Mar
3
Hedge fund to Buy Novell?
March 3, 2010 | 5 Comments
I think for once, I am very, very lucky. Like many former Novell employees I’ve held Novell stock for over five years and it’s languished at $3 — $4 for almost all of that time (apart from a brief $12 blip when SuSE was purchased).
Mar
2
Rediscovered track of the month: Mar ’10
March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A big ‘un back around 1990.
Feb
27
How Does Cannabis Affect Your Brain and er . . . Whassat other thing?
February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
If you were in Melbourne wanted to get in touch with people for a cannabis trial what magazine would you advertise in? It’s an interesting dilemma . . . there are the obvious candidates but where was the ad below displayed? Step forwards Tracks mag Feb 2010: Incidentally, $75 AUS will get you 7 litres […]
Feb
5
Noah Birksted-Breen
February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Noah Birksted-Breen is on a mission to bring the best of Russian theatre to the UK.
Feb
5
Has Microsoft dropped the ball?
February 5, 2010 | 2 Comments
Dick Brass is a former exec at Microsoft. He is careful to mention how well Microsoft is doing financially but in the month that Apple launched the iPad he writes about how the company has lost its way. Microsoft has lost share in Web browsers, high-end laptops and smartphones . . .What happened? Unlike other […]
Feb
3
Do you want to make it in Hollywood?
February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A fascinating post by Adam Davis on life as a less-worth-than-amoeba beginner in Tinseltown. Heartbreakingly funny and unbelievably honest. Here he is talking about one of the first films he gets to work on: It was called The Legend of My Heart-Shaped Anus, a quirky comedy being submitted to Sundance. . . In one scene, […]
Feb
3
Rediscovered track of the month: Feb ’10
February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I travelled from Portsmouth to Birmingham to see the Black Crowes in their first ever UK gig sometime around 1990.
Jan
31
Avatar
January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Well I finally saw it. It’s my first 3D experience and I have to say I’m in agreement with the BBC’s Mark Kermode: the 3D didn’t really add anything. I think BFI’s iMAX cinema missed a trick here by spoiling the impact with 3D trailers. I suspect many people went to Avatar like myself wanting […]