The Feast of Lupercalia.
So today is the day after what is usually a pretty miserable day for me. Usually, I’m all on my lonesome at home… (sob, sob…) but this year was different, this year I decided to go out and be lonesome...
View ArticleThe age of the Snowmen…
So did you get the film title from the cryptic title? Well, it’s Ice Age of course, actually Ice Age 2. And I went to see it last night. I thought it was very good. The animation of the characters had...
View ArticleSpiderman 3
Watched the third film in the Spiderman series on Wednesday. I really enjoyed it, the action was great and it was really funny in places, the plot didn’t always make sense but who’s going to let that...
View ArticleStar trek XI
The new trailer for the Star trek 11 is now out. And it looks really great. It doesn’t start out as your typical star trek, in fact there’s no sign it is star trek until a fair way in. I don’t want to...
View ArticleThe Collectors tales of beedle the bard.
Wowzers… It’s in my hand… and … it has got to be the nicest looking book I have ever seen! Don’t read on if you want to keep what’s in the collectors edition a surprise The outer box looks like an old...
View ArticleThe Own Art scheme
Here’s a really nice way to buy some prised pieces of art – be it anything from paintings to pottery. It’s a scheme run by the Arts Council in England (And therefore only available in England – sorry...
View ArticleMy New Laptop
The Dell Inspiron 15 z Laptop My new laptop has come. It’s a Dell Inspiron 15z and I splashed out for the Cherry Red version (which looks much more red than the photo gives credit). This is a quick...
View Article10:10 Carbon Footprint Reduction
Back at the end of 2009 I signed a pledge to reduce my carbon footprint by 10%, called 10:10, here’s my results. Well, it was close… depending on how you calculate it… although in another sense I...
View ArticleUbuntu 10.10 – OS for all
Just installed the latest Ubuntu version, 10.10, from the Desktop CD. It took about half an hour to install and then after a quick restart everything was up and running. Ubuntu is an open source and...
View ArticleAmazon Kindle Support – impressive
In the last couple of days I’ve been very impressed with how the Amazon Kindle customer support is handled – in fact I’ve been thoroughly surprised at how efficient it is. I’ve been using my Kindle...
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