“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 […]
“A Study in Pink” Review
Update Sherlock Holmes? Do the stories not the trappings? The problem with a project like this is just how much do you keep and how much do you lose? It’s […]
Dragon Dictate app
This is a combine to test and review for dragon dictate. Dragon dictate is a combined iPhone and I pad app that converts your speech into text. It’s a free […]
Eccleston, Tennant, Smith
In the Doctor Who Tournament here at Little Storping, I mathematically proved (oh yes) that the Tenth doctor is the best of recent years. But taken with the Fusion Patrol […]
iTunes’ Identity Crisis
The cloud-based iTunes rumour is still doing the rounds, and besides suiting me better it could be an opportunity for Apple to resolve the question of what iTunes is actually […]
On eBooks
I love gadgets but I love physical books. Going on holiday with only cabin luggage seems an ideal opportunity to learn to love the ebook. Reading on the iPad rivals […]
Pay and (Head)teachers
There are two things of note in the Mark Elms being paid over £200k whilst a primary head, one of which is highlighted in yesterday’s superb piece by David Mitchell, […]
And the Best Doctor Is (part 3/3)
The story so far… Noticing that each series of the post-revival Doctor Who tends to follow a similar formula, and include equivalent types of episode (eg. the celebrity historical, the […]
And the Best Doctor Is (part 2/3)
The story so far… I decided to find out who is the best Doctor since the series returned in 2005. Since each “incarnation” of the Doctor is written with their […]
“The Harder They Come” Review
Until tomorrow night, The Harder They Come, a musical based on the Jimmy Cliff film, is at Cardiff’s New Theatre, I saw it last night: it’s great. On a minimal […]