Month: May 2008

  • Pinball

    From Ray, my son: ‘Was pinball the game where you launched a ball and then you had to edit everything really fast so that the ball reached its destination?’

    By Serendipity

  • Secondlifelike

    I’ve been exploring Second Life for a teaching project at Aberdeen. There are a staggering number of good and helpful people and resources out there, and it would be immoral...

    By Virtuality

  • Belches, fatuous claims and meat.

    I don’t usually object to the Beeb; its reporting is carefully checked and succeds in offending almost everyone equally. The claim, however, in Costing the Earth on 8 May that...

    By Uncategorized

  • Bad publicity, confused gender.

    Well, it had to happen. Here’s the blurb for a film in which a Yeti is the horror interest. Probably a male monster. Contrast this to Herge’s poignantly misunderstood beast...

    By animals, Fomenting, glaikit, Himalayas

  • The Wrong Logo

    I was in a supermarket yesterday, on my way back from other errands, buying a few staples. In my hand was a really well made cloth shopping bag from another...

    By Fomenting