Alt.Fiction 2007 is a one day event in Derby featuring leading UK talent in science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing. The event is in its second year and is proud to present great authors such as Iain M Banks, Harry Harrison, Ramsey Campbell, Mike Carey, Graham Joyce and many more.
Alt.Fiction consists of four rooms, offering you [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Well, looks like the big cranes have gone from the shopping centre construction. Click the pic for a few more snaps.
The InDigital crew: Wil, Jessica, Hahn.
Look, I’m a bit late coming to the whole vodcast er.. video podcast umm, vidcast thing. Although they’ve been going for ages, I couldn’t be bothered with them until I got my fabulous AppleTV recently.
InDigital is yet another excellent prog from Revision3. It couldn’t be closer to my [...]
(Unless you’re a computer geek, you’re going to find the following post very dull.)
Well, after recent hard drive woe, I’ve spent the last two days recovering as much data as possible and installing two new HDs.
One was in my Macbook Pro. This was a fiddly but relatively logical job. I nearly went wrong at [...]
If you’ve read Bzangy for any great length of time, you’ll know that I love Cats On Fire. They’re simply one of the best pop bands currently performing.
I was lucky enough to see them live in London on Friday night. They were… well… magical. It was a special gig.
Click the pic above for [...]
Below is an email I sent to a mate explaining my recent insomnia:
As always, it’s basically my fault.
I bought an Elgato EyeTV to record freeview digi snippets onto my Macbook Pro (then ship them to my Apple TV). Installed it but when I clicked record, my HD made a noise like some giant cockroach and [...]
One of the outstanding figures of modern US literature, Kurt Vonnegut, has died aged 84 in New York.
He became a cult figure among students in the 1960s and 1970s with his classics of US counterculture.
The pivotal moment of his life was the bombing of Dresden by allied forces in 1945. The experience informed his best-known [...]
A recent BOGOF offer. Click the pic!