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Breaking Bad returns!
A series that I consider hasn’t had enough acclaim is back. Season three of Breaking Bad returned last week, and I was all over it like a particularly bad rash. If you haven’t seen this yet, I suggest you dig it out of whatever site you use for TV shows. It’s about a leading scientist [...]
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Archer.
The first episode I saw of Archer was, in fact, the pilot, and I wasn’t really sure what to make of it. Still, I kept watching and I’m glad I did. Archer is a cartoon series for adults. It features a dysfunctional spy agency ISIS, and the agents and staff who work for it. Their [...]
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Anonymize Your Googleness.
For the past ten years or so Google has slowly been expanding its reach, until it has become just about the single most influencial force on the net. It’s creed is ‘Do no Evil’, but there’s nothing in there about seeing, hearing and recording! And that’s what they do. They gather information. Every search you [...]
Tablets, the next craze or not?
No, I’m not talking about popping pills here, but the upcoming ‘craze’ in tablet PCs (and Macs of course). Apple, the company that makes lovely arty products, is expected to announce the iSlate soon. The iSlate, if in fact that will be its name, is a tablet PC, meaning it’s a computer without a keyboard, [...]
Slade Torments Three Billion People.
At my work there’s a reception area, and on the wall is a large flat screen showing various videos and shots of promotions/activities etc. Recently one section has been playing Slade’s ‘Merry Christmas Everybody.’ You know the one I’m sure – ‘So here it is Merry Christmas everybody’s having fun, look to the future…‘ etc. [...]
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The Universe
People often* ask me if I think there’s other life out in the universe. Well, you just need to take a moment to check out the picture below (larger version here) and then consider the stupidity of that question. The picture was recently taken by Hubble, and shows not stars, but galaxies. Galaxies! Each containing [...]
Living in China.
I live in China, something I talk about on my blog (www.ChinarensBlog.com), so I thought I’d just post an old old entry here, to give you a taste of what you’re missing! I’ve been in China for quite a few years, and lived in a fair few different cities. Over the time here I’ve either [...]
Bad Jokes.
I just dug up a few old jokes and thought I share them with you here… Sports quotes: “I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body” (Winston Bennett) “The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical” (Murray Walker) “I owe a lot to [...]
