Scott Matthewman: Shock - Jeremy Paxman called Jon Stewart rude! Yes, that way round! http://tinyurl.com/2uhd4q Must watch The Daily Show on More4 tonight… (via Twitter / Scott Matthewman)
-
Only a few days to go until the Doctor Who series 4 finale. I am now officially excited. (via BBC)
-
Why 'My So-Called Life' was so ace
- Rayanne: You wanna have sex with him.
- Angela: Who?
- Rayanne: Who. Jordan. Catalano. Come on, I'm not gonna tell anyone, just admit it.
- Angela: I just like how he's always leaning. Against stuff. He leans great. Well, either sex or a conversation. Ideally both.
-
I was being derided for not doing something I don’t do, and because I got upset by having upset people by not liking something I didn’t like, I have now done the thing I didn’t do that was a sticking point. And I’m not entirely sure if it’s helped.
— A serious post about something meant to be funny. Anna Pickard on the perils of having both a work, and a personal blog -
-
I agree the Gentlemen in Buffy were truly scary. I think it’s to do with them being silent, calm, almost polite in their murderous intent. There was no frenzy. And that brutal tranquility is guaranteed to give you the heebie-jeebies. That, and the dead eyes. Which is why Tess Daly and Vernon Kay are so chilling.
-
Scott Matthewman: I want to go on holiday with Victoria Wood, I’ve decided. (via Twitter / Scott Matthewman)
-
While there are many publishers selling PDF’s, no one is doing it with the combination of artistic communication, technological packaging, and author respect that I’d like to see.
— PeepCode Press Manifesto. Some great sentiments on e-publishing here. -
Scott Matthewman: Meeting James for the first time since he left to work for Broadcast. (via Twitter / Scott Matthewman)
-
Scott Matthewman: Friday at last. Need sleep. And alcohol. Not in that order. (via Twitter / Scott Matthewman)
-
Scott Matthewman: Seriously impressed with the new Google Analytics. Clean and elegant - and yet, still very un-Google… (via Twitter / Scott Matthewman)
-
Scott Matthewman: Feeling a bit blue. Maybe pizza and the Daily Show will cheer me up. (via Twitter / Scott Matthewman)
-
Scott Matthewman: Probably not a good idea to try and debug a yahoo maps api application on the train, with no internet… (via Twitter / Scott Matthewman)
-
Scott Matthewman: Made the mistake of watching the new News 24 stream. God, it’s like Blair’s died. Still, at least it cuts down on “news” from Portugal. (via Twitter / Scott Matthewman)
-
I used to watch Doctor Who and Star Trek, but they went PC — making women commanders, that kind of thing. I stopped watching.
— Patrick Moore blames women for falling BBC standards. The whole article makes Moore come across as a festering misogynist, which he may well be — whatever, I’ve lost some respect for him. -
Amazing 11 Year Old!!! Video (via wendyboswell)
She needs some training to find her own style rather than mimicking somebody else, but still a phenomenal voice
