The Fellowship of the Ring
Breathtakingly exciting, and breathtakingly beautiful. And it took my breath away too. Continue reading
Inside the Dub Plates — Salmonella Dub
Great for dusting out those speakers. A really nice album, with soul, a bit of melody and a boatload o’ bass. I’ve never even heard the earlier album Killervision, but I think I should. Continue reading
New Zealand
Such a nice place. Wellington was strange though — I’d never been there over new year before, when the university and the parliament are both empty. It was like a ghost town (albeit a very pleasant, if windy, ghost town). Continue reading
Harry Potter
Well, it was exactly like the book, so not really worth watching. Still, nicely put together – the casting was pretty good, the special effects were good (Lord of the Rings comparisons are probably unfair), and the overacting performances were … Continue reading
meatsicle!
“meatsicle! is an all natural, frozen meat snack! We use only the freshest slaughtered and deboned cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens in our secret formula. No preservatives, no artificial colors. meatsicle! is the only frozen snack that contains the protein … Continue reading
Word Perhect
This is a word processing program as designed by a Turner Prize-nominated artist. It is magnificent. If all computer programs were like this, the world would be a better place. Link to website Continue reading
Pointless Waste of Time
(No, not thunderguy.com.) This site is indeed entirely pointless, and quite silly, but you won’t find it a waste of time as long as you enjoy pointless silliness. Link to website Continue reading
Stardrive
This is way past the cutting edge, as far as I can tell. Is it science, or art, or mumbo-jumbo? Maybe this will be hailed as visionary stuff a hundred years from now. You never know. Link to website Continue reading
War of Words — Elizabeth Mapstone
“What is going on when some other person is so misguided as to disagree with us?” There are some interesting ideas in this book, War of Words: Women and Men Arguing. Continue reading
Karmavore
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Film at karmavore.com is a bunch of capsule reviews of films that dare to portray women not as damsels in distress, love interests or other plot devices, but as characters in their own right. There … Continue reading