I find it heartening that a thing like Uncaged Monkeys exists. While I doubt science based entertainment will ever reach the stadium busting state that stand-up comedy did a few years ago I hope the trend continues. The format worked well and was a lively cross between lecture and stand-up routine. Most of the comedy [...]
Archive of posts tagged review
Book Review: Free as in Freedom
I’ve just finished reading Free as in Freedom a biography of Richard Stallman the founder of the free software movement. The title takes it’s name from the oft repeated statement used to highlight that software freedom is not about the price rather what you can do with it. The book itself is relatively short and [...]
CoD: Black Ops
As is becoming traditional I got the latest instalment of the Call of Duty franchise, Black ops, as one of my Christmas presents. What follows is some brief comments having finished the single player campaign last night. I don’t think I’ve been overly hammering it but I reckon it took around 16 hours of game [...]
2010 In Memorium
2010 has been a pretty good year for us, it seems like is has packed a lot in. Professionally I’ve been doing really well. The company I work for has had yet another record breaking year which has triggered my bonus again (although I don’t find out how much until I get back). It continues [...]
Review: The Ballad of Gay Tony
We finally reached the limit on the PS3′s hard disk a few weeks ago. Although I had the option of reformatting the hard drive to reclaim the 10gb after Sony disabled OtherOS* it seemed a lot easier to get a newer more spacious disk. A quick trip to Amazon later and a very simple backup [...]
Review: Noises Off
Last night Fliss and I watched the film version of Michael Frayn‘s Noises Off. Fliss explained to me that it is a film beloved of theatre technicians due to it’s setting, following the goings on behind stage of a dysfunctional group of actors performing a classic English farce. The film version stars Michael Caine and [...]
App Review: Smart Alarm Clock
One of the reasons to own a smart phone is to run applications on it. There are some fantastic ideas out there and given the relative youth of the mobile app explosion I’m sure there is plenty more to come. Today I thought I would offer my thoughts on Smart Alarm Clock. The concept is [...]
Review: Silicon Snake Oil
I picked up a copy of Clifford Stoll’s Silicon Snake Oil in a second hand book shop a few days ago. You can read the review behind the cut. Silicon Snake Oil by Cliff Stoll rating: 2 of 5 stars I first came across Clifford Stoll while reading the excellent Cuckoo’s Egg. It’s a griping [...]
Crystal Aliens!?
Despite less the glowing reviews we thought we would chance Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at the cinema. It’s not the worlds worst film, in fact if you disengage brain and enjoy it for what it is I thought it was pretty good. Some people have complained about the mixing of [...]
Smooth Running
I came home on the metro today after a month or so of using the pretty efficient bus service. The ride is certainly a lot smoother although they seem to be taking it easy on the new rails at the moment. I knew it was quieter as I could hear my radio without having to [...]
