Le Jour Se Leve
Hmm. I went to see this 1939 French noir at the NFT the other day. They give you a two-page review-article on the film, it being a serious arts cinema, on your way in. It’s all about director Marcel Carne and the film’s ex[…]

You Must Remember This – Joyce Carol Oates

I think there is an interesting comparison between this and Don DeLillo’s Underworld, which I reviewed a couple of weeks back. Maybe it says something about a male-female difference in approach[…]

the future looks GREBT!! (plus also scary a bit)
(actually noah schachtman’s blog as a whole is good pbs material)[…]

FT Top 100 Films
61: THE DARK CRYSTAL
 
Its like The Muppet Movie without the laffs. Well it is The Muppet Movie without the laffs – at least it would be if The Great Muppet Caper had not already been The Mupp[…]

Science proved what I’ve always suspected — that humans have been eating cereal since the beginning of time. Well, not the beginning of time, but 23,000 years ago, which is, um, within some orders of magnitude of the beginning of time. Wh[…]

Ad noted when flitting around The Onion (but is a real, actual serious ad). The majority of Budwiser drinkers think that Miller Genuine Draft has more flavour. Ditto Miller Lite has more flavour than Bud Lite. What do these statistics tell us?
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Why No-one Want Make Hulk 2?
 
This op/ed piece from The Onion makes a fair few good points, but the key point is, would you argue with its writer?[…]

The Square Table 3/ Usher – “Burn”
Pop Factor: 442 Controversy Score: 240
The plot of “Burn” is simple. It’s not working, is it? – Damn, it was working. Having ‘been there’, it’s hard not […]

Growing a Language
A comment from a colleague reminded me of this classic paper on programming language design. If you are not interested in programming just take a look at the first 4 or 5 pages and the last page.
Is there a word for making a poin[…]

It rained yesterday. 
 
“St. Swithin’s day if thou dost rain
For forty days it will remain
St. Swithin’s day if thou be fair
For forty days ’twill rain nae mair”
 
A former teacher introduced me to the […]