I’ve just seen that on Live Journal there’s a community called 50bookchallenge. The idea is to try to read 50 books in 2004. Weird to think that there are people who would find reading 50 books in a year to be a challenge.
New Job
It seems I have a new job. From Tuesday 5th May I’ll be a Senior Perl Programmer working for Outcome Technologies. If I go a bit quiet it’s because I’m a lot busier :)
Tru Calling
I watched the first episode of Tru Calling today. It seems to be a combination of Early Edition and Six Feet Under with a dash of Run Lola Run. That makes it pretty interesting, but I think that the writers will have to work hard prevent it getting repetitive. I’ll be watching for the next… Continue reading Tru Calling
Craig Shergold Film
While browsing my digital program guide today, I noticed that at at 18;50 this evening Sky Movies 6 is showing The Miracle of the Cards which is a film based on the Craig Shergold story. Looks pretty dreadful so I won’t be watching. But if you’re really bored this evening…
NME Readers Defy BPI
78% of NME readers say they will defy the BPI and continue to use free file swapping networks. Is anyone even a bit surprised by this?
The Passion of the Christ
I went to see The Passion of the Christ. I enjoyed it immensely. You may be interested in reading my review. I thought that the cinema would be pretty quiet on a weekday afternoon. But there was some sort of outing from a local church. The cinema foyer was full of little old ladies who… Continue reading The Passion of the Christ
Even Less Customer Service
Following on from my recent rant about ntl customer service, I see that they have just announced that they are closing 10 of their 13 call centres and laying off 1,500 people. That’ll be a great help.
Alanis vs The Censors
At a Canadian music awards festival on Sunday, Alanis Morissette wore a fake nude suit in protest against the censorship on US TV. The BBC has the story but there’s a better photo here
Customer Service
I get my digital tv service from ntl. You hear a lot of people complaining about ntl, but in general it’s all worked pretty well for me. Then on Saturday evening at about 7:30 I discovered that one of the set-top boxes had a problem. I was missing most of the channels that I subscribe… Continue reading Customer Service
Job Interview
You know you’re being interviewed by an interesting company when one of the offices has an Alien suit lying on the floor.