Ethical Animal

Reading time: 2 mins I’ve visited a few zoos and safari parks in my time and if I’m honest I’ve thoroughly enjoyed most of them. However there is always a pang of guilt associated with these trips, so why do I still do it? Personally, as I’ve come to learn more about some of the animals kept in zoos…

War of the Worlds

Reading time: 2 mins Movie info from IMDB Movie reviews from Metacritic SPIELBERG, CRUISE, EPIC MOVIE, INCLUDING MORGAN FREEMAN NARRATING (doesn’t get much more epic than that these days… whatever happened to James Earl Jones?). Yes, the self-proclaimed “blockbuster of the year” has finally been viewed and it was bloody good. Well it could have been utterly amazing, but…

Podcasting

Reading time: 3 mins Ohh it’s the new blogging, is it? Could be, everyone’s at it, and it’s guaranteed to be “mainstream” now that iTunes support it but, and please don’t think of me as some neolithic oaf but what IS all the fuss about? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not knocking those who are doing podcasts, I’ve heard…

Snippets

Reading time: < 1 min Spotted in one of the tabloid Sunday papers. A caption underneath this picture that stated, “Jessica Alba, second from right…” You don’t say… ~ Vague memory of a need for a web app that I thought up on holiday, something to do with accessing something via a mobile phone. Can’t for the life of me…

Photos

Reading time: < 1 min Got my camera back at the weekend, and posted some photos from the holiday. This one is my favourite: See them all (30). Which reminds me, I was going to post my thoughts about Paignton Zoo and zoos in general. Must type that up..

Weekender

Reading time: < 1 min Friday night – double bill, Madagascar and War of the Worlds (thoughts on those later). Saturday – visited parents, had dinner at brother-in-laws. Excellent, not sure about the scallops though. Sunday – came home, veg’d on couch. Scallops kicking in?