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April 19, 2011

Game of Thrones

Filed under: Books,Game Of Thrones,Television — William_T_Goodall @ 17:54

I watched the first episode of Game of Thrones last night. It’s been a while since I read the books so I can’t comment on small inaccuracies, but overall it seemed a remarkably good adaptation. I hope the show achieves sufficiently good ratings for season two to be made.

Discussion of the show here and here and here.

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And after just one episode has aired HBO has picked up a second season of the show!

April 3, 2011

Sucker Punch

Filed under: Movies — William_T_Goodall @ 22:30

Went to see Sucker Punch with my sister this evening. She gave it a 10/10 rating. I wasn’t quite as enthused but I would give it 8/10 as a beautifully made post-narrative film.

April 1, 2011

Source Code

Filed under: Movies — William_T_Goodall @ 20:04

Saw Source Code today. Fast-paced, not too long, well acted and didn’t creak at the joints.

March 27, 2011

A Dance With Dragons

Filed under: Books,Game Of Thrones,Television — William_T_Goodall @ 22:54

A Dance With Dragons now has a publication date. And the TV series starts in April. I’ll have to reread a few thousand pages before starting Dance or I won’t be able to follow it. And I still have the Patrick Rothfuss sequel to read. And I’ll need to reread the first one of those too 🙂

The Killing

Filed under: Television — William_T_Goodall @ 22:12

After ten weeks The Killing ended last night with a satisfying finale and a teaser for the next series to be shown later this year.

I have to say it again – a satisfying finale! How many shows have managed that lately?

Previously

March 25, 2011

More Open

Filed under: Apple,iOS,IT — William_T_Goodall @ 17:59

JP Teti:

The iPad only does less than a regular computer to us geeks. To
everyone else, it does more. This is what Motorola and Google and
Samsung and BlackBerry and everyone else, with the sole exception
of Apple, do not get about “open” computing.

Astute analysis of the iPad to regular folks.

[From More Open]

I know a lot of people who would get along better with an iPad than a regular computer 🙂

March 17, 2011

Ceanna’s Birthday

Filed under: Greyhounds — William_T_Goodall @ 21:26

Ceanna is nine today. She had some ham.

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March 10, 2011

Pip & Ceanna napping

Filed under: Greyhounds — William_T_Goodall @ 21:03

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February 23, 2011

The Killing

Filed under: Television — William_T_Goodall @ 16:45

The Killing on BBC4 is the best thing on UK TV at the moment.

February 22, 2011

ADSL 2+ ii

Filed under: IT — William_T_Goodall @ 11:27

And today:

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Well the Up Speed is a lot better anyway 🙂

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