May 7th, 2009
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 around.
On [...]
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April 22nd, 2008
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 company [...]
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June 21st, 2007
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 makes [...]
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