March 29th, 2008
Love Soup from the BBC is excellent. It’s very funny, insightful and has Woody Allen influences all over it. Tasmin Greig is wonderful in it, as she was in Black Books. You can watch recent episodes on the BBC iPlayer (time limited link – will not work after programmes expire).
March 29th, 2008
I wonder if this is how it really happened? From Crackle: Mr. Deity and the Dress Rehearsal- Season 2, Ep 10
March 28th, 2008
Peter F Hamilton’s latest book, The Dreaming Void, is up on the Sony Store for the Sony eReader. Excellent. I’ve got the hardback copy and, truth be told a dodgy PDF of a pre-release proofing edition of the book. I converted the latter to Sony LRF format using BookDesigner. I read it on the Sony. [...]
March 28th, 2008
This was the free single of the week on iTMS UK recently. Really good. I bought the album. MGMT (pronounced Management) have got a very good sound. It reminds me of lots of different styles and bands I like. Too many to mention. But they have taken a lot of styles and come up with [...]
March 24th, 2008
There is a really interesting letter in this weeks New Scientist: From Caroline Herzenberg I must disagree with the sentiment expressed in the headline “Nothing but the truth” on Robert Matthews’s article. After a lifetime in science and of wholehearted commitment to protecting intellectual integrity, I have come to the conclusion that in the world [...]
March 23rd, 2008
I discovered two new bands in the last few days. CSS – first seen performing Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above on Later with Jools Holland filler on the BBC HD channel. They are very good. From Brazil but the vocals remind me a lot of the music coming out of Scandinavian [...]
March 21st, 2008
Complete and utter IDiots. This is not news of course. But more evidence comes via PZ Myers.
March 21st, 2008
Good grief. I wonder what it feels like to be a liar for the lord? He’s either lying or he is ignorant of what the research being proposed will allow. Either way why does he get a platform to promulgate his crap. We so need religion to go away. It’s a parasite on the arse [...]
March 15th, 2008
As expected, the Apple World Wide Developers Conference has been confirmed for June. My ticket has been bought and activated. Flight booking request sent to admin in work. Hotel booked from 6th to 15th June. Looking forward to having a chat with several people involved with 3rd party tools we are using in work. Plus [...]
March 6th, 2008
Apple are holding a press event at 18:00 UK time today to outline the roadmap for the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) and also to reveal some exciting new enterprise features. The iPhone SDK should be interesting. Hopefully we’ll be able to write iPhone apps using Apple Xcode and Objective-C. I’ve a few ideas for [...]
March 5th, 2008
The audiobook sequels to the fabulous Dune are now available on Audible UK.
March 3rd, 2008
Let’s make it a criminal offence to report, or pass on to others for reporting, the location of any member of the UK armed forces whilst on active service. That’d sort out a recent news story and help give a 23 year old bloke that chance to do what he wants.