The end of the world
Sometimes I write this blog and I think maybe someone will stumble upon it one day, but given we are in the throes of a pandemic may be the apocalypse I have been reading about for so long is with us and before long we will all be wandering through a dystopian world trying to…
Writer’s meetup and Camp NaNo
It’s that time again and although I had said I was going to plan for this I did my usual and didn’t plan the time to plan (see what I did there) and so when the 1st came around I was already deciding not to do it. I made up excuses to myself about looking…
Solo – A Star Wars Story
So last night me and a friend went to see the new Star Wars Anthology film from Director Ron Howard and with main cast actors Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover and Paul Bettany. This new Science Fiction (or Fantasy if you lean that way) film is the latest in Disney’s plethora of…
What’s the score…
It’s been months since I have posted on this blog, not that anyone reads it but the act of putting down some words is usually cathartic for me. I plan a lot and normally don’t get far but at least it gets me doing something. Lately, my main focus has been reading, I joined a…
Google and the Pi
I often remark to my grown up kids (18,19) at the lack of skills with computers in their generation, when I was their age I was playing around in DOS and writing silly little programs in basic, that is the kind of thing that got me into wanting to work with computers. If the PC…
Scrivener and the Improbable, Impractical Word Processing Machine – Cheap Mans Version….
As is always the case with me I see what others are using and have to come up with a cheaper alternative as I just don’t have much disposable income. I came accross the below article and was suitably impressed. (Improbable, Impractical word Processor) Basically the writer has taken the new iPad and Razers new…
I have a problem…
I was sent this image from the amazing How I met your mother tv show recently in response to the number of books I am buying, I don’t blame anyone for thinking that I needed an intervention, even if it is a joke. I have loved reading most of my life and it is extremely…
The Founder, mini review Warning Spoilers ahead
WARNING Spoilers ahead….. Ok, you have been warned. As part of my Cineworld Unlimited membership I get to see certain films slightly early than release. On the 9th Feb I went to see Michael Keaton’s new film “The Founder“. I am not sure what I was expecting when we booked this one but it didn’t disappoint….