Five Superheroes We Can Live Without
The other day while writing some rather self-pitying notes in my blog book (yes, I handwrite all this rubbish before I go to bed at night!) …
Album Digest, April 2011
Why I Love Betty Blue
I saw Betty Blue (original French title 37,2 Le Matin) for the first time in 1996 shortly after having read the book and it remains one of …
Five Things To Try When You Can't Sleep
Facebook is wonderful for keeping in touch but I’ve noticed that quite a few of my friends tend to use it to tell the world that they can’t …
Favourite Culture Ship Names
As I mentioned before I am re-reading the novels of Iain Banks and this weekend I managed to finish Consider Phlebas. A little post about it …
Album Digest, March 2011
More Books
Understated Classics #8: Second Light by Dreadzone
In the understated classics series, I try to alternate between pop/rock and electronic albums. Keeping with this trend number eight is the …
Album Digest, February 2011
February, the shortest month, harbinger of such delights as Groundhog Day and Valentine’s Day. Could it possibly produce any good albums? …
Out There Somewhere
Hurrah for more exoplanets making the news this week. This time it is a star with a whole bunch of small planets very close to the star, …
Programming an UNO game, part 2
It turns out that programming the UNO game is not that complicated once you start designing the thing. This post will get the rules and game …