Category Archives: Observations

3D: it’ll never catch on

Saturday 8 January 2011

Let’s face it — the red/green cardboard glasses you used to have to put on to watch the 20th century’s somewhat shaky attempts at 3D films didn’t do a lot for your street cred. But now … they’re a sleek black. It’s almost … Continue reading →

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Happy Christmas

Friday 24 December 2010

The presents are purchased (as of a few hours ago), the tree is up, and the family have assembled. Hopefully your family has assembled too. There is snow outside. The BBC Nativity drama was pretty good. I definitely rate it over the Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Tis the season for finding things

Sunday 28 November 2010

Advent seems to be the season for finding things. If you are looking for the tree, decorations, masking tape or something else entirely, here is some advice: “It’s always in the last place you look.” — a foolproof maxim, as … Continue reading →

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Up north

Sunday 17 October 2010

I’ve just moved from London (which definitely counts as being in the south) to Chester (which I am assured counts as being in the north). Where exactly I passed from south to north on that drive though, remains a matter … Continue reading →

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It wasn’t like that in my day…

Saturday 2 October 2010

When I was at school teachers wrote on blackboards with chalk, and we passed notes round the back of class because no one had ever heard of a “text”. The school didn’t have a website, email was only for academics, … Continue reading →