Archive for November, 2006

Esoteric Early 80’s Humour

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

1) A Not the Nine O’Clock News sketch.
2) The FIAT Ritmo/Strada commercial it made reference to.
I have no idea why I know about any of this, because I think I was two at the time, but watching both jiggled my memory banks.

Casino Royale

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

The only bad thing about the new Casino Royale is the title song by Chris Cornell. Discuss.

Well, duh.

Monday, November 13th, 2006

There’s a story linked to by boingboing.net about why a certain TV programme called Lost doesn’t work. I suppose it’s not really surprising that someone who gets paid to write for New York magazine took over two series worth of programming to notice what I did within two episodes. What is surprising is that so [...]

Better World Shopper

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

My friend Dr. Ellis Jones has just published a new book, The Better World Shopping Guide. He’s launching it at the Varsity on Saturday 18th November. There’s also a new website, Better World Shopper. It’s a very handy reference if you’d rather avoid buying products from companies whose practices are unethical, like Nestlé. You can [...]