So, having noted just how awesome Moffat’s writing has been on Doctor Who, I decided to track down Coupling, a program he created about thirty-something relationships. Now, as well as having Jack Davenport in it (who is awesome, and to my surprise has great comic timing) the thing is bloody funny – really well written. [...]
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Some random thoughts: As domestic flying becomes more and more like catching a bus or a train, how long until my hang-over goes away? Brisbane has water restrictions. Why do they not just squeeze caine toads? Also, when will my hangover go away? In Brisbane, people seem much more willing to saunter out in the [...]
So, after the roaringly successful interview with myself yesterday (it was published in four magazines and adapted the film rights were sold to Paramount) I decided to continue the interview. I caught up with myself while I was staggering out of bed this morning. (PS. The previous comments in brackets may be a slight exaggeration) [...]
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Lots of people get interviewed. I tend not to, because nobody really knows or cares just who I am. I suspect that’s probably a good thing, in all occasions except those when I’m failing to get funding for some projects I want to do. But anyway, as nobody else is interviewing me, I thought I’d [...]
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
There are a lot of things in this world that I just fucking love. A really fuck-off well-brewed beer. Worryingly expensive single malt whisky. A brilliant computer game. Awesome films. Documentaries on the making of a particularly difficult film. Books on logical fallacies and atheism. James Ellroy books. Breasts – particularly when attached to highly [...]
It’s just downright painful watching dumb people trying to use Macs. Now, OS X does NOT behave like Windows (95/98/ME/2K/XP/Vistake/7). Why should it? Do you expect GNOME or KDE to behave like Windows? No. So why the hell sit down in front of a Mac and complain that it’s not the same? It’s a whole [...]
“What a fascinating modern age we live in.” — Jack Aubrey It dawned on me today just how much life has become like Star Trek, in almost every way that matters – except bald men commanding starships on diplomatic missions to worlds where all creatures are humans with crinkley foreheads, funny ears and/or facial tattoos. [...]
Monday, November 30, 2009
Conversation snippets you wouldn’t have heard last decade #43: a: Good to meet you! b: Same. Actually, I follow you on twitter. We’ve exchanged tweets a few times. It only just occurred to me that, while a perfectly rational thing to say, out of context it’s a truly weird thing to hear.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Ah. Breakfast. I’ve just put some fried mushrooms, onion & eggs on toast with whole grain mustard. Best thing in the world. Got a few minutes before I have to leave for work – why not watch a bit of a movie? 10 minutes is worth it. Hell, the opening 10 minutes of lots of [...]
Introduction So, I watch a lot of movies. I mean, not to scary Tarantino / Ebert levels, but still quite a few. So it doesn’t surprise me when sometimes, my nightmares contain film tropes or are just flat out films in themselves. Hell, once or twice things that happen in my dreams quickly became plot [...]