“Cold Blood” Review
If The Hungry Earth reminded me of a myriad of Pertwee episodes then there was something of the Davison about the second in the new-Who “Doctor Who and the Silurians” […]
Month: May 2010
Spotify Can Do What iTunes Can’t
Apple have shied away from subscription and streaming for a long time, but Spotify have copied all the best bits of iTunes so it now offers better iPhone syncing than […]
Commenting Should Be More Social, Discuss
When you find a blog post that’s interesting and you are motivated to comment on it, where do you discuss it? Once upon a time you’d have had the conversation […]
The World’s Best Error Message?
Error messages are usually the source of great frustration to me. Following the “Illegal exception has occured. This unit will now self destruct.” pattern, too many applications pay little or […]
“The Hungry Earth” Review
Season Fnarg’s second two parter plays like Classic Who’s Greatest Hits. The drill reminded me of Inferno. The forcefield reminded me of The Deamons. Unless you’re exceedingly good at avoiding […]
Take a Look at the Lawman
If I’m still thinking about last night’s TV while chewing on the breakfast croissant it is sadly often because I can’t put my finger on where it all went wrong. […]
Dust to Dust
Can the Ashes to Ashes finale manage not to be rubbish? Judging by its predecessor, it’s unlikely, but the show is on a high. When Life on Mars concluded I wrote […]
“Amy’s Choice” Review
Simon Nye has to be one of the most interesting choices of writers in recent years for Doctor Who. Even Richard Curtis doesn’t seem that odd a choice after previous […]
The Enchanted Rodent
матрациToys! Shiny new toys! I’ve just taken delivery of a new iMac at work, with Fusion 3 and Windows 7. (This is so I can use and trial software across […]
Do You Remember…?
So Amy doesn’t remember the dalek planet theft of 2010 (or the battle of Canary Wharf?) Come to think of it, neither do I… The cyberking in Victorian london got […]
A Positive Vote for Labour and Gordon Brown
For several years I’ve voted tactically in elections where “my” party has not stood a chance of getting in, and I’ve wanted to keep a Tory out. I’ve been successful […]
The Next Election
A coalition may be more stable that a government with a tiny majority, but either way we could be back at the polls within two years. The report from the […]