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People who work on something for hours in a program which is likely to crash, don’t save their work and then complain about it when they lose everything.

Use “File”>”Save As…”, use it often.

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I’ve been a big fan of Doctor Who for as long as i can remember. It’s part of my DNA as a British sci-fi fan. I was watchiung the Doctor Who Confidential episode after the most recent episode (a barnstormer by the way, where the Doctor barely appears) and they were talking to people involved with the show about who their first Doctor was.

For those of you not in the know the Doctor, kind of like James Bond, has been played by a series of actors since his debut in the 60s. Unlike James Bond, they do make reference to it in the series. As a timelord, the Doctor doesn’t die, instead he regenerates into a new body and, to some extent, a new persona.

David Tennant is the tenth Doctor and i think he’s amazing, but i was trying to remember who my first Doctor was. I always thought that it was Tom Baker, but apparently not. The first story i remember (although almost certainly not the first i saw) is Snakedance, broadcast when i was 6 years old. I remember being really creeped out by it (which is only right.)

I got most of my Doctor Who knowledge from books though. I had lots of books of the stories, as well as an A-Z and a Technical manual. Unfortunately the next Doctor couldn’t compete with the A-Team, but i Did have a fondness for Sylvester McCoy.

I’m so glad the series has come back and is, in my opinion, better than ever. I may be a big wuss but there have been several episodes recently which have almost moved me to tears.

Anyhoo - what’s the first episode you remember?

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now THIS I would have liked to see last night!

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On the way back from a meeting tonight I walked along a wall beside the Main road. I’m not saying it was high up or anything - only about a foot off the ground, but it’s a long time since I walked along a wall like that - a situation not made any easier by my having my “manbag” on my back (it’s black, i carry a laptop in it - it’s not a handbag, it’s a MAN BAG!!!) swinging to and fro. That said, I did not fall off said wall.

I encourage you to walk along a wall and rediscover the joy.

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I’ve taken to driving to visit my Mum in Moffat via the motorway. It’s faster and easier (especially at night) but it lacks some of the winding majesty of the A701 road to Moffat.

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Fae the Long Man:

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I’ve been cooking a fair amount recently and I get most of my recipes from allrecipes.com. Given i live in Scotland you’d think I’d be used to deep frying everything, but I’m not, ever since Mum ditched the chip pan in favour of oven chips years ago. So I enjoyed trying out two recipes which involved deep frying:

“Puggie Woogie” are like little donut balls. Full of sugar and fat but oh-so tasty!

“Corn Fritters” are something which I’ve bought in supermarkets before, but never made myself. Until Yesterday. Today’s lunch is corn fritter leftovers (with sweet chilli sauce). Next time, more sweetcorn and maybe fried flat in a frying pan. We’ll see.

Oh, by the way, unlike the blender for smoothies, I didn’t rush out and buy a fryer just to try these.

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I was reading on JC Hutchins site about a downloadable film called Missing Pages. It really is amazing. It’s in 3 episodes (quite hefty downloads) and tells the story of a man who invents a time machine and the consequences of his invention.

It is quite frightening in parts - some of the characters from the future are quite spooky - but it has real emotion and some genuinely interesting twists.

The interesting thing is that the film is not shot in live action, but created from thousands of stills, animated together. THese pictures are layered, zoomed and rotated to amazing effect.
It’s a fascinating story and really interesting to watch. Well worth checking out.

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