Too Many Ideas - Archive for 2009
Tweeting Hash Codes Batman
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009I’m not really a twitter user, I’ve got an account but while I’ll post a certain level of boring mundanity here I’m not into the recording the minute up to the minute stuff. I just don’t think it or I’m interesting enough and while blogging is probably a bit weird tweeting just goes over the […]
Radio 7 Heinlein
Monday, June 15th, 2009Discovered Radio 7 is doing a series of readings of abridged versions of Heinlein short stories. Forget the endless discussion of his politics which too often ignore a lot of the “meaning” in the stories in favour of having an easy bash at something the analyst doesn’t like (and sometime miss that Heinlein made it […]
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
Friday, June 12th, 2009I owe the creators of Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire a big thank you. A couple of months back I wrote a script for a 30 minute radio sit com more by accident than intention. I had an idea one morning and seven hours later I had 6,700 words written set in […]
Too Many Things
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009I think I need a few extra hours in the day – if I did each of the following would probably be its own post… Having finished a fascinating book on illegal gambling in the UK in the ’50s I started reading the first volume of Michael Palins’ diaries on Saturday and there a great […]
There and Back Again and Again
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Two trips to London this week for work – Today and Tuesday. I didn’t feel so tired coming back tonight but its just hit me and I feel like I’ve run into a solid wall of exhaustion and my throat feels like someone ran a sander over it. I’m glad its Friday tomorrow and I’ve […]
It's Trek Jim – Just as we Know It
Sunday, May 10th, 2009But maybe there was a twist of something in the Romulan Ale. I was pretty happy with J.J. Abrams take on Mission Impossible so I had high hopes for the new Star Trek film. I think I can safely say it didn’t disappoint. The cast played the characters rather than doing impressions of the original […]
The Onion on the New Star Trek Film
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’
Curried Black-Eye Beans
Monday, May 4th, 2009Tried this out earlier in the weekend and enjoyed it so thought I’d post it tonight. The quontities here are for it as a side dish for a wet curry or light meal with Chapatis. Serves 4. Serve hot or cold. 150g Black-eye beans soaked in a bowl overnight 2 tbsp Oil 2 Medium Onions […]
The Panzerfauste Song Book
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Just sent off the finished draft of the The Panzerfauste Song Book to Ragnarok.
A Short Back and Sides
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009A Short Back and Sides was a scenario I wrote for Kenzar & Company’s Fairy Meat which appeared in the SFSFW’s journal Ragnarok back in issue 33. Funnily I’ve had three different people request copies of it in the last month. Its been around for years and I don’t remember anyone asking for it before. […]