Some hardware is now on sale along with a few discs so I suspect it is only a matter of time before the “format war” really starts to kick-in. The truth is that in spite of being a technophile I’m finding it really hard to give a damn about this non-event. So yes, more data [...]
Spring 1996 : The King’s Brother comes to visit, Pisang (3,300m / 10,800ft)
“Well there I was just minding my own business, sipping tea; lost within my own thoughts when who should turn up in his royal chopper but the King of Nepal’s brother for a quick visit. All the villagers turned up in their best [...]
Happy Birthday. This is from one of may favourite portraits of her, its flattering and shows her at her best but also brings back childhood memories for me. Better than a President any day.
An article on the BBC this weekend caught my eye regarding one American woman’s feeling that she is not liked here due to the fact that she is American : Anti-Americanism ‘feels like racism’. Now while I am neither proud of my countrymen who behave thus nor justifying such behaviour I really think Ms Cox [...]
Seeing as its Sunday today it would seem appropriate to get onto my pedestal and give a sermon about this week’s news that the translation of the gospel according to Judas is soon to be available. Now in my youth I read the bible from cover to cover (OK I skipped Numbers) on more than [...]
Last night we finally got to watch the infamous docu-tainment piece Super Size Me (2004) on television where the intrepid host threatens his long-term health by eating nothing but fast food for a month interspersed with info-mercials on the business practices of the American fast food industry, very much in the style of Bowling for [...]
