Eugene Glover Last week, Ben and I put together our first podcast. I’ve decided to revive Fusion Patrol in a slightly different format. Originally, Fusion Patrol (made for public access television) was intended to be a community affairs type program for the science fiction community. It was supposed to be news and events and a showcase for … Read more
No, this isn’t my review of the first half of the two part story that started thus week with the Time of Angels. I’ve been toying with the idea of doing a podcast on science fiction/fantasy TV shows and, while we’re experimenting, it looks like we’ll get our feet wet with podcasts on the remaining … Read more
This is really going to me more about the Daleks than this week’s episode of Doctor Who, but we’ll do both. Victory of the Daleks is the Moffat-era reboot of the Daleks, and they desperately needed a reboot, but will this really be an improvement? Summary Winston Churchill calls the Doctor to the Cabinet War … Read more
Not a review of Victory of the Daleks but does contain a reasonably small spoiler. Something extraordinary happened in Victory of the Daleks that really made me feel like Russell T. Davies is finally gone. As the Doctor and Amy tried to bring out Prof. Bracewell’s humanity, Amy asked him if he’d ever fancied someone … Read more
I’ve been doing some testing today on the iBook e-reader that Apple provides for the iPad. I’ve not-so-much been testing the reading experience, but testing the capabilities for outside material. You can, of course, buy books directly from Apple’s iBookstore and they even have a selection of free e-books – of exactly the kind you’d … Read more
It seems that most of the feedback about the new Doctor Who series is positive, save for one thing – the new credits and the new music. Now, I must admit the new music was immediately a huge letdown for me. It grows on you a bit, but overall I’m not impressed. I decided that … Read more
I promised my incoherent thoughts on the iPad after days of use and here they are… in no particular order. iPad notes Carrying it is awkward. There’s just no good way to carry the iPad by itself. You’d think it would be natural to carry it like a textbook, but it isn’t. No matter which … Read more
I’d written up this long, convoluted post about my travails trying to get an iPad, but by the time I’ve gotten around to posting it… I finally got an iPad. I guess I’ll recount the story anyway. Let’s rewind to Saturday, April 3rd, the very first day of iPad sales. As you may recall, it … Read more
I really need to catch up on my writing! After my initial analysis of my MacBook Pro, I thought I should point out a few things after using it for a few weeks. In no particular order: The edges on this thing are sharp. I’m not quite ready to take a file to it, but … Read more
“Say, ‘Whee!’” – the Doctor I’ll skip the usual synopsis/analysis section and cut right to the bone: this was another fine episode of Doctor Who. With only two episodes of Smith’s reign and Moffat’s stewardship, I could hardly be happier with their start. This episode we get to see Smith in all his gangly, oddly … Read more