Hit tip to Little-Storping-On-The-Swuff for bringing to my attention that these much-anticipated Jerry Seinfeld/Bill Gates Commercials had begun to appear. Unfortunately, I haven’t see it on the air yet, but that’s probably because I’m not in the target demographic and don’t watch the Home Shopping Network, anyway. Some people, apparently, think these are quite funny. … Read more
Has the novelty worn off or have I just nothing to say? (Did I ever?) For whatever the reason, I haven’t felt much like blogging lately, not that there isn’t just scads of things going on. I’ve been going through the photos and here are a few that bear mentioning, just to catch everybody up. … Read more
I heard my first Xmas carol this year today at Costco. Coincidentally, it was Carol of the Bells, the only one I really like. My yearly Xmas quota has been met. (This picture is of the little Xmas machine belting out the music.)
If you’re like me and you’ve watched a lot of British television you’re bound to have seen references to Biggles (that’s Major James Bigglesworth to you) – the quintessential British air ace. Biggles is a fictional boys-adventure series of books spanning from the 1930s to the 1950s. However, if you’re American, even if you’ve heard … Read more
I can’t do the smile in a blog post, but… despite it still showing up on my shared computer list, Liberator, my first Mac (Dual 1.33ghz, G4 PowerMac) is dead. The naming convention doesn’t make much sense, but our second Mac was Scorpio, my wife’s eMac, now replaced by an iMac (hence the snazzy iMac … Read more
No, we didn’t go to Legoland. However, while visiting the Apple Store at Chandler Fashion Mall I learned that there is a Lego Store in the mall. How cool is that? So, as James is really hot on Lego Indiana Jones, we thought it might he time to graduate the kids up to Legos. After … Read more
Library science has always fascinated me. First, because I love books, second because I’m an extremely disorganized person. It always seemed simple enough – far too simple to be something you actually need a college degree in. Now, finally, I understand why! You’ve got to be trained professional to install fish tanks in the Library … Read more
How sad! Did I today see the last of it’s kind?
And this couldn’t be any more richly deserved… Future Doctor Who Executive Producer Steven Moffat has scooped his third Hugo Award in a row. Blink, written by Steven and directed by Hettie Macdonald, beat off strong competition from Paul Cornell’s two-parter Human Nature/The Family of Blood and Catherine Treganna’s Torchwood episode Captain Jack Harkness to … Read more
I happened to hit the wrong sort order today on my iTunes, bringing the “most played” songs to the top. I must say, I was a bit surprised at the results. I can only imagine that I must have put a 007 playlist on and left for vacation. Only one non-007 song cracked the top … Read more