underdogs bite upwards (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Today I'm working as if my income depended on it and as if I could be held accountable if I failed - and since I'm not an NHS manager, it does and I could. So this is a quickie I spotted while taking a break. The residents of Poole, Dorset, are not amused. I am. I laughed like a ticklish little girl in a room full of feathers. This is the logical conclusion of Health and Safety's trembling cowardice...
Meeester Nik (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Do I look sufficiently uncomfortable to be stroking a skunk? (I’m at the back, if anyone asks – Danny Bird’s at the front and the guy with the stinker in his arms works for the zoo ). Now in fairness it could be a bit of a champagne face because actually it was very cute and [...] No related posts.
iamstockmonkey (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel deals with 3 blokes (made up of 66% Nerd) whose night at the pub takes a turn for the strange with some Time Travel-based shenanigans. The film, whilst having a clever script that doesn't tie itself in knots with all its twists - lacks the laughs it needs to make up for the total lack of excitement in their absence. FAQ is better than the recent Red Dwarf...
The Daily Galaxy: Great Discoveries Channel (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
We took poetic license and named today's image the "Red Dwarf Galaxy." It's actual name is spiral galaxy NGC 5792 a typical spiral, almost edge-on, with blue spiral arms and some dust features, what is cool is its neighbor, a...
Mitchelaneous (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
There is no doubt in my mind that Red Dwarf was one of the greatest television sitcoms of all time. Originating from a recurring radio sketch, Dave Hollins: Space Cadet, this show about an odd band of misfits traveling through space, was beyond awesome. With that said, I thought I would share with you my top ten Red Dwarf moments, from it’s eight seasons. The Comeback of Talkie Toaster The Light...
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
I don't wanna wait! For Joshua Jackson to be cast in a science fiction film that sounds a lot like Men in Black and is based off a British television show from the 70s. Luckily, I don't have to.
The Wertzone (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
As mentioned in the previous review, Red Dwarf abruptly went off the air following transmission of its sixth season at the end of 1993. A criminal case involving actor Craig Charles and the breakdown of the working relationship between writer-producers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor proved disastrous, and although both problems were eventually overcome (Charles was fully exonerated; Rob Grant departed to...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
I've seen every single one of these episodes too many times to count. Doesn't matter a bit. This is timeless inventive, stuff. The kind of thing that you feel obligated to introduce to the unitiated and invite friends overt o watch and rewatch. The fact that the character of Basil Fawlty is based on a real person makes the show all the more rich. Like Seinfeld and other programs that expertly replicate...
Young American Poets (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The feminist in me, the one who reads queer theory and gender analysis for fun, the person who attends poetry readings where the words “twat,” “cunt,” “yoni” and “vagina dentata” get kicked around like hackey sacks, balks at the fact that I wish I were there to make you dinner when you get home from work. Wish I could watch you clear the threshold, listen...
Vegan Knitting...and then some (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I just posted this on the Vegan Sock Knitalong blog: I recently completed two pairs of socks using Knit One Crochet Two's Wick, a worsted weight yarn made of 53% soy and 47% polypropylene, which supposedly creates a fabric that wicks, pulling the moisture away from your body as you sweat. I picked up a couple of balls a few...
Appulo.us Newest Apps & Updates (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Enemy of Chaos (1.0) Leila Johnston Category: Books Price: $4.99 Cracker: RCRX Application Description: You look at the job advert again. “Person with superior reasoning ability required.” Well that’s definitely you, you think, as you switch the lights on and off exactly six times so that your family won’t all die in an accident. This job, whatever it is, was made for you....
Musings and Marketeerings (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Yes, we boldly go... where everyone wants to be! STARHYKE blasts off at Forbidden Planet London with the launch of the DVD BOX SET featuring guests Danny John-Jules, Jeremy Bulloch and Suanne Braun, on Thursday 26th November 5:30 – 6:30pm. Starring Claudia Christian (Babylon 5), Jeremy Bulloch (Star Wars), Danny John-Jules (Red Dwarf) and Suanne Braun (Stargate SG-1), Starhyke is a off-the-wall,...
Nature (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Exoplanets are distant worlds that orbit stars other than our Sun. More than 370 such planets are known, and a growing fraction of them are discovered because they transit their star as seen from Earth. The special transit geometry enables us to measure masses and radii for dozens of planets, and we have identified gases in the atmospheres of several giant ones. Within the next decade, we expect to...
The Wertzone (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The fourth season of Red Dwarf is interesting in that it is the only one without any major format changes. Some of the behind-the-scenes changes were quite big, most notably the moving of production from Manchester to the far superior Shepperton Studios near London, but otherwise the status quo from Season 3 remains unchanged. The season begins with Camille , starting a brief two-year tradition resulting...
Terence Eden's Blog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
I first met Mike Atherton (aka Sizemore) at a Tuttle event a few years back. I’d been following him online for a while and was interested to hear what he had to say about the future of voice. He let slip that he was trying to develop a Sci Fi series – I’m ashamed to [...]
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