Stuffed Baked Marrow
The marrow season is more or less at an end. Marrows are not generally held in high regard, but a couple of people have been kind enough to say they […]
Month: October 2006
Quince and Pear Tart
A colleague gave me some quinces and the last of my pears were going very soft, so I boiled them down and made a quince and pear tart. I’ve added […]
“Torchwood: Everything Changes” Review
“CSI: Cardiff, now I’d like to see that.” And so you shall. It’s a dangerous game, name checking another TV show when you’ve ripped off its trademark aerial establishing shots. […]
Dinner in a Broad Gauge Tunnel
If you fancy it, and you’re free on Friday night, you’re in luck. There happens to be one such unused in the centre of Bristol, and as I passed it […]
C2D MacBook Pro (but not MacBooks)
Well, as widely predicted the MacBook Pro was updated today, with FW800 and dual layer DVD writing, as well as the Core2Duo processor. But any hope I had that they’d […]
Netting
I’d forgotten how much I loath this stuff. It catches on everything. Anyway, it may not be elegant, but ’tis done, so come on leaves, do your worst. Still no […]
Pears and Pond Damage
This last crop brings the this year’s total to well over 100! Not all the pears were harvested. Because of the bumper crop I’ve been picky, and chucked the blemished […]
Life Without Begins…
It would appear that I was over optimistic in suggesting that smashing my iBook on the floor had not impaired vital functions. The hard drive has started making a sound […]
Torchwood Online
“Access Denied” no longer.
“Picadilly Jim” Review
The 2004 version of Piccadilly Jim is, apparently, the first big screen Wodehouse for 40 years so when the project was announced, I was quite excited. With Tom Wilkinson, Alison […]
Everything Changes…
…including the title of episode 1 of Torchwood (formerly Flotsam & Jetsam). Torchwood in two weeks. Update: Didn’t watch Robin Hood until tonight so just caught the trailer. Several of […]