Tuesday, September 25, 2007
I've just looked back, and I seem to be managing a post about every three weeks at the moment, which is pretty poor, it must be said. I'll let myself off this time, as I have been away, but on the whole life is hectic and facebook is still sneakily stealing too much of my online time.
So, another quick compendium of links, top of which is this iPhone post on the blog of the truly mighty Stephen Fry (link passed to me by the increasingly scarce sofabum). I've always loved Stephen Fry; a funny, frighteningly intelligent and very English man. He's done some great stuff (I'm really liking QI), and he's also a long-time Apple user and advocate, but I had no idea he actually enjoyed technology on the level that his blog post reveals. A top gent; definitely on my dream dinner party guest list.
Also wanted to mention the new movie being made of The Dark is Rising. I read this Susan Cooper book when I was young; well before I had read any Tolkien and it really captured my imagination at the time. Kind of a Harry Potter for my generation, only less franchised (so far). It (and the rest of the series) are books that I keep meaning to re-read as an adult. Perhaps I will, as the movie apparently "introduces significant plot and character changes from the book". Actually, I doubt I'll have time before the movie comes out though, as I've recently discovered Peter F. Hamilton who is in my opinion (and Steve Gibson's) a spectacularly good Science Fiction novelist. Very highly recommended if sci-fi novels are your kind of thing.
Anyway, somehow that's another half an hour gone, so I'm off. Having just read that post back, it's all about the English today. Brilliant :)
Hopefully I'll post again before mid-October.......
