February 20th, 2007
Took the notion to re-read David Eddings’ Belgariad and Mallorean a few weeks ago. I’d first read The Belgariad when it was published in the 1980′s. It’s very formulaic. Fantasy written to simple recipe. The books towards the end of the Mallorean have a bit more depth. Some of the characters are very likeable, such [...]
February 20th, 2007
Went to see Hot Fuzz last week. It was good. Some really funny parts, in a schoolboy humour kind of way. Maybe a bit long. It reminded me of a Frank Herbert or John Wyndham small town gone bad story.
February 8th, 2007
Scrivener is a stunning piece of software. It is designed to help mange ideas, notes, writings research and other items related to a writing project. This could be a book, a short story, a project report, a piece of scientific research, whatever. If it’s a piece of writing then Scrivener can be used to organise [...]
February 8th, 2007
A 2nd public preview of Papers was released today. Papers is an app for searching PubMed and organising references and PDF files of journal articles. It can also be used to manage any local PDF files already on your Macintosh. It’s like iTunes for scientific papers. The new version interacts with EndNote X which is [...]
February 8th, 2007
As rumoured, WWDC 2007 will be held from 11th to 15th June. Happy days. There is a good chance that the iPhone will ship during WWDC and probably Leopard as well. Looking forward to it. Last year was fun. Travel Checklist To Do: Buy WWDC e-Ticket ✔ Book flight from Belfast to Heathrow ✔ Book [...]