Skeptics, Scepticism and the Power of Questions
I was lucky enough to get to hear Stephen Fry speak at one of our graduation ceremonies in the summer. It was a great speech, strong on kindness, lawnmowers and […]
“Death of the Doctor” Review
What if the Doctor were dead? How would his former companions, many of whom seem to be concentrated on Earth at around the turn of the millennium, know if he […]
Please Can We Have Our Party Back?
I don’t object to Lord Kinnock supporting Ed Milliband, or being pleased that he has won. But his comment, that “we’ve got our party back” just makes me depressed. Where […]
The Obligatory iPhone Test Movie
I made a video with and about my phone. Updated to add file sizes: 1 minute of HD from the back camera was approximately 72mb. 1 minute from the front […]
The Best of Bond, and the Worst
Having been arguing about Bond films lately, I cannot believe I haven’t already posted my best and worst… Here’s the top three. From Russia With Love is a near perfect […]
A Pleasant, Open Face
If we get iTunesU at work there will be many discussions about whether to have a closed and/or open site. It would be great if the site had a pleasant, […]
The Peladon Trilogy Review
What’s better than a story featuring space-age feudalism, sexy young monarchs, a mythical monster and a hermaphroditic hexapod diplomat? A trilogy of them, of course. The template is set by Brian […]
ITV, iPlayer and Funding Television
There’s just been something good on ITV. This is an increasingly rare event, so this has been the first time I’ve used ITV Player since… well, ever, probably. The failure […]
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 […]
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 […]