Where is the castle?

Where is the castle?

I have memories of visiting model villages as a child, little did I expect to end up driving around one. Our typical exploratory excursions, sans GPS, consist of defining a destination or three, making a wrong turn or two, and at least once impulsively detouring to explore something that whispers of old stuff to look [...]


Blakes 7 and the return of the original Vila

Blakes 7 and the return of the original Vila

I was a Blakes 7 fan when the show ran on the BBC between 1978 and 1981. It presented television sc-fi with more edge, more grit, and some genuinely mean characters. Wobbly sets aside, this was great characterization and dramatic writing. Last year, Blakes 7 was reborn in audio form. B7 Media, an independent production [...]


Facebook – a very big, claustrophobic, bubble

Facebook – a very big, claustrophobic, bubble

Facebook‘s recent growth is certainly impressive – are there any interweb users out there who have not had several invitations to join? My gut-level dislike for Facebook stems not from concerns of a large bubble which may burst, but from a large bubble with deliberately increasing wall thickness. There is one element to Facebook that [...]