Archive for April, 2008

Book clear out

April 20th, 2008

I’m having a tidy and the following books are in the to go pile. Free to a good home. Email me or comment if you want them: Evolution by Douglas Futuyma (Hardback – the first 90 pages are not bound into the book but are there. I removed them for easy carrying to read when [...]

Resident Evil 3: Extinction

April 20th, 2008

I watched Resident Evil 3: Extinction today. Delivered as advertised. Mindless fun. Best bit? Milla Javovich.

5 years down the line

April 18th, 2008

It was 5 years ago today that I went to my GP to get checked out as I thought I had testicular cancer. So 5 years down the line and still here annoying people

Russell Blackford on “framing”

April 10th, 2008

The has been a bit of a kerfuffle in the science blog and science communication communities recently about how to deal with creationists, and their apologists. Basically there is a camp that thinks that those of us who are outspoken in our anti-religion rhetoric, should shut up and let those with a gentler message more [...]

Song of the Day: Mind’s Eye – The Franklin Neumann Project

April 9th, 2008

Pure instrumental progressive rock. Excellent!

I Am Legend

April 6th, 2008

I missed the I Am Legend film when it was on release in the UK. One of my work colleagues lent me the Blu-ray version last week. I watched it last night. I watched the alternate ending version then the theatrical release ending. The alternate ending is much better than that shown in theatres. The [...]

More from The Hot Puppies

April 5th, 2008

I’ve written about The Hot Puppies before. They’re excellent. They have some new stuff out and a new album forthcoming. The new stuff isn’t on iTMS yet but there are 4 new tracks on their MySpace site. Well worth a listen. I love a lot about their music. The vocals are exquisite. But the good [...]

Sony Playstation Portable and Everybody’s Golf

April 4th, 2008

After getting hooked on Everybody’s Golf: World Tour on the Playstation 3, I bought the PSP Platinum edition on the way into the office yesterday. I then booked out one of our demo PSP devices on extended loan to play it on. I’m going to be away in England a bit for the next few [...]

Song of the Day: Alcohol – CSS

April 4th, 2008

Alcohol.

Song of the Day: Transyvania – Iron Maiden

April 1st, 2008

Instrumental metal genius.

Everybody’s Golf: World Tour

April 1st, 2008

I bought Everybody’s Golf: World Tour yesterday. It’s brilliant There is a review up at the Eurogamer site. Read that for an overview of the game. There are also videos there to watch as well. A must buy for the PS3 IMHO. Some images below. Click for larger view. More pictures available here.

Change to comment settings

April 1st, 2008

I’ve changed the settings that govern comments here to remove the requirement for registration before comments can be made. I had the registration set to guard against spam. Several people have told me that they have had trouble registering, or that they don’t like to register on blogs. So from now on people can comment [...]