Random bits of fluff removed from my electronic navel. See also My main personal blog and the TV blog I contribute to.TumbleScottTumblr (3.0; @matthewman)http://tumble.matthewman.net/Aperture's face detection strikes again (@Jonny__Bailey) <p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <img alt="Image" height="295" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/jbxdvAHcHndGfmvzCIzmttggiboInAyByczvuvzhpgsepafijvnfdvkfpkCa/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="257"/></div> </div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/21774523959http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/21774523959Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:40:56 +0100Latest Daily Mail shock: "BBC presenters dress appropriately for local weather" <p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/xetBhljaGzdorzBiwdpvvbgiryymHrcFaCdtznzvGikpImlqHtpIHryeGIHy/image.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Image" height="572" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/xetBhljaGzdorzBiwdpvvbgiryymHrcFaCdtznzvGikpImlqHtpIHryeGIHy/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> </div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/20896816894http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/20896816894Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:33:30 +0100Dear lastminute.com: "last chance to book Legally Blonde"? Really? Given that it closed at the weekend? <p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <img alt="Image" height="263" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/izGdddwDAdhmHhbddvpFvyfBlspIrBoGquGxCHvjxJjAsdyhpyIgninsvxhm/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="241"/></div> </div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/20837423592http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/20837423592Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:27:59 +0100Enjoying @UdderbellyFest launch, with The Vocal Orchestra doing their stuff… <p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/fmqiFivcrDbuptFsbsyimJtexJgElCexEpJFJIGelJHBdjvzFzfDvmnqorIJ/image.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Image" height="500" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/fmqiFivcrDbuptFsbsyimJtexJgElCexEpJFJIGelJHBdjvzFzfDvmnqorIJ/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://tapbots.com/tweetbot">Tweetbot for iOS</a></div></div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/20537585427http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/20537585427Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:39:10 +0100Just noticed my star ratings are actually showing up within Google search results now, eg [Mary Rose Riverside Studios]<p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/jdvxkrahxvbuncIGIpxDCsAaBIyzbnBjyiBxABfBpuJtwuoFschqunjhlisJ/image.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Image" height="84" src="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/jdvxkrahxvbuncIGIpxDCsAaBIyzbnBjyiBxABfBpuJtwuoFschqunjhlisJ/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> </div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/20351720226http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/20351720226Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:47:39 +0100Oh, Siri. Siri, Siri, Siri. *exasperated sigh* #doctorwho <p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/AklrhkuepivqDpdghIivrqtvmCEmAIfAbEAgrgfGseItjeyhkBjuzJCCAlll/image.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Image" height="750" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/AklrhkuepivqDpdghIivrqtvmCEmAIfAbEAgrgfGseItjeyhkBjuzJCCAlll/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://tapbots.com/tweetbot">Tweetbot for iOS</a></div></div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/19884056320http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/19884056320Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:03:48 +0100Awaiting the start of the #BGT press launch <p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/ynllJijaggsvbalqlpqrhfEJDrIgEimugHFqbjtywoshEdaCFAytbocsmDDJ/image.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Image" height="375" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/ynllJijaggsvbalqlpqrhfEJDrIgEimugHFqbjtywoshEdaCFAytbocsmDDJ/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://tapbots.com/tweetbot">Tweetbot for iOS</a></div></div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/19732173043http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/19732173043Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:41:18 +0000My new DC Comics postcards (as recommended by @lurkmoophy) have arrived...<p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/pkIdfwdzElBuAfudyzzIaAekGyginvbnhDIJxyiimdsaemjhpckDtwFnxFJA/image.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Image" height="667" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/pkIdfwdzElBuAfudyzzIaAekGyginvbnhDIJxyiimdsaemjhpckDtwFnxFJA/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://tapbots.com/tweetbot">Tweetbot for iPhone</a></div></div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/19288582223http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/19288582223Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:20:57 +0000Dear oh dear, BBC subeditors… "Llyod Webber"? #therebutforthegraceofgod<p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/flfelqxAmogDtzrHmCjsfGdxelCvwvdqfzHdIrtuCjBggqJkJndHdlyvrDyl/image.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Image" height="205" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/flfelqxAmogDtzrHmCjsfGdxelCvwvdqfzHdIrtuCjBggqJkJndHdlyvrDyl/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> </div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/18951048826http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/18951048826Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:24:58 +0000Poor the Daily Mail. Caption writer doesn't know what character Ben Thompson played, so just names him "Ben Thompson" <p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <img alt="Image" height="113" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/mHCCqrCwJbqwhBzeHthjhhEGHlCgrfFikHcwDFydgibtkAbntoqkEvDoqGqn/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="498"/></div> </div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/18896373448http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/18896373448Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:58:08 +0000I think Amazon's getting a little confused about who's written the forthcoming novelisation of #DoctorWho #Shada … <p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/kIwfIEAiGaogwhvHqhqjyDhBkwCudygzfcicAplbJozudrqigdoCAjEBpCHv/image.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Image" height="104" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/kIwfIEAiGaogwhvHqhqjyDhBkwCudygzfcicAplbJozudrqigdoCAjEBpCHv/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> </div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/18793227409http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/18793227409Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:19:54 +0000The view from my hotel room. If I lean out the window... I can just about see the Duomo<p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/AyBEqezveccoIIzjzjcpxtpxuyzvgClxDqjyEFDckGrmDxqwEArfwCiFAJDl/image.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Image" height="667" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/AyBEqezveccoIIzjzjcpxtpxuyzvgClxDqjyEFDckGrmDxqwEArfwCiFAJDl/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://tapbots.com/tweetbot">Tweetbot for iPhone</a></div></div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/18376394186http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/18376394186Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:05:53 +0000Landed safely <p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/uixFDBiAymnhuuHywerEgytCknlmdbaAihrgkIfnrdvvCiseujgnpbGxdsib/image.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Image" height="375" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/uixFDBiAymnhuuHywerEgytCknlmdbaAihrgkIfnrdvvCiseujgnpbGxdsib/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://tapbots.com/tweetbot">Tweetbot for iPhone</a></div></div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/18375409806http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/18375409806Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:08:29 +0000Snowing and 9° on Tuesday? Boy did I pick the wrong week to go on holiday… <p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <img alt="Image" height="480" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/DfhckEmruwublcozEGubvgvrBjeDbaauyywrgFAsFymIkjnkrxwAArnIkHHf/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="320"/></div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://tapbots.com/tweetbot">Tweetbot for iPhone</a></div></div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/18122315514http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/18122315514Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:22:08 +0000Wow, Expedia, you're really tempting me with your special offer: <p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <img alt="Image" height="154" src="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/rnlHnsBliwHdvpFIadmcpoGxCzuEghcqiGumvwIwFkyeHwnpIzjqruAaqvGg/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="356"/></div> </div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/17207450847http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/17207450847Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:50:35 +0000Front row, baby…<p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/oyHdubkGmvpnuzhqBhpmkBFnlGyznlaumIIznFbhqvwumnoihFqqBtldvGtv/image.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Image" height="375" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/oyHdubkGmvpnuzhqBhpmkBFnlGyznlaumIIznFbhqvwumnoihFqqBtldvGtv/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://tapbots.com/tweetbot">Tweetbot for iPhone</a></div></div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/11106505594http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/11106505594Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:29:21 +0100This is scarily close to a *real* mission statement…<p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/xatElcmCrrcHwFGbukytxiglJIuBgkbsdsBgDssdlrxbqGCBGxmEpsmrqipl/image.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Image" height="667" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/xatElcmCrrcHwFGbukytxiglJIuBgkbsdsBgDssdlrxbqGCBGxmEpsmrqipl/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://tapbots.com/tweetbot">Tweetbot for iPhone</a></div></div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/11027143705http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/11027143705Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:35:40 +0100So this is what my party page spread looks like - several Twitter people on there. In shops today!<p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/rxkBAhzqoAJdorpiAhajGFasJFwieIcBitrFqhyzaxhevvkqbcEDpJAJoqBp/image.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Image" height="330" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/matthewman/rxkBAhzqoAJdorpiAhajGFasJFwieIcBitrFqhyzaxhevvkqbcEDpJAJoqBp/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> </div></p>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/8773170905http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/8773170905Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:28:32 +0100Betwixt! the Musical - review and party photos<div class="posterous_autopost"><p>Last night, I went to the press night of <a href="http://matthewman.net/2011/07/29/betwixt-musical-trafalgar-studios/">Betwixt! at Trafalgar Studios 2</a>. And then I went to the afterparty and <a href="http://matthewman.net/2011/07/29/betwixt-show-party-pictures/">took some photos</a>.</p> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote"> <p>In the tiny space of Trafalgar Studios’ basement, a new(ish) musical emerges that embodies the best of the West End and Broadway tradition. It also has one or two of the genre’s pitfalls, but in general Betwixt! The Musical is overflowing with charm, laughs and romance, such that it feels the small space cannot truly contain it. </p> <p>That’s partly because the space is overflowing with performers - a cast of nine, plus three musicians, fight for space on a stage that is more suited to far smaller numbers. Mostly, though, it’s because there’s an effervescent confidence running throughout. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://matthewman.net/2011/07/29/betwixt-musical-trafalgar-studios/">Read the full review of Betwixt! on my blog.</a></p> </div>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/8212940546http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/8212940546Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:42:24 +0100Journey's End, Duke of York's theatre<div class="posterous_autopost"><p>I&#8217;ve written up some thoughts on RC Sherriff&#8217;s <a href="http://matthewman.net/2011/07/26/journeys-end-duke-of-yorks-theatre/">Journey&#8217;s End, currently playing at the Duke of York&#8217;s theatre</a>.</p> <p>I was also at the cast afterparty on Monday night, and have taken <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aggedor/sets/72157627284188990/">some photos</a>.</p></div>http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/8089312849http://tumble.matthewman.net/post/8089312849Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:29:24 +0100Duke of York's TheatreJourney's Endtheatre