There a few movies this year I am really looking forward to. Firstly Evan Almighty, sequel to Bruce Almighty…
then Michael May’s Tranformers…
but mostly, Hot Fuzz from the makers of Shaun Of The Dead…
Last night on BBC Newsnight they were talking about heroes and they were interviewing a man who had pulled a child and mother from a burning car seconds before it exploded. They also had an evolutionary biologist on hand to attempt to explain why people do heroic things and put their own lives in danger [...]
One of my favourite films is the Japanese anime Ghost in the Shell, so I was really excited to get a copy of the sequel Ghost in the Shell II: Innocence recently, and really bummed to find it was only in Japanese. So I thought I was being well clever downloading English subtitles from the [...]
Who would have thought all that stuff they tell you about good desk posture and taking regular breaks was good advice? I’ve stopped slouching on my left arm as I use the mouse, and started taking regular breaks (enforced by Workrave which I thoroughly recommend), and my RSI has got significantly better. Now I don’t [...]
I’m typing this with only my right hand…which is very slow and tedious. I’m having a bit of an RSI problem at the minute. My left arm (the one that usually does all the typing and mousing) is very sore. Not good when one has just started a programming job! Argh! When you start a [...]
Happy New Year! …whatever that actually means.
This year already looks set to be quite a change for me, which has to be a good thing because I don’t think I’ll remember 2006 with much fondness. Tomorrow I start a new job, which will be a challenge, especially with the need to continue finishing my PhD [...]
