Today and the Lewes Pound
The Today Programme visited Lewes for this morning’s edition to report on our local currency. That’s just 5 months after the optical communicationObserver, and 8 months after the BBC’s own […]
Eleven: Party Animal
Interviewed after half an hour of building up the Eleventh Doctor, I was underwhelmed by Matt Smith. His two defining features seemed to be his youth and the fact his […]
Frogs and Ice
It’s cold. There’s about 2″ of ice on the pond. It’s barely even frozen before. The level’s dropped so I switch on the hose from the water butt. Not much […]
iPhone Airfoil Speakers
Good news from мебелиRogue Amoeba. When they sadly made it clear that an Airfoil for iPhone, sending your iPod other app’s audio to your hifi, is not possible due to Apple’s restrictions, […]
Bourne Again
I’ve become quite a fan of the Bourne films but Universal spending out now on the exclusive rights is bad news. I’ve never read Bourne and hadn’t realised there were […]
The Next is The One
In pleasant ignorance, I escaped the fact that it’s Children in Need night, until 5 minutes ago, when the first two minutes of The Next Doctor popped into my RSS […]
Diary of a Wormer: Day 37
Bit of a break out bid today, on the minus side. Three casualties. Inside, the worms are abandoning the compost and climbing up the lid. I think they’re finding it […]
“Quantum of Solace” References
I thought it was just me. Indeed everyone I confided this theory to has pooh pooh-ed it. Then I looked up one of Peter Bradshaw’s (two, contradictory) reviews and found […]
Outnumbered
It’s back on BBC One for series 2 on Saturday, with a deservingly prominent position in the schedule.
More Blue Potatoes
Wary though I am after the controversy stirred up last time I had to post a picture of these shetland blacks also from the potato man at the farmers’ market. […]
Bonfire Night
I’m drunk, damp and deafened. I’ve had a very good time.