Yearly Archives: 2009

eBook ripoff

Posted at 12:03 pm, Thursday December 31, 2009 by rich

As I have a handful of M&S vouchers and money from Christmas I was perusing the M&S site to see what they had. One thing that caught my eye was the Sony eBook reader. It’s not cheap at £200+, but what’s worse is that the eBooks are often more expensive than the paper equivalent. For example the latest Jeremy Clarkson book is £10 in hardback, and £14 in electronic format.

I think I’ll stick with killing trees for the moment.

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#20 – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Posted at 3:37 pm, Sunday December 27, 2009 by rich

Having just finished a run-through the Harry Potter films, I’ll see if I can polish of this lengthy trilogy over the remainder of Christmas and New Year.

Update: I slept through most of it.

55/250

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Like Brother, Like Sister

Posted at 2:25 pm, Sunday December 27, 2009 by rich
Hunting for Presents
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It’s Christmas

Posted at 12:01 am, Friday December 25, 2009 by rich
I'm sure there's a present in here somewhere
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#36 – Apocalypse Now

Posted at 6:28 pm, Monday December 21, 2009 by rich

An early start gives us enough time for the full 200+ minutes of the Redux version. A superb film with a superb soundtrack.

54/250

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#4 – The Godfather Part II

Posted at 10:22 pm, Saturday December 19, 2009 by rich

Fortunately my copy doesn’t suffer the all too common problem of only playing the first half of the film.

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Singularity

Posted at 5:42 pm, Friday December 18, 2009 by rich

My Christmas bike project is nearly ready for me to start building. It’s an ex-demo Peregrine frame and fork from Sam at Singular Cycles, and despite trying to do this cheaply there’s a pile of new parts including mudguards, disk brakes, bars, bar tape, headset, and cables sat on the sofa. There will also be a new rear wheel arriving early next week once it’s been built. I am at least re-using a front wheel, drive train, seatpost, saddle, stem (until I sort out the length), and tyres (provided they fit).

All being well it’ll be up and running for the new year.

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Oysterband – Komedia, Bath

Posted at 11:29 pm, Sunday December 13, 2009 by rich

Despite not knowing a single song they played, it was a very enjoyable night tonight, finishing off with an acoustic version of Put Out the Lights with all the band stood in the crowd in front of the stage.

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Christmas Shopping

Posted at 5:08 pm, Saturday December 12, 2009 by rich

It’s a lot more pleasant when aided by a large mulled wine with a shot of brandy in it.

Circulating Library
Circulating Library

Southgate
Southgate

Southgate
Southgate
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#3 – The Godfather

Posted at 6:58 pm, Thursday December 10, 2009 by rich

Freshly restored and on Blu-ray, this is by far the best version I’ve seen, and is very good for a film which is older than I am. This probably means I should watch parts 2 and 3 tomorrow and Saturday.

52/250

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