Tag: television
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Screw you, TV Licensing. I'll write wherever I like.
Alt"This one here?" scrawled beneath the words "Please do not write below this line" on a TV Licensing form
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TIL that in 2004, a book was published that suggested that TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer was valuable as a guide to spirituality
What Would Buffy Do?: The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide is a book relating to the fictional Buffyverse established by TV series, Buffy and Angel.
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Personal Effects
Dan's been working on sorting out his late father's estate and his personal effects. Some people have been helpful; others, less so.
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Little Things
A little under a fortnight after the death of his father, Dan explains how it's the little things, and not the big things, that are hardest for him.
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New Computer #1 - Tiffany2
This weekend, Dan built a new computer - Tiffany2 - to replace his aging media centre box.
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Earth Sunset
As regular readers will no-doubt know, the other Earthlings and I are currently in the process of moving house. Last weekend, as well as watching the Eurovision Song Contest, of course, we packed a lot of boxes (mostly stuffed with board games) and moved a handful of them over to New Earth, our new home, …
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Space Cowboy
Dan recommends that you watch Castle. And he's not just saying that because the last episode he watched was amazing. He's saying that because every episode is amazing. But especially the one with the vampires, werewolves, men in suits and blue latex gloves, and space cowboys.
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The L-Word
I just thought I'd put some feelers out not for the first time, but for the first time online, to see if my theory is true that I am only only man in the known universe who enjoys the (now-finished) Showtime drama series The L-Word. If I'm not, will somebody let me know!
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Futurama’s Coming Back
Okay, it's not certain yet, but Wired News reports that it, and Family Guy (also killed by Fox) will make a comeback on Cartoon Network, with new episodes sponsored by the channel.
Yay. And, indeed, hey.
And in other news, to celebrate the change of name from Lindows to Linspire, Lindows.com are giving away copies of Linspire. … -
Final Episode Of Futurama
Just watched the final (ever?) episode of Futurama, "The Devil's Hands Make Idol Work", with Claire, Paul, Kit and Bryn. Quite stunning. Very impressive. Very brave. Cool. Watch it.
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Pickled Eggs
Went for a pint with Paul and Kit at the Ship & Castle, which eventually turned into a long trek through over a dozen Aberystwyth pubs in search of pickled eggs.
A secondary highlight of the evening was my phone call to Rummers Wine Bar, leaving a message on their answerphone: "Good evening; my name is … -
Spooks
Work. Ho-hum.
Watched two episodes of Spooks at Bryn's new house. He's just moved to Aber to start his year in industry at the national library. Spooks is a BBC TV drama series about MI5 agents generally kicking arse. Apart from the enormous holes here and there - like the techniques for following somebody (ride a …