, finally, we have the final part of this series: Pascal's Wager This is an 'argument' (if you can call it that) by Blaise Pascal, hte famous French mathematician. It states that it is a better … more

• Blogshares From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (806 days old)

  We are now on the highly successful bloghares.com site. The site is a fantasy stockmarket where you buy and sell shares using fictional money in blogs! … more

• The (Non-)Existence of God #2: Douglas Adams, Paradoxes and Shades of Grey. From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (806 days old)

  The following is the second part of my ramble into the existence (or non-existence) of God. This was inspired by reading the book: The Science of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. A book which I f… more

• Discworld FanFic Idea From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (809 days old)

  In Klatchian Fields People join the Klatchian Foreign Legion to forget. To all intents and purposes it is very good at its job. But, when you have forgotten your mission and are under seige from y… more

• The (Non-)Existence of God #1: 3 Simple Proofs: From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (809 days old)

  Against God: 1. Everything would prove the existence of God (I'll come back to this next time) 2. All religions would be the same, and have the same number of Gods, etc. This could be explained by d… more

• Vision for the Future of the World From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (855 days old)

  This is an essay I did for RE this morning. Thought you might like to read it... If you could revisit the earth in 200 years time, what would you want to find? What can you do in your life to help… more

• Game Maker From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (874 days old)

  www.yoyogames.com Download Game Maker Version 7 It rocks. It's for making games with - it's a really easy system. Join the forum - gmc.yoyogames.com - and PM me If you want any game ideas then PM… more

• History Society From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (874 days old)

  My school has a history society of which I am a member, after each meeting I will post details of it for all those who are interested. I was meant to be doing a talk tomorrow but I'm not which is good… more

• Sorry From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (898 days old)

  Sorry I haven't posted in a while. My parents have decided to give me three hours a week for TV, games and Internet and I'm going away on holiday in two days! So, more when I get back.… more

• Personal - All about Me From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (909 days old)

  So, what's gone on in the world of Me this week? Well, I've had exams. I've done barely any revision. I've got a list of books to read. That reminds me. During the week I had to tell someone who Jeffr… more

• News - Once upon a week From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (916 days old)

  So what's happened this week. Not much. An election where scots won in Scotland, someone won in England and I couldn't be bothered to read the results. I did read the Technology Guardian though (and y… more

• Satire - The French From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (924 days old)

  Yes, this week the French will find out who is leading them to glory, climate change and baguettes for the next few years. Its been interesting reading. Of course, 4 candidates flourished from the sta… more

• Comedy - The Now Show From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (937 days old)

  Fridays, 6:30, Radio 4. It's a great comedy show with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. Last week they had various very good jokes including: Celebrity Sat Nav Voices: Dalek: Turn Left! Turn left in 300 y… more

• Magic - New Tricks From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (942 days old)

  Hey, My first real post. First, an admission, I can't perform magic. I'm rubbish. That's not to say I don't like it. Anyway, I have recently invented a series of about 10 illusions and I was wondering… more

• Hello! From robertusrex in Musings of a Teenager (959 days old)

  Hello and welcome to my blog. Here I'm going to blog about a whole load of stuff so bear with me as I list them: 1. Current Affairs 2. Computers and Computer Programming 3. Maths 4. Comedy and Do… more

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