A Couple of Good New Shows
Posted by in entertainment
at 2:06 am on Sunday, 6 December 2009
Two new shows are on BBC that are pretty good.
at 2:06 am on Sunday, 6 December 2009
Yet More Medical TV Shows
Posted by rae in entertainment
at 9:58 am on Wednesday, 10 June 2009
With the passing of shows (some of which we wish hadn’t passed) comes new shows.
I grabbed a few recently and here’s what I thought of them.
at 9:58 am on Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Nurse Jackie
Nurse Jackie
Mrs. Soprano strikes out as a not-even-remotely-perfect nurse at a hospital. She swears, takes pain drugs for her back (shades of House) and has sex with doctors. But unlike House or Grey’s Anatomy, this show has a much grittier, more real feel to it. So far though, I’m not sure if that aspect is adding to or subtracting from the show’s appeal. Edie Falco is a very strong actress, and I could understand why she might want to have a dark, gritty, and above all *serious* show. But she also has a comedic side, and that is completely smothered by the cynical realism of this show.
Royal Pains
Royal Pains
I’ve seen all of 10 minutes of this show so far, but it’s yet another doctor show. I’m getting tired of doctor shows, but Mark Feuerstein is keeping my interest (so far).’ We’ll have to see where this one goes.SciFi Channel —> SyFy Channel?!?!?
Posted by rae in entertainment
at 9:15 am on Friday, 1 May 2009
at 9:15 am on Friday, 1 May 2009
new name of SciFi Channel
TV shows tonight
shows on tonight – click for large
The place I found out about TV Rage,
TV Calendar says it also uses
EPGuides.com,
so maybe they have iCalendar data I can use?
Worst case I can write a quick CGI script to read XML from TVRage and convert it to iCalendar on the fly.
Seems like a lot of work to go to though..
Update:So, along with the screenshotted shows…
- House
- Greek
- Gossip Girl
- The Big Bang Theory
- How I Met Your Mother
- 24
- Heroes
- Saving Grace
- Medium
- My Boys (back for seaon 3!)
- The Listener (new show)
- Castle (new show)
Books to read
Posted by rae in entertainment
at 10:15 am on Friday, 20 March 2009
I’m finding it harder to find good hard SF books to read.
One recent “find” was Charles Stross, a friend of Cory’s who he’s worked with.
I’m just going to put a list of books to look into here, possibly updating it over the next while.
at 10:15 am on Friday, 20 March 2009
- Charles Stross, “Saturn’s Children”
- John Varley, “Mammoth”
I guess this would be an ideal opportunity to use my Amazon Associates thingee, but I’d have to dig it up out of email. Ah well.
Here are Amazon.ca links:
Mammoth,
Saturn’s Children.
Imperial Asia
Posted by rae in gaming
at 10:24 am on Sunday, 12 October 2008
at 10:24 am on Sunday, 12 October 2008
The rondel I’ve done so far for our version
of “Imperial Asia”. Click for larger image.
click for larger version
A Qik video from boardgaming last night
I use the “Qik” iPhone application last night on my jailbroken iPhone to stream some live video to the ‘Net. You can see all my awesome videos over at qik.com/rae.Ow
I did something to my leg. No idea how. Maybe the long-ish bike rider over the weekend? Whatever the reason, it’s now hard to walk. I may have to take time off work to let it heal, or something. Sat around all weekend at Tony’s cottage up near Minden feeling about as useful as a doorstop. Managed to get 2/3 of the way through “The Bourne Identity” though. The book is very different from the movie. And still good! I was amazed that I actually managed to get an EDGE internet connection up there. Ronnie starts D&D camp at the ROM today. He’s loaded to bear with his Warcraft III Monster Manual and bag o’ dice (my bag o’ dice, actually).David at Bat in Wasaga
“Southland Tales”
