Posts Tagged ‘Geek’
Do I Want an iPad?
Do I want an iPad?
Yes, of course I do! It’s a new gadget, who doesn’t want to have new gadgets?
Will I buy an iPad?
No.
Well, maybe…
Curse My Eyes
It was back in the mid-nineties that I discovered I was short-sighted. It was when I was at a Star Trek convention with my cousin Samantha.
That’s right, you read correctly, a Star Trek convention.
I discovered that I had poor vision when we were sat in a hot, sweaty conference room with a few hundred fellow Trekkies at the Leicester Holiday Inn. We were sat listening to various luminaries giving entertaining talks about their time in the Star Trek universe. The charming George ‘Mr. Sulu’ Takei was present, as was the rather witty Max Grodénchik (Deep Space Nine’s half-wit Ferengi ‘Rom’) who had managed to win the audience’s adulation with a comedic re-enactment of Ferengi mating rituals.
Noodles
The Noodles of the Gods
Before I update the World of Me with a huge report from this year’s RAFTA Project, I would just like to add that Shin Cup Noodles are possibly one of the best noodle-in-a-cup-based foodstuffs in the world. Ever.
Syntax Era
Well, this has certainly set my geek-radar off the scale! It appears that the BBC is set to broadcast a new comedy celebrating the classic years of British computing in the 1980s.
“Syntax Era (working title) provides an affectionately comic account of the 1980s race for home computer supremacy,” reads the BBC’s release.
“The drama documents the lengthy rivalry between maverick visionary Sir Clive Sinclair (Alexander Armstrong) and his former colleague Chris Curry (Martin Freeman) as they go head to head to achieve domination of the growing home computer market.”
“Those of us that lived through the eighties will remember the sense of excitement when gadgets and technology started to appear in our homes,” says Controller of BBC Four, Richard Klein.
“But not many of us will know the fascinating stories behind their arrival. Alexander Armstrong and Martin Freeman are excellent choices to portray Sir Clive Sinclair and Chris Curry at a time when battling to have the UK’s most loved home computer was their number one priority.”
Syntax Era (I really hope they keep this title) will be broadcast later this year on BBC4.
The Future is in Safe Hands
If you haven’t seen the new Star Trek movie I suggest you do so immediately. If you have seen the new Star Trek movie, read on…