Wortham Manor
Abandon hope all ye who enter here...
From Facebook to Vox
Giving Six Apart's new Facebook app a quick spin. Will this post magically jump from Facebook to Vox?
The Summer of '66
Another one from Mum's old slides: Dad & Dusky on the beach in the summer of '66:
Makes me laugh out loud every time I see it, and I have no idea why.
Dusky & The Baby
Once in a while, while scanning my parents' old transparencies, I come across a photo that works as a piece in its own right, separated from its emotional context. This picture, from a film dated June 1967, is one of them. It's quite, quite lovely.
Down Wif Da Kids
We're hip here in Business Development
I Think I Fancy Boris
In the US, they have Obama Girl. Here we have:
And therein lies the difference between the two cultures. :)
Leaving lunch for Piers at Mama Dumplings
Video Club
About the Apprentice
She is, clearly, bovvered
The Great Wall of Hancock
The Triple Plea
Pub lunch on the way back to Mum's
Lunch in the Chapel(field)
Grabbing a bite to eat in Norwich after Mum's chemo.
Chemo Ward
Norwich Street Scene
Yum Yum
Planning a Movable Type upgrade
Ah, Ludvig
Today's e-mails have been full of my colleagues swapping bizarre children's cartoons of their youth. I couldn't resist sharing the most bizarre, yet strangely elitist, cartoon of my childhood: Ludwig.
Ah, Ludwig.
Mourn
Enter the ICHC <a
Gary Gygax, the guy who invented a hobby, passed on yesterday. I actually exchanged some e-mails with him a few years back, when I was working on a very, very short-lived gaming magazine. He seemed like a decent bloke, with a genuine passion for what he did.
He'll be missed.
The QH Truck
Arriving at the office gets stranger every day…
If Saul Bass had done the Star Wars intro
QotD: What's in a Name?
How did you create your username for VOX? What influenced your decision?
Submitted by Strive2Be.
My username is just, well, my name.
I almost any web service I was too late to get "adam", but can normally grab "adders". With Vox, I was in early enough to grab Adam, and I was delighted to get it.
Review: The Tudors
![The Tudors: Complete BBC Series 1 [2007]](http://adders.blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/6a00d8341da3af53ef013486acea33970c-120pi-1.jpg "The Tudors: Complete BBC Series 1 [2007]")
So, I went up to Mum's last night, to surprise her for Mother's Day and cook her a roast. Afterwards we cracked open a bottle of red wine and indulged in several hours of watching The Tudors, which she recorded on her PVR months ago.
And my, it's fun.
OK, they've taken some fairly serious liberties with history. Time periods are compressed, and characters are conflated. People's ages are mixed around and, frankly, they're all a lot prettier than they were in real life.
And yet, the heart of the conflicts are spot on. The heady mix of politics and genuine faith that charged the discussions of the era are explored in a surprising amount of detail. And with gratuitous semi-nudity. What more can you ask for?
Three Word Review: Brokeback Mountain
![Brokeback Mountain [2005]](http://adders.blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/6a00d8341da3af53ef013486acea60970c-320pi-1.jpg "Brokeback Mountain [2005]")
Pretty. Dull. Depressing.