I’ve got all these open tabs that I need to close…posting them is the best way. Scott Adams wants to adopt – an embryo. Does not need a lot of space (keep. it in the freezer), cheap (no toys or clothes) and no issue with a terror toddler or a truculent teen. It may just […]
Harry Potter at the movies
I went to see the latest Harry Potter movie yesterday. This is the first of the series that I have actually seen end to end, although I’ve probably seen all of the first one in dribs and frabs, and I quite enjoyed it. I’ve read all the books, which was just as well as the […]
Green Day Mashups
One of my favourite songs this year has been a mashup of Green Day, Oasis and Aerosmith, called Boulevard of Broken Dreams. It’s a track from American Edit, a album of mashups from American Idol, with other artists such as Queen and even Doctor Who. The full album has been on the web for the […]
Hard men and their women
Do these guys plan this? The two actors who play the soap Eastender’s hard men the Mitchell brothers (Ross Kemp and Steve McFadden) were alledgedlyl both assulted by women inthe last 24 hours. Weird.
BBC Interactive Shakespeare
November looks like it’s going to be Shakespeare month on the BBC (too much pink though). As part of it, there’s an interesting Murder Mystery game that kicks off next week, to get you to explore the plays.
Serenity Publicity
Serenity, which opened here yesterday, continues it’s slightly unusual publicity drive. The Whedon fans have always being in a buzz about it but the hype was increased in May when special screenings of the unfinished movie were provided acorss the US and in a few other countries. Leading up to the launch, there were screenings […]
Thud!
Terry Pratchett’s new novel Thud! is out. Always a dab hand at satire, the Discworld takes eveyday objects and gives them a twist. So now we have the imp-powered Dis-Organizer Mark 5. It’s imp powered because the world does not really do technology, but tather technomancy, using magic. (Joke spoilers coming if you read his […]
Renting DVDs
I signed up for Amazon’s DVD rental service at the weekend. SO far, so good. Set up a list on Sunday, desptched on Monday and arrived Tuesday. I guess the test wil come on the return and turnaround time, but feedback fromothers is that the service is good. It was fun settingup the list, going […]