Distributed Social Networking
For all their utility, a draw back of the social media tools I use is that they are centralised. One monolithic, commercially operated platform acts as a repository for all […]
Month: August 2010
Ten First Time
My obsession with the actors who have played the Doctor continues… I’ve been reading the Eighth (Paul McGann) discussing the Tenth (Tennant) and Eleventh (Smith): David Tennant is such a […]
Why I Hate Email
A couple of colleagues and friends have been singing the praises of email lately. I hate it. Largely because of the things that made it so popular with me originally […]
Casting the New Dirk Gently
Since BBC 4 have announced there will be a TV adaptation of Dirk Gently, but there are few actually details to be garnered (aside from the fact that Vexed writer […]
“The Great Game” Review
Despite numerous references to stories from the Sherlock Holmes cannon, this one seemed to be based much more closely on Die Hard With A Vengeance than anything Conan Doyle wrote… […]
“The Blind Banker” Review
The new Sherlock is set in the modern day supposedly to avoid the pitfall of getting lost in the trappings of the period setting and the Victoriana. Unfortunately by this […]
Pick ‘n’ Mix Science
A story concerning politics, science, vested interests and “selectively edited, out-of-context data” is not uncommon: recently there have been several about homeopathy. In this case I’m referring to a Washington […]