Bubba, Webmaster

OK so ya want to know about bubba. I figure I'll just drop stuff in this page that maybe is relevant to something.

Why bubba?

Well unlike most of the Critical Miss Crew, Bubba was and is my Nickname (One of them anyway). After spending some time away from Gaming I hooked up again with the group at a funeral. It must have been kind of a shock for them to have someone they considered a Geek show up with a Shaved head and missing his glasses. A few Beers later that night and Bog-Boy in his usual sarcastic tone called me Bubba...

...the rest as they say is History.

Roleplaying

I first got into Gaming about 14 years ago ('85) when I saw the D&D; boxed set in a shop window. The dragon on the front cover caught something inside of me and I read the book cover to cover. Hell I didn't understand it but I was in my read anything phase, (When all the kids my age wanted to play for Manchester United I wanted to be a Librarian), it did stick in my head though.

From there I went to gaming at School and then with friends in my spare time. It wasn't until 6 years later ('91) that I hooked up with Jonny Nexus, General Tangent and later Bog-Boy. TAFKAC and I (Friends from School) both went along to a gaming thing JN was organizing at a local shop.

This set the foundations for most of my gaming life.

Critical Miss

Critical Miss is something that came about from Jonny. Sole credit for the fanzine idea goes direct to him. Saying that, if it had not been for my pushing him, nothing would ever have happened. Jonny has the Best Ideas but never follows them up. Me I get something in my head and I just wont let go. Jonny was a Writer with no way to get his stuff read, I was a Webmaster who had lost his Website. Critical Miss is the product. We do hope you like it but to be honest Jonny is the one with the Fragile Ego. Me I don't care...
...much.

We did initially pitch the idea to the members of our gaming group. Suffice to say in the true manner of all dysfunctional rolplayers they laughed at us.

Initial Responsibility for Critical Miss can be divided as such:

Jonny Nexus: The Idea, Cash, Site Design and Most of the articles
Bubba: HTML, Site Structure, Site Design and the Push to get things going
Bog-Boy: The Name 'Critical Miss,' the Cookbook and the 2 Dice Logo
TAFKAC: His Dice for the Logo
General Tangent: Reviews

The one thing that Jonny and myself give to Critical Miss, more then anyone else, is our TIME. Both of us are busy and this is not what we do for a living. Jonny spends more time then anyone writing and formatting the articles. Me I just code and maintain the server, surprisingly time consuming as anyone who does this knows.

Other Stuff

I Love; Gadgets. When I say Gadgets I don't mean those useless things you see on those TV Adverts. No I mean the Cool things you know you want. Things you use not only for their usefulness, but also because you want others to see you using them. (Hey I'm Shallow)

Current Gadgets I have with me pretty much at all times are.

Nokia 6210e Mobile PhoneMy Link to the world.
Dual Band (GSM 900/1800). Voice Dialing. Vibrating Alert. Predictive text input. Picture messaging. Built in IrDA.
You can also SMS and email me direct to the phone.
Check out www.nokia.com/phones/6210/

HP Jornada 548 Pocket PC
133MHz 32-bit Hitachi SH3 processor. Microsoft Pocket PC OS. 32MB RAM. 240 x 320 pixels LCD, Rich-color CSTN, Backlit Display, touch sensitive screen. Digital sound recording. RS232 Fast Serial Port (115 kbps). IrDA-compliant Infrared.
This thing organizes my life. As well as keeping Contact information for me and the usual Agenda stuff, using this and my phone I can connect to the internet and get mail.
Check out www.hp.com/

Sony Network Walkman NWMS9
Super compact-sized Memory Stick Walkman
You have to see this thing to believe it... Stats are online.
Check out www.sony.co.uk

PULSAR Spoon INGOT Silver Tone LED
Time. Alarm. Chrono. etc. (It's a Watch)
Have you seen how Cool this thing Looks! (Jonny has the INGOT Titanium one)
Check out www.virtualspoon.com/

Silhouette (Model 8561/Blue)
100% UV Protection
Check these out on the site, they are the lightest sunglasses I have ever worn.
You can see other Silhouette stuff at www.silhouette.at/

Ok that's it for this issue. I am sure I will update this again for the next one. If only to add new Gadgets on to this list.

Peace Init!

If you would like to know more about Bubba, you can see either his description in GURPS character form, or as a Geek Code .

Bubba's GURPS character

Bubba's Geek Code

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