Knight Rider is one of those shows perhaps best left in the 1980s, but that doesn’t stop studio executives from trying to beat the dead horse a couple more times by ressurecting it (yet again) as a two hour telemovie. Apart from it being just generally awful, the sponsors (Ford) didn’t miss the fact that … Read more

I know what you’re thinking: You’re thinking I’m going to review my new iPhone. Well, I’m not. At least, not today. I feel I should give it at least one full, four-day weekend before making my assessment. No, instead, I’m just going to touch on the Apple TV Take 2 upgrade that came down last … Read more

Had to go to a Taiwanese American Association banquet last night. Not really my cup of tea, but I support the organization and their goals and try to help them when I can. Irene and the kids enjoyed it, but it might have been a complete write-off for me if it weren’t for this sign … Read more

Have you ever stood in an abandoned house? One that’s falling down, but inside it’s clear that it wasn’t completely emptied before the last inhabitants fled? In my wanderings over the years, I’ve encountered several such places, and I find, as I look around, that I cannot help but try to imagine the occupants. Their … Read more

So my wonderful wife got me a new toy for Valentine’s Day. Ever since the great iPod in the pool catastrophe, which also damaged my mobile, I’ve been having increasing problems with the phone, and so… Now I have an iPhone. In fact, I’m writing this on a traffic jam using the cell network connection. … Read more

I’ve just got too many bookmarks in my “blog this pile” this week, so, rather than give each the attention it deserves, I’ll just lump them altogether… This one is just too funny, someone over at Fundies Say The Darndest Things has collected their top 100 list of the most nut-job, fundamentalist, crackpot religious comments, … Read more

I didn’t know Singapore went in for the flashy, “we’ve got to be #1 stuff”, like the Malaysians do, but here it is – the Singapore Flyer. The world’s newest “tallest” and “largest” observation wheel. It bumped off the London Eye as the numero uno largest and the Star of Nanchang as the tallest. Link: … Read more

If you, like me, are somewhat obsessed with the imaginary lines that divide our little planet, few lines are more more amusing that the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. There’s a new BBC series, called Tropic Of Capricorn, which I’ve not seen, which charts a course around the world along (what else?) the Tropic of … Read more

It’s no secret that Doctor Who and the Silurians is one of my all-time favorite Doctor Who serials. Episode 2 was the first episode of Doctor Who I ever saw, back in… 1975 or 1976. Owing to a bit of indiscriminate programming on behalf of KVOA TV 4 in Tucson, it was also the third … Read more