Monthly Archives: February 2008

According to the website he’s sent me flowers and set my name as his ringtone. And I can’t even vote for the guy! …unlike that rotten Hillary Clinton… (Via Boing Boing.)

thank you.

There’s always bloody something. Last year’s Straight8 was a farrago of rescripts, abrupt changes in personnel and wild changes in direction, approach and philosophy. Frankly, if I never have to go through that again, it’ll be too soon. This year, … Continue reading →

Diz is still stuck in Dubai. His hearing is upcoming, and he needs help with his legal fees. I’ve just bumped him a tenner. How about you? A critical step in securing the release of Cat has been made, and … Continue reading →

Saturday came up very bright, and very cold. The smart option would have been to stay, warm and snug, tangled up with Clare until circumstance or a full bladder forced the least determined of us out of bed. Tea would … Continue reading →

Seasons Greetings From Warren Ellis: Happy Valentine’s Day to all. And to those who hate the day, I say this: Valentine’s Day is a Christian corruption of a pagan festival involving werewolves, blood and fucking. So wish people a happy … Continue reading →

Feh.

It should be obvious to regular readers of the blog that I am becoming an old school irascible git. Therefore the very idea of me settling down in front of BBC Three on the day of it’s relaunch as an … Continue reading →

Brent Simmons has written a detailed account of the decisions he made in designing the series of dialog boxes that pop up the first time you run NetNewsWire. Although it’s written primarily for other programmers, his post is perfectly readable … Continue reading →

…in movies, at least. Michael Moran over at the Times nails the cliches that still strangle most mainstream movie SF at birth. I can think of few SF films released in the first few years that don’t have at least … Continue reading →