The Return
Author: Simon Wood
Tom Jones: “Shining like a beacon in this naughty world”
It’s that time of year again – outdoor theatre in a medieval castle. This year we are doing Fielding’s Tom Jones. Hence the signs which read “TOM JONES” in large […]
James Bond Actually
There’s a splendidly way out rumour over at MI6.co.uk suggesting that Bond 22 (now titled Four Beddings and an Assassination, presumably) will be written by Richard Curtis of Blackadder and […]
eMusic vs allofmp3 vs iTunes
Legal free music download service eMusic launched in the UK last week, offering tracks free of digital rights managements (DRM). I don’t know what will happen to allofmp3.com in September […]
Fedora Core 5 on iBook G3
This was not as easy as it should have been. The media check failed, (erroneously I believe, as the sha1sum checked out), and then the graphical install wouldn’t work. I […]
Picasa Web
To friends who are trying to use Windows as their primary operating system, owning a digital camera can be a pretty unrewarding experience if you rely on the software that […]
Regenerations: Statistics and Analysis
I’ve looked at three possible measures: the time spent as the “official” Doctor (ie. the time between first broadcast appearance as the Doctor and their successor’s first appearance) not including […]
New Suit
No, Doctor! No!
Poetry
There was a young man from St Bees Who was stung on the arm by a wasp When asked “does it hurt?” He replied “Yes it does” “But I’m jolly […]
The Strange Behaviour of iTunes (and its ID3 tags)
I’ve got some fairly large files in iTunes – audiobooks and radio shows. Add to this the fact that they’re stored on a network drive, and that I usually connect […]
A Brief History of a Time Lord
A few things in this past series made me wonder about the Doctor’s past. To my surprise there’s no concise biography. There are more comprehensive guides to the Doctor’s adventures, […]