Author: Paul B
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Not an Inkling
We have travelled to Oxford for the first stage of our short holiday. We have travelled for 3 hours from the north-west. I’d love to say it was without incident – except it wasn’t. At the head of the M5, a Mitsubishi Warrior threw up a piece of gravel the size of a Malteser and…
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Service Station
There is nothing I like more than spending my time lingering in a service station car park waiting for something that might happen. We’re dropping the kids off for a trip and the organisers are taking their time to arrive. We’ve been here for twenty minutes. Admittedly, the weather is good. It would be more…
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What I Know?
There seems to be considerable advantages in taking the time to attend early play sessions of an unreleased game and then setting the experience to print in a blog… you get quoted ad infinitum as just about the only reliable source of information on the ‘net. I feel this warrants a special mention in the…
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New Look, Old Concerns
The Doctor’s new costume has been revealed, as Matt Smith steps into the Time Lord’s shoes. While filming the 2010 series with companion actress Karen Gillan, Matt was seen to be wearing “tweed jacket, bow tie, rolled up trousers and black boots” (according to BBC News). The official Doctor Who web site says, “It says…
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Tweet Tweet
I have been struggling to find a Twitter client I really like for the Mac. For the iPhone, Tweetie seems like a decent choice, but it isn’t free. I rather had my heart set on finding something free I could use on the laptop. So far, I’ve tried Beak – which looks good, Twhirl –…
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Call of C-Who-lhu
While somewhat remiss in keeping deadlines and with a frustratingly uninformative web site of late, Cubicle 7 remain on target to publish the Doctor Who RPG. In an announcement on licensing from Chaosium, right at the bottom it confirms that the Who RPG will be coming this way in October – http://bit.ly/k4Fd7 On top of…
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iPhone Chaos
I have been looking for an easy way to sort the apps on an iPhone; but, there isn’t one. I tried sorting them into categories, but adding new apps every few days meant the sorted pages rapidly got messed up. I could hack into the phone and create some sort of bastard control system. Or,…
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Children of Earth
Well, I just sat and watched the whole of Children of Earth in a single marathon sitting. Feel the need to sum up my thoughts without being too detailed or complete. In truth, it wasn’t bad, but it didn’t quite work in the end. You know the scenario that we’ve seen so many times before…
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Return of Tinselworm
Went to see Bill Bailey at the Palace Theatre in Manchester last night. Great evening, thoroughly enjoyed. As we managed to secure seats in row BB, we had front row viewing – slightly off to the left of the stage. It was sort of odd from this angle, as you could actually appreciate that Bill…