We had a camera stolen from us some years back while en route to Freiburg from Basel on a late train. It’ll be interesting to see whether this is any…
In French: how else?
As usual, old Sam Pepys says it best in his great Diary. “December 25: To church in the morning, and there saw a wedding in the church, which I have…
He now rests in the company of Beemer, Bubble, Pip, and Lilith, down at the bottom of the garden. Go well, noble puss. …
I need to write about this now, as it’s only going to get more difficult if I put it off. Despite our hopes that Mr. Squeak would see some relatively…
I was whinging about commercials that I hate, the other day. For fairness’s sake, here are a few that made me smile recently. First: some pretty backgrounds in here, regardless…
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In the Annoying Commercials department… (a rant)
Sometimes when I’m working, the TV is running in the background to provide innocuous “white noise”. Not real white noise, mind you… just a something-going-on mutter that helps me think.…
It’s always fun when someone exactly gets what you were trying to do. 🙂 “”Omnitopia Dawn, dot Hack, and also, surprisingly, Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb, all have an…
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It was only a matter of time: Romulan Ale
It had to happen, didn’t it? (As a commercial product, I mean. Heaven knows it’s been around SF conventions in one form or another forever.) And naturally, it now happens…
Was watching the BBC program last night on the Arabian Nights, featuring Richard Grant. When they started dealing with the issue of translations, it surprised me a little that not…
(back to pp 103-107) [scrippet] HARRY (to Joy) I forgot to call, earlier. JOY That’s okay… HARRY You forgot something, too. (hint, hint) She stares, uncomprehending. HARRY I don’t even…
(Back to pp 96-102) [scrippet]INT. ERICKSON CLEAN ROOM — DAY As the four ENTER. Doris, seeing Harry and Joy, hurries to them. Elizabeth moves out into the situation as…
It’ll be available in May, apparently. “We have put the sizzle into bbq design. Your bbq and herb-garden in one. It looks like a terracotta pot, but conceals a bbq…
(back to pp 90-95) [scrippet]INT. ERICKSON COMPUTERS — DAY Through the floor-to-ceiling glass walls, several cabs DRIVE PAST and out of sight. Then Joy and Elizabeth WALK IN through…
And after just one episode. As we say in this neck of the woods: Not Too Shabby. 🙂 I haven’t seen the US numbers, but here are the UK ones:…
Well, why not? And this thing looks desperately cool. “Everyone’s dreamt of flying free as a bird. Nano is for the fun of flying – no passengers, no cargo –…
(back to pp 83-90) [scrippet]INT. COMPUTER SHOW — DAY The sales stand. Harry looks frazzled, scribbles in a notebook: a POCKET P.A. sits nearby. Boyce stops by. BOYCE You…
Well, it’s gorgeous. Everything’s very handsomely art-directed and designed; the money (as they say) is on the screen where you can see it. Always a good sign. Though there’s no…
…Well, I think it’s pretty, anyway. And I like the way it rolls up and makes a stand for the iPad. Whenever the day rolls ’round that I have cash…
(back to pp 77-82) [scrippet]INT. ORMONDE HOTEL BREAKFAST ROOM — MORNING The aftermath of breakfast. Tables are pulled together. Joy and Harry sit over cups of tea with Gunter,…
The story at SFX gives all the important details.
(back to pp 71-76) [scrippet]EXT. LONDON STREETS — NIGHT Chase scene. Gunter veers along like the worst kind of student driver, narrowly avoiding crashing into things and people… sometimes…
We saw this while in the excellent Martinsbräu in Freiburg im Breisgau, that jewel among German cities — possibly the most Mediterranean of the cities of the German south. The…
(Back to pages 65-70) [scrippet]INT. ERICKSON COMPUTERS — NIGHT Gunter makes his way THROUGH THE BUILDING cautiously. Before entering a given space, he puts just enough of his FACE…