There was an interesting article in Saturday’s Guardian about the effect that Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has had on tourism at Rosslyn Chapel – the small chapel just outside Edinburgh which has been at the centre of the UK grail-hunting industry for many years. Rosslyn seems to have become another essential stop on… Continue reading Rosslyn Chapel
X-Men
I work too close to Forbidden Planet (and even closer to Gosh! Comics). I’ve started spending one lunchtime a week browsing in comic shops and buying stuff. I’ve been buying the Essential X-Men books. These are reprints of X-Men comics that I was reading in the late 70s and early 80s. It’s been a lot… Continue reading X-Men
Advertising
Advertisers choose their words carefully in order to seem to say far more than they are actually saying. Here’s a good example from a poster I’ve seen on the street recently. It’s for some kind of weight loss cream. The poster has a woman holding the waistband of a pair of jeans that are obviously… Continue reading Advertising
Fahrenheit 9/11 Opens in US
It looks like the “Move America Forward” people weren’t very successful in their campaign to keep theatres from showing Fahrenheit 9/11. The film opened in the US on Friday and weekend estimates show it as number one at the box office over the last few days. It has currently made $21,958,000 and is the first… Continue reading Fahrenheit 9/11 Opens in US
Cry God for England, Harry and St George
I really want to believe the football fans when they say that the English flags which have covered the country over the last couple of weeks have nothing to do with far right and racist political groups. But sometimes it can be hard. The BBC news this morning carried a story about police in both… Continue reading Cry God for England, Harry and St George
The Next Internet Explorer
A Microsoft employee happened to mention on his blog that he’ll be going to work on the team building the next version of IE. The comments then became a good place for web designers to list the things that they are looking for in the next IE (still not due for at least a year).… Continue reading The Next Internet Explorer
Moving America Forward
Over the last couple of days I’ve read thru the archives of the mailing list for Move American Forward – the organisation behind the campaign to persuade US cinemas not to show Fahrenheit 9/11. I’ve never come across such an incredible amount of bigotry and intolerance in one place. It’s full of people with the… Continue reading Moving America Forward
Martin Linton is an Idiot Too
Seems there are a lot of idiots around recently. In this article from my local paper, Martin Linton (who is my MP) explains why he supports identity cards. He does, however, say that he is canvassing opinions from his constituents. I’ll give him some bloody opinions!
John Gibson is an Idiot
Earlier in the year I mentioned Fox News correspondent John Gibson and his My Word segments that presented an astonishing view of the whole Andrew Gilligan and David Kelly affair. Well he’s on about it again. Earlier this week Ofcom reported their findings on his reports and they say that he had breached broadcast guidelines.… Continue reading John Gibson is an Idiot
Ulysses
To celebrate the 100th annivesary of Bloomsday, the BBC publishes an abridged version of Ulysses. I bought all of James Joyce’s books after my first trip to Dublin in 1992. I’ve still only read Dubliners tho’.