Object Oriented Storytelling
Fiction subclasses reality, overriding certain methods and implementing the interfaces of genres. I touched in a post yesterday on the boundaries of the fiction within a story, the fact that fictional […]
Month: December 2010
The Physics of Storytelling
Arthur Dent once fell our of a cup suspended thirteen miles above ground level. The cup, explained the bird who had caught him, was held in 13 miles above the […]
The Retweet Correction
I’ve got an idea for how Twitter should fix the reweet. Currently there are two ways to reweet (ie repeat a twitter message to share it with your followers) and […]
“Dirk Gently” Review
“Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.” That quote, […]
Why would I want an iPad with no USB port…?
I’m will get round to doing giving my thoughts on the iPad one of thee days (such as they are). This is a bit of a tangential rant. I get […]
“Misfits” Episode 1 Reviewlet
I saw Howard Overman’s Vexed at about the same time I heard about the Dirk Gently adaptation he’s written (the one that’s on tomorrow night). Vexed had a peculiar mixed […]
“Romeo and Juliet” Review
Went to see the RSC Romeo and Juliet at the Roundhouse on Saturday. There’s a lot of energy in the opening, the “do you bite your thumb” gang wars shattering […]