It was goodbye to the 3-star Woodfin today and hello to the 4-star Omni San Diego. I’ll relate more about the ultimate Priceline experience later, suffice it to say the Omni is a nicer hotel, right next to the Gaslamp district and the convention center – for less money per night. We got out of … Read more
Day three brought us to the San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park. Which constitutes a lot of walking and driving around looking at animals. ’nuff said. Afterwards we explored the area, bought some “fresh” california produce from a roadside stand and stopped at Famer Boys Hamburgers, for a decent, if unremarkable late lunch. That put … Read more
Ah, our memories from childhood! Oh, you youngsters don’t remember the days before microwave ovens, or before Domino’s Pizza and Pizza Hut had expanded out and dominated the entire country. In those old days, there were one or two Pizza Huts in town – the old kind, with no delivery and a table-top video game … Read more
9:02 AM 24 Km from home Less than 20 minutes into a 6 hour drive. James says, “Are we almost there yet?”
Can you believe that the BBC would have the audacity to show a new trailer for Waters of Mars at the San Diego Comic Con – which is, I might point out, in the flippin’ United States – and then post the damned thing to their website and make it UK-only? That’s over-the-line – and … Read more
My hopes have been dashed. I don’t know why I ever had them. This preview of the new Prisoner… movie, mini-series… whatever… has just come out of ComicCon. Ummm… I hope it’s better than this 10-minute trailer makes it look.
In several weeks’ time, we’ll be going to San Diego. This is hardly a planned thing and almost could be considered impromptu. Our summer vacation plans this year have been thwarted and thwarted again. Now, with just weeks before both my wife and the kids go back to school, we’re making one last effort to … Read more
I loathe Torchwood. It is the Slitheen of the Doctor Who universe… oh, wait, the Slitheen are the Slitheen of the Doctor Who universe. In that case, Torchwood are the fart jokes of the Doctor Who universe – crude, boorish and juvenile. (While, at the same time, attempting to be all grown-up. “See, I can … Read more
This video I recorded of my old and new iPhones side-by-side should explain this subject without further words.
I haven’t had my new 3GS long enough to really give a good account of what I think of the various upgrades, but I can, at this point, give my opinion on the Apple Store experience that I had getting the upgrade. For the record, generally, I have had no problems at the Apple Store, … Read more