From the Heart of EuropeFrom the Heart of Europe - LiveJournal.comNexus- June 26, 2008 The latest cool Facebook tool - the Nexus application which shows the interconnections between your facebook friends. I just love this. Not surprisingly, you can actually identify particular constellations.But you are all stars!(PS - is there anything like this for Livejournal)http://nhw.livejournal.com/1053678.html June Books 37) The Penguin Dictionary of Jokes- June 26, 2008 37) The Penguin Dictionary of Jokes, compiled by Fred MetcalfDoes what it says on the tin; roughly 2000 jokes of varying degree of suitability and good taste (with also a certain amount of repetition).http://nhw.livejournal.com/1053412.html Mostly literature with some politics, Doctor Who and autobiography- June 25, 2008 To start with the politics: jekesta makes me very glad that I am not an activist in the UK with her reportage of the last three weeks of Question Time.To go on to the literature: Several people with good taste have been linking to this Alison Bechdel strip today. It's good. read it.Also a lot of people have been doing the literary meme with this list, subject to the usual conditions of:1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.2) Italicize those you intend to read.3) Underline the books..http://nhw.livejournal.com/1053047.html June Books 35) Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken, 36) Doctor Who - Logopolis; and Tom Baker's era- June 25, 2008 It is the end: but the moment has been prepared for.35) Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken, by Terrance DicksA pretty standard effort from Dicks, closing out his contribution to the Fourth Doctor era with an account of what was visible on the screen.36) Doctor Who - Logopolis, by Christopher H BidmeadBidmead's write-up of his own story is reassuringly dynamic and exciting, if just a little over-written in places. In particular, Logopolis itself feels more like a real place, and the minor...http://nhw.livejournal.com/1052749.html It's not easy being green - Four Fifth Doctor stories- June 23, 2008 Four Fifth Doctor stories of, er, variable quality with one remarkable point in common: the villains are green. (Though in one case for only half the story.)Fandom is generally rather forgiving of Four to Doomsday, but it didn't grab me. Adric is at his most annoying, seduced by the Urbankans' insane plan and pathetically scrapping with Tegan. Davison is uneven, this being the first story he filmed. The villainous amphibian Monarch is far too static - and why does he not supervise his staff...http://nhw.livejournal.com/1052617.html 2008 Films 2) The 7th Dawn- June 22, 2008 2) The 7th DawnYes, I have watched my second film this year - and June isn't even over yet!This is a 1964 film starring William Holden, Capucine, the Japanese actor Tetsuro Tamba and a young Susannah York, directed by Lewis Gilbert (whose next two films were Alfie and You Only Live Twice). It is set during the Malayan insurgency of the early 1950s, with Tamba playing the insurgent leader, Holden the maverick American, Capucine the woman who has (by implication) been the lover of both, and York..http://nhw.livejournal.com/1052217.html June Books 33) The Doctor Who Storybook 2007, 34) The Doctor Who Storybook 2008- June 22, 2008 33) The Doctor Who Storybook 2007, edited by Clayton Hickman34) The Doctor Who Storybook 2008, edited by Clayton HickmanGreat fun for the Who fan of any age. Each of these features seven lavishly illustrated text stories and a comic strip, perhaps particularly aimed at the 9-13 age group; authors in both books include Gareth Roberts, Tom MacRae, Robert Shearman, Nicholas Briggs, Justin Richards and Jonathan Morris, with Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss in the 2007 volume and Paul Magrs and...http://nhw.livejournal.com/1051912.html June Books 25-32) The Romana II novels- June 20, 2008 Well, this week my commuting reading has been the eight novelisations of stories featuring Lalla Ward as the second incarnation of Romanadvoratrelundar. As so often, a somewhat mixed bag.25) Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks, by Terrance DicksA pretty standard transcription of what was on the screen, including the rather threadbare justification for Romana turning into Princess Astra from The Armageddon Factor.Doctor Who and the City of Death, by David LawrenceAlas, we miss out on the...http://nhw.livejournal.com/1051656.html Don't do this at work- June 20, 2008 Like Tetris Like maps Try StateTris!http://nhw.livejournal.com/1051426.html Numbers answer- June 19, 2008 14, 9 142 - 92 = 196 - 81 = 11511, 2 112 -22 = 121 - 4 = 11712, 5 122 - 52 = 144 - 25 = 11911, 0 112 - 02 = 121 - 0 = 12122, 19 222 - 192 = 484 - 361 = 12315, 10152 - 102 = 225 - 100 = 12564, 63 642 - 632 = 4096 - 3969 = 127Of course, these were the smallest number pairs for each point in the sequence; and I used odd numbers only. The full sequence from 115 to 127 would be 115: 14, 9; 58, 57 116: 16½, 12½; 30, 28; 58½, 57½117: 11, 2; 21, 18; 59, 58 118: 30½,...http://nhw.livejournal.com/1051379.html |