Baby Bird
As I was sitting at my computer answering an email, one of the now-quite-big baby birds from the nest in my garden flew in through the open garden doors. I noticed the babies have been jumping out onto branches, practicing their flying, but this little guy decided to take it a bit further. Of course, [...]
Charlie Brooker
I’ve decided that I wanted to write stuff about people in my life who are very important to me… but maybe they don’t even know they are important to me. The first person I want to write about is Charlie Brooker. I first met Charlie on the top floor of BBC Broadcasting House. We had [...]
She’s A Flight Risk Update
NOTE: MOST OF THE LINKS IN THE POST NO LONGER WORK. A Flight Risk *might* be getting interesting again (go to the last few comments)… Unless someone is just trying to get in on the act… What do you think? I am damn excited about Wing’s Music… and I’m not talking Paul McCartney. Go on. [...]
Shot By Shot Raiders
OK, so apparently in 1982 these 12 years old kids decided they were going to film a shot-by-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark. They finished it in 1988. Now… it’s in the world. Read more here and check out the trailer here. I’d love to see it! I wish my video player worked [...]
Sputnick
To Brian on the phone just now: ‘I’m not autistic, I’m eating crackers.’ I think that’s up there with this sentence I uttered, in all sincerety, when I was 19 or so : ‘I’ve never read the Bible, but I’ve seen the movie.’ The wonders of the Internet #1004 You can buy Sputnick on eBay. [...]
Interesting
How’s this for an interesting couple of days… John H.* Richardson got in touch with me about… something… not dwarves though! I probably shouldn’t say what it’s about, but you’ve read a bit about it in my blog recently… He’s doing an article for Esquire. I have read that book and loved it! Have a [...]
