Apr
27
Gridlock
April 27, 2007 | Comments Off
Two weeks late, but anyway:
Doctor Who Series Three, Episode Three: Gridlock is, as anyone who follows this kind of thing will know, is this year’s entry in the ‘Year Five Billion’ sequence started in the second episode of New Who in 2005. Taking Martha to New New New …. New York, rather than […]
Apr
25
The Human Footprint
April 25, 2007 | Comments Off
Channel 4, 9pm tomorrow night - an attempt to visualise all those statistics about how much stuff we go through in a lifetime, with a Flash Personal Footprint For Your Life So Far calculator on the Channel 4 website. With the most Mystery Meat navigation I’ve seen in a long while.
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Apr
25
Don’t Panic!
April 25, 2007 | 1 Comment
I hope we’re not the only ones enjoying the feast of televisual entertainment offered by The Panic Room on BBC Three.
The premise is that two phychologists help a pair of people each week to get over their phobias using intensive techniques and … The Panic Room (the dramatic pause is part of the presentation), which […]
Apr
25
One Of Those Weeks
April 25, 2007 | 1 Comment
Where I keep spotting/hearing about things that I should blog, but not being near a machine at the time, then forgetting. I’m also aware that I haven’t commented on the last two episodes of Doctor Who, which I need to get done at some point.
At this point I’ll just content myself with mentioning the […]
Apr
16
And By The Way; Re Sci-Fi Now
April 16, 2007 | Comments Off
Oh dear oh dear oh dear.
If the first issue is anything to go by, there won’t be many later ones.
This is the kind of up to date, cutting edge magazine that sees fit (in 2007) to use the snippet “Did you know… that Dougray Scott was originally due to play Wolverine in the X-Men films, […]
Apr
16
You Are My Sunshine
April 16, 2007 | Comments Off
Saw Sunshine on Friday night. Liked it a lot, though was left feeling slightly dissatisfied. My initial instinct was to think it needed a few more immediate explanations, which is not something I usually over-worry about, being able to interpret perfectly well for the most part. And I hated the shooting style adopted for certain […]
Apr
14
The Feral Terrapins of Hampstead Heath
April 14, 2007 | 1 Comment
Look, I’m not making this up. The word ‘terrorising’ is being used.
Apr
13
The Neighbour We Won’t Miss
April 13, 2007 | 2 Comments
When we move, our downstairs back neighbour will be left behind with a song in our hearts and a skip in our step. Apart from minor matters like the 4am shouted phone conversation while standing in the garden under our window, she’s just generally a disruptive influence (she can’t get the hang of allocated parking […]
Apr
12
The Embryo Thing
April 12, 2007 | 3 Comments
I meant to write earlier in the week on the final decision around Natalie Evans’ attempts to use her frozen embryos. This case feels like it’s been coming up in the news at its various stages forever, and given that it’s actually been five-plus years, in news terms, it actually has been. I […]
Apr
11
The Property Ladder
April 11, 2007 | 5 Comments
Can’t remember (and am too idle to check) whether I mentioned that we’d found a house that we liked the look of, but we did, and we put in an offer on it which has been accepted. Then for all sorts of reasons I ended up having to jump through all manner of hoops in […]