Archive for October, 2008

Passing it on

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

I’ve not been following Jamie’s Ministry Of Food very closely but I’ll have to admit that his Chicken Korma recipe is really good. It might feel a little like cheating using a pre-prepared curry paste — I’ve been a From Scratch curry person since Mr Sutton pointed me in the direction of The Really Useful Indian Cook Book about 10 years ago — but when it tastes this good I don’t care. This one’s a keeper.

So, in the spirit of passing it on, follow the link and give it a try. Just don’t blame me if you eat too much.

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The Quantum Menace

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Tim, the link you posted to the Another Way to Die video seems to be broken. Here’s one that works, at least at the moment. Meh. Perhaps the title sequence will make it work.

The trailer does look good. My problem is with the name. I was going to complain that the plural of quantum is quanta but that’s the wrong way round. The real issue with Quantum of Solace is that it’s far too close to The Phantom Menace and we all know how that turned out.

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Going back to the start

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

So, I missed the H2G2 reference. Minus 5 Geek Points to me. I was only about 14 when I read it, so I’ll go with the “half a lifetime ago” excuse.

However, this has crystallised an idea that’s been floating around in my head for the last couple of weeks: I should go back and re-read some of the books I read when I was a teenager that sparked my interest in sci-fi and fantasy. Louise has recently read Neuromancer, which is where the idea started; pt’s rebuke settles the matter.

Some of the “classics” I’ve re-read fairly recently. Foundation, Magician and The Lord of the Rings spring to mind. This leaves the likes of Neuromancer, Lensman, Ringworld, The Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy and The Colour of Magic.

Your turn: What are you going to re-read?

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about:robots

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Firefox 3 users who already know about:mozilla may not know about:robots. Now if anyone can explain items three and four, that would be most helpful.

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