Worms? What can of worms? Synopsis In the middle ages (14th, I think) a “dragon” menaces a village. Sir William goes forth to do battle and we see the “dragon” to be a dinosaur. In the 21st Century, an anomaly opens up in a car wrecking yard and out comes a dracorex hogwartsia (no, I’m … Read more
Can no one put two and two together? Synopsis Quinn and Becker test the ARC’s security, unknown to them, Christine Johnson and her soldiers watch everything through concealed surveillance cameras. Meanwhile, Conner and Page continue to study the artifact. Page gets the idea of passing a laser through it, and, after various attempts, the artifact … Read more
I’ll never look at athlete’s foot the same way again. Synopsis Rich Sir Richard has a groovy pad in the city overlooking the Thames, his subordinate can’t tell the difference between a piece of modern art and anomaly. He’s sucked into another time but not before he deposits spores he’s been infected with on the … Read more
Danny’s back. Now there’s a surprise. (Not) Synopsis The devastated team keeps working after Cutter’s death, the ARC is being rebuilt. Lester’s nemesis is revealed (to the audience) to have not only a captive future predator, but an anomaly all her own – one that has a “cloaking device” keeping the ARC people from finding … Read more
I didn’t see that coming. Synopsis The story opens with Helen drilling her Clone Troopers and demonstrating that they are mindless zombies by having one kill himself. A reporter who has been unsuccessfully on the trail of the anomaly story stakes out the ARC in the hopes of getting the biggest story of all time. … Read more
When first I heard about a US version of Life on Mars, the excellent, if ultimately depressing, British show about a modern-day police detective trapped in 1973, I thought, “there’s nothing they can do to justify a remake, and there’s no way they could end the show the same way.” I watched the first episode … Read more
If mythological creatures are manifestations of anomalies, are haunted houses, also? Synopsis 14 years ago a magnificent house stands empty. Teenagers break in, but they don’t get out. Back in the present, Cutter has used the data from Dr. Page’s research to build a new model of the anomalies, with it, he is able to … Read more
Since I started programming computers a scant 31 years ago, I’ve had to learn many different programming languages – from ancients like COBOL, FORTRAN and RPG to more modern languages like Java. It’s all part of the game, but undeniably the programming paradigm has shifted beyond all recognition since I wrote that first TRS-80 Basic … Read more
Primeval returns for a third series! Synopsis The episode starts with a new member of the military (Captain Becker) being added to the ARC team. His job, keep them from getting killed like poor ol’ Steven. Meanwhile, at the British Museum, an anomaly appears and a prehistoric crocodilian (Pristichampsus) kills one of the employees. Cutter’s … Read more
It’ time to review iMovie ’09, the only other piece (apart from iPhoto) that has much interest for me in iLife. In the interest of full disclosure, I made the move to the Macintosh just so that I could use Final Cut Pro. I learned to edit video on an ancient linear U-matic editor. I … Read more