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Inconsequentialities
Aug. 13th, 2007 11:14 pmCropredy was good. More detail later.
And this is the sort of place I spend my spare time? Well, yes. I'm pretending to work, though, which I will claim (incorrectly) makes it less pitiable.
The Grauniad was at home to Captain Harsh on Friday. The review section had a couple of real stinkers - I honestly thought that the Zune got a hostile review until I saw them. Marina Hyde started by stating flatly that Kelly Osborne's "continued ability to get work is beginning to make Caligula's elevation of his horse to the senate look like a triumph of meritocracy." Normally this would be a crushing victor in any competition between reviewers, but she was flattened by the rampaging juggernaut of Peter Bradshaw's contempt for License to Wed: "Legend has it that Josef Goebbels had a home movie made of the failed 1944 Hitler assassins being hanged from meathooks with piano wire. It probably had more laughs, more fun, more feelgood moments than this family comedy starring Robin Williams."
Errr . . . I just finished Execution Channel. As well as being dedicated to Andrew, it also sneaks in a reference to M*ke H*lmes. It's probably unfair of Ken to namedrop someone who's unlikely to put him into a novel in response (naming no Charlies at this point, obviously). It's a very good book, actually. I was a little disappointed when it makes it plain that it's not quite our future that it's in, but I cheered up when I noticed that it let him make some very good extra points. Very good. Very gripping. I was really very angry at some points, and laughed very loudly indeed when I found out what happens to one of thevillains opposition.
I don't suppose any of you have recent experience getting Elite sequels to run under Linux?
And this is the sort of place I spend my spare time? Well, yes. I'm pretending to work, though, which I will claim (incorrectly) makes it less pitiable.
The Grauniad was at home to Captain Harsh on Friday. The review section had a couple of real stinkers - I honestly thought that the Zune got a hostile review until I saw them. Marina Hyde started by stating flatly that Kelly Osborne's "continued ability to get work is beginning to make Caligula's elevation of his horse to the senate look like a triumph of meritocracy." Normally this would be a crushing victor in any competition between reviewers, but she was flattened by the rampaging juggernaut of Peter Bradshaw's contempt for License to Wed: "Legend has it that Josef Goebbels had a home movie made of the failed 1944 Hitler assassins being hanged from meathooks with piano wire. It probably had more laughs, more fun, more feelgood moments than this family comedy starring Robin Williams."
Errr . . . I just finished Execution Channel. As well as being dedicated to Andrew, it also sneaks in a reference to M*ke H*lmes. It's probably unfair of Ken to namedrop someone who's unlikely to put him into a novel in response (naming no Charlies at this point, obviously). It's a very good book, actually. I was a little disappointed when it makes it plain that it's not quite our future that it's in, but I cheered up when I noticed that it let him make some very good extra points. Very good. Very gripping. I was really very angry at some points, and laughed very loudly indeed when I found out what happens to one of the
I don't suppose any of you have recent experience getting Elite sequels to run under Linux?
