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  • Untitled 13/01/2024
    Can anyone in the know explain to me why opensubtitles.org doesn't seem to be "open" any more and you need to pay for access to most of its API?I just find the use of the word "open" in its name a little fellacious.
  • Untitled 08/01/2024
    Just thinking that when I was a boy there was just enough reminders of the Victorian era (old buildings, signs, furniture, old books etc) about the town that made it possible to imagine what it was like. It was another age - but within touching distance. As I’m sitting here now, I can’t imagine feeling […]
  • Untitled 22/12/2023
    John Higgs is writing a book about Doctor Who? Where do I pay?https://geni.us/ExterminateRegenerateNot out until 2025! But nothing written by Higgs has been less than excellent.
  • Untitled 22/12/2023
    On Saturday 21st December 1963 the First Doctor and companions explored The Dead Planet.Here are some thoughts about the episode:https://legionofimpossibilities.blogspot.com/2023/12/saturday-21st-december-dead-planet.html(I'm watching the first series in weekly installments.)#DoctorWho #DoctorWho60 #FirstDoctor
  • Untitled 14/12/2023
    60 years ago, on Saturday 14th December 1963, The Firemaker episode of the first series of Doctor Who was aired.Here are some thoughts about the episode:https://legionofimpossibilities.blogspot.com/2023/12/saturday-14th-december-1963-firemaker.html#DoctorWho #doctorwho60 #FirstDoctor
  • Untitled 10/12/2023
    Some thoughts on this week's Doctor Who special, The Giggle:https://legionofimpossibilities.blogspot.com/2023/12/saturday-9th-december-2023-giggle.html#DoctorWho #DoctorWho60 #TheGiggle
  • Untitled 07/12/2023
    60 years ago the Doctor Who episode, The Forest of Fear, was aired.Here's some thoughts about the episode:https://legionofimpossibilities.blogspot.com/2023/12/saturday-7th-december-1963-forest-of.html#DoctorWho #doctorwho60 #FirstDoctor
  • Untitled 03/12/2023
    Some thoughts on this week's Doctor Who Special, Wild Blue Yonder:https://legionofimpossibilities.blogspot.com/2023/12/saturday-2nd-december-2023-wild-blue.html#DoctorWho #DoctorWho60 #WildBlueYonder
  • Untitled 26/11/2023
    60 years on and we have a new(ish) Doctor and adventure.Although I'm more focused on watching the first season in weekly installments, here's my thoughts on the first of the 60th anniversary specials, The Star Beast.https://legionofimpossibilities.blogspot.com/2023/11/saturday-25th-november-2023-star-beast.html#DoctorWho #doctorwho60 #TheStarBeast
  • Untitled 24/11/2023
    Useful blog post by Curtis McHale investigating the claim that Obsidian is slow on an ipad. It isn't. You just need to work out which plug-in is causing the slowdown. Obsidian is actually quite nippy, even on my old ipad. Just keep those plugins in order.https://curtismchale.ca/2023/11/22/is-obsidian-slow-on-the-ipad#Obsidian #Obsidianmd
  • Untitled 23/11/2023
    First ever episode of Doctor Who aired on this day 60 years ago.I'm watching the first season in weekly installments to try and recapture what it was like to watch the series 6 decades - and 14 Doctors - ago. Here's my thoughts on the first episode, An Unearthly Child.https://legionofimpossibilities.blogspot.com/2023/11/saturday-23rd-november-unearthly-child.html#DoctorWho #doctorwho60
  • Untitled 15/11/2023
    In a moment of madness, I discovered that the entirety of Dark Shadows is on Youtube (all 1022 episodes). I've never seen it before and, after the first episode, VERY tempted to keep watching.https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb6FwrPUfo77GVxZED4O_5zLH5W89LZoH&si=ziSlXH5kxKP0AwVq#DarkShadows
  • Untitled 07/11/2023
    In one of the posts I mention listening to podcasts since 2003 after I bought an ipod on a trip to NYC. It's a ipod classic 5 - AND I STILL USE IT! The sound quality through wired Apple headphones has been better than anything I've used (and certainly better than my iphone).
  • Untitled 07/11/2023
    Just been digging through the blogs I maintained on Blogger way back. My earliest post was February 2004 and I moved to a self-hosted WordPress site in 2008. It's VERY odd reading old posts whose voice doesn't sound like me now. Really doesn't seem like 20 years ago.
  • Untitled 02/11/2023
    My partner bought me the new Daniel Clowes graphic novel, Monica. So far it’s heartbreaking. #comicbooks #danielclowes
  • Untitled 01/11/2023
    The opening credits of 30 Coins are about the most gripping I've seen on a show. Mesmerising. Usually I skip credits once I've watched them once or twice. Now on season 2 and still watching them intently. #30Coins
  • Untitled 30/10/2023
    Pretty good review of Azzarello and Chiang's New-52 Wonder Woman run - as a "horror comic" by CBR's Timothy Donohoo:https://www.cbr.com/wonder-woman-horror-new-52-dc/I enjoyed this run when it came out and still think it holds up a decade+ later.#WonderWoman #DCcomics #New52
  • Untitled 29/10/2023
    #Introduction Hello!I'm a life-long fan of #comics and #literature. UK. I live with my partner and our two weird children. There's also an old cat who lives with us.Also interested in: #writing, #music, #horror (fiction more than movies), #scifi, #art #foss, #selfhosting #tech... lots of stuff, really.Among the things I'm working on at the moment […]