What do the geeks want for Christmas this year? Nick Bryan As Christmas looms, I've been most gripped not by British or American TV, but by the final series of Danish mega-export-wool-hit The Killing (aka Forbrydelsen). Now, yes, you've missed it, but the complete boxset of the whole damn … [Read more...]
Top five time travel films in honour of Looper
If you haven't had your fill of time travel motion pictures recently thanks to Looper, Charles has put together a list of his favourite dimension-defying flicks. Which is your favourite? 1. 12 Monkeys Willis (again) plays a convict from a future Earth ravaged by a deadly virus. He's sent back … [Read more...]
Day at the races: Monster Trucks at the Santa Pod Raceway
I've always been a big F1 fan. I love the way the teams work together and the impact the strategy can have on a race, it's about so much more than just a fast car. My husband has often spoken about Drag Racing and how exciting it is but to be honest, it kind of seemed a bit pointless to me. … [Read more...]
Why I no longer watch TV
I don't want any of you to think that I am the kind of person who doesn't own a TV set or who thinks that watching TV is a waste of time or is bad for your health. I am definitely not! There are plenty of shows that I love, and – thanks to my other half – I have a TV that is bigger than the … [Read more...]
Return of the jock: is Team GB’s success bad news for geeks?
Two conversations with my nephew about three years ago: Me: "Do you do much sport at school?" Him: "NO! Only geeks do sport" Me: "Geeks do sport? Don't the cool kids do sport?" Him: "No, only the geeks. The popular kids play computer games." Another day: Me: "What do you want to do when you're … [Read more...]
The Dark Knight Rises: What are you looking forward to?
Unless you've been living in a (bat)cave for most of 2012, you'll know that the third and final instalment of Christopher Nolan's Batman arrives in cinemas today *SQUEAL* I've no doubt that the majority of geeks reading this will have already seen the trailers, watched the première footage, … [Read more...]
50 Shades of Grey – The five worst tech sins Anastasia and Christian commit
If you have recently suffered the trauma of reading all the books in the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy back-to-back, you may need -- as I did -- to work off some of the self-loathing with a cathartic read of the 50 Shades of Suck blog from start to finish (I cried more than Ana after a session in the … [Read more...]
So long, Ceefax and Teletext
On Wednesday, the majority of the UK said goodbye to analogue TV, and cyberspace went in to mourning for information services Ceefax and Teletext. Martin O’Gorman of Xfm summed the loss up well when he tweeted, ‘RIP Ceefax. Gone the way of cassettes, 8-track and the ZX Spectrum.’ Amen. As … [Read more...]
Does your toddler need an iPad?
You might have cooed over desperately cute pictures of little babies interacting with iPads, but does this mean that no nursery is complete without a few Apple accessories? Is computer play a necessary part of children’s play in 2012 – even very tiny children? These days, a toddler holding an … [Read more...]
What to do until Game of Thrones is back
The new series of Game of Thrones starts on Sky Atlantic on 2nd April. If, like me, you can’t wait for your fix of the boys and girls of Westeros, I have some suggestions for you to make the time go a little quicker. Watch the trailers and pore over the pictures: It seems that every week, a new … [Read more...]
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