March 2011
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Philosophicool →
Good site.
April 2010
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Cemetery Junction – Review | FilmShaft →
This guy liked Cemetery Junction too.
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Cemetery Junction
A friend and I watched Cemetery Junction on Wednesday night.
It was an excellent film. All I can say, to pay it the highest compliment I can, is this:
It made my heart ache with nostalgia.
Some truly wonderful moments. Watch it and be taken back to the 70s. To your youth, when anything seemed possible.
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Google Docs update →
Google Docs was in need of an update. I can’t see it replacing Scrivener, but in a pinch it will serve nicely.
Helveticards →
Lovely looking pack of cards.
The Log: Frictionless Publishing: It's Just Text,... →
Over the past couple of weeks, there has been a decent amount of discussion on the subject of Tumblr, Posterous and the rise of the micro-blog. Without recapping all the details, the general feeling of many is this: these services make it so easy to post that the quality of the content…
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Extras extra (via the BBC)
March 2010
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Earth images captured by balloon →
Awesome.
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Roger Boyes →
Could there be a more appropriate or comical name for the writer of an article on such a horrible subject?
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“My father never had truck driver’s block.”
– Roger Simon
kung fu grippe: Block you. →
Looks like Google Voice recently introduced the second-best thing ever: ability to block a given “UNKNOWN” caller, even though, by definition, you don’t know their identity or number. Marry me. Frankly, I don’t care whether this works by wires, slave labor, or fucking elfin magic,…
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UK Space Agency →
Sounds promising.
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Snapshots and the revision process →
David Hewson has a fantastic, highly recommended blog.
He posts about his writing process, day to day. I’ve found the blog inspiring, informative and eye-opening.
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30,000+
I’ve reached the 30,000 word mark of my novel in progress.
It took me longer than I’d hoped to go from twenty to thirty thousand words, but I was unwell for about a week, and didn’t have the frame of mind or energy to do any writing during that time. But I’ve shaken off the illness and am back, ready to start typing away.
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13 Things That Don't Make Sense →
Just finished reading 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense.
Author of this book, Michael Brooks, takes 13 mysteries that still confound modern science.
Not bad, not great. Overall 6/10.
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Liverpool 3-0 Lille (agg 3-1) →
It wasn’t easy - Lille are a good team - but the Reds beat the French side over two legs and are now in the draw for the quarter-finals.
So, we still have a chance of silverware this season.
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Liverpool v Lille →
Come on your reds! We need to win this so much. Our last chance for silverware this season.
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The Europa Transmissions →
My story on 365tomorrows. Ya know, in case you haven’t read it yet…
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Duotrope →
One of the greatest problems I face, as a writer, is finding appropriate markets for my work. You see, quite often the work I produce is of mixed genres, and is not easily placed. Finding that e-zine, website or plain ol’ magazine publisher isn’t easy.
But I have found a great place on the net to help me.
It’s called Duotrope.
Duotrope is a writing markets website, with some great features and...
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20,000+
I’m now 20,000+ words into the first draft of my novel.
It’s an interesting experience. I had a rough idea of the story before I started, but the more I write the more ideas are created. I think this is a result of letting the characters do what they want. A few characters have shown themselves to be different from how I had first pictured them. One minor character has become integral...
J.J. Abrams' Mystery Box
Try watching this without getting inspired. I dare you.
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Makes you wonder... →
Was this a signal from another civilisation? We’ll probably never know, but it’s intriguing nevertheless.
February 2010
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Starbase 66 →
Starbase 66 is one of my favourite sci-fi podcasts.
Hosted by Rick Tetrault and ably assisted by Ro Karen and Kennedy Gordon, the Starbase is a fantastic place to listen to others talk geek, analyse sci-fi past and present, and have fun doing so.
I don’t agree with all of their opinions, and I occasionally catch myself shaking my head, but the show is such fun, and done with such joie de vivre,...
Stephen Fry on the Catholic Church →
Click the link to listen to Stephen Fry giving a lecture about the Catholic Church.
The man is awesome.
November 2009
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Radio Lab
Radio Lab is a podcast produced by WNYC and is, without doubt, the best series of podcasts I’ve ever had the privilege of listening to.
For the unacquainted (remedy that sorry situation bybecoming acquainted!) Radio Lab takes a subject and examines it thoroughly. The podcasts cover numerous, diverse, surprising and fascinating areas, including Stress, Time, Placebo, Earthworms, Sperm and...
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Over To You
I am currently reading Over To You by Roald Dahl.
Over To You is a collection of short stories about flying. Drawn in part from Roald Dahl’s time spent serving in the RAF, the stories delve into flying an aircraft and all its inherent dangers and thrills. More than that, though, the book offers insights into the psychology of a pilot during wartime.
I’ve only read the first two stories of the...
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October 2009
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“Scrubs is one of the greatest TV shows ever. Funny, clever and poignant.”
– Me.
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September 2009
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“To be or not to be? Oh, I don’t know. Let’s have a pint.”
– Random
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Filed under: Glad it went unsaid. →
The speech that the US President would have delivered had the first men on the moon become stranded.
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“Most tweets are okay. Some tweets are great. Some tweets are utter shite. I...”
– Me (about to unfollow some annoying tweeters)
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“My Ma always used to say to me, “Charlie, leave it the hell alone. It...”
– From my new short story.
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“Postman Pat is totally inept. Yes, he solves the problem of missing mail, but...”
Domain Failure
So far I’ve registered 6 domain names. I’ve barely done a thing with any of them. Some of them I paid for, then did fuck all with.
I’m screwed if I carry on this way: wasting time and money on ideas. Ideas are great - but they are fucking useless unless you act on, and complete them.
I need to complete stuff.