DuPont Awards Announced – Same Old Crap
a The Silver Baton For Most Predictable Prizes The ‘prestigious’ DuPont Awards were announced today from Columbia University and they were a roster of the totally most predictable and ‘safe’ bets you could imagine. Despite the fact that awards...
Read moreThe Kite Runner
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW7aGiuKZaU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Do you like this? Lacking the power of the book… It may be freezing cold here in England and every road and train closed down due to snow, but I am having a great time running on the...
Read moreWhy I Love England (even in the winter)
Last night was the Winter Solstice and there was a full moon that completely illuminated the sky. We took the dogs for a long walk late at night, even though it was bitterly cold, it was that kind of...
Read moreNow Anyone Can Make A Feature Film – Almost
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njeofv4dr9Q&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Scary… for Hollywood at least… One of the things I really like about flying all the time is that I get to see movies I would normally never pay to go and see. Or even come across Flying...
Read moreThe King’s Speech
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAm7gRXFiRo[/youtube] I have a voice… If you have not yet seen The Kings Speech, I urge you to go and see it. It is a lovely film. It’s the story of how George VI, burdened with a terrible stammer,...
Read moreMake Your Own Cable Channel At Home for Fun and Profit
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k2eZ7heYQ0[/youtube] Spacevidcast OK A few days ago I posted some rather astonishing video from NASA accompanied by some pretty lame narration. Engineers. I said there was enormous potential here for someone with an entrepreneurial bent. The next day I...
Read moreNASA – Great Engineering – Terrible Producers
Earthrise Some years ago, Kevin Kelly published a book entitled The Home Planet. It was a collection of some of the most astonishing photographs from space I have ever seen. I still have it. What made the book particularly...
Read morePhilip Roth, Polio and Video
Philip Roth, author I have just finished reading Nemesis, the most recent of Philip Roth’s novels. I like Roth. He is my favorite writer. And the thing about reading a book, particularly fiction, is that it captures you in...
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