Light Fantastic by Simon Schaffer [BBC4] wednesday nights
I should be nice about the presenter of this show (and can at least spell his name correctly unlike many print listings I’ve seen) as he was one of the teacher’s at the department […]

THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED
Look! Silver jump suits and everything. My favourite is the “i-foot”: “a two-legged mountable robot like device that can be controlled with a joystick.” JOYSTICK?? Take this seriously and plug it direct[…]

I have recently read John Gray’s Straw Dogs and my pained response may or may not produce something longer from me at a later point. For now I am content just to blog this essay by Keith Sutherland from the academic Journal of Consciousness Stu[…]

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” Arthur C Clarke
A 15-year long conspiracy is fighting for its life. The conspiracy, committed by desperate Dr Who fans, permeates the corridors of British television. […]

TV Cream on Dr Who and Bonkbusters
The Cream repays revisiting from time to time. The new item on Bonkbusters is a little summary, though they do get them ALL in there, even Joan Collins (largely bonk-free) masterpiece “Sins”. The Dr Who […]

Internet Explorer Must Die Part 2351
What’d’ya know? Mozilla.org seems busy today.
I find the fanaticism surrounding Firefox alarming and puzzling. According to BBC news, “Fans of the software have banded together to raise cash to p[…]

On the subject of resurrecting the dead (see return of YS below) Only Fools and Horses spin-off series
God damn you all to hell![…]

A spectrum from the Past
Go out now and get your copy of Retro Gamer 9. (Available at CEX last time I looked, and on that first link). And for why? Because it comes with a free 32-page extra magazine: Issue 94 of Your Sinclair (nee Spectrum). Reviewe[…]

Titan – a profound mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a significant nitrogen atmosphere
NASA Cassini-Huygens home page, Press Releases
On Christmas Day, a small probe (Huygens) will separate from the Cassini spacecraft and head towards Sat[…]

Javascript on Freakytrigger’s Front Page
I just want to flag up that i’m concerned that the front page isn’t very “low tech”. It’s mostly javascript to dynamically update the lists of blog items and (recently) essa[…]