Posts tagged ‘website’

No, really. I’ve just been… busy. I’ll get right on to all the things that need doing around here, very soon.

Sorry about the downtime, folks. Well, sorry to those that noticed it.

I’ve been using the time to sit around on my arse vaguely studying. “Vaguely studying” is when you’ve got all the study material in front of you, and occasionally you draw half a concept map, or attempt to summarise some points.

I’d be nervous about the exam but now I’m more anxious about the link between meat-eating and cancer. And I’m insanely excited about the upcoming Doctor Who season finale. And even more excited about the news emerging today concerning the show’s future. Just a quick summary for those who can’t be bothered clicking the link (and a much more reliable way to avoid spoilers:

• Both a second AND a third season have been commissioned. As well as a Christmas special for this year and for the next. That’s 28 new episodes.
• Piper will be back for ALL the episodes of season two.
• Barrowman will be back for SOME of the episodes of season two, and is willing to get naked again. I wish I could have typed that about Piper.
• Nerd news: the director of The Empty Child and the director of The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead will be returning to direct the first two blocks of filming in season two.
• Nerdier news: the director of The Caves of Androzani and Revelation of the Daleks will be directing four stories in season two.
• The Cybermen will be returning for season two! I’d say they were replacing those bloody Slitheen but in a way, they’re replacing the Daleks, who won’t be appearing in season two. They’re expensive.

Ah, what could possibly distract from the important task of writing essays and studying? Bearing in mind that these things must be accessible from the same places that I’m supposed to be doing work; i.e. my room.

Trailers. I’ve always enjoyed movie trailers but now Apple has high resolution trailers on their QuickTime High Resolution Gallery. QuickTime 7 introduced a new codec, eloquently named H.264, which makes the movie muchas smaller. The awesome Serenity trailer comes in a resolution of 1920×816, which is even bigger than my rather big 20″ LCD screen. Scary. Obviously these are only for people with bandwidth to burn.

TV. Doctor Who is nearing the end of its first season in the UK and is going from strength to strength. Alias finished with yet another of its trademarked irritating cliffhangers. Frankly, I’m getting a bit weary of the show. If Jennifer Garner and Victor Garber weren’t in it I’d probably abandon it at this point.

Games. Having seen Revenge of the Sith, I’m now able to play through the last third of LEGO Star Wars which is great fun. What I’m itching for is a game that makes some use of my new iMac though. I may have to order Neverwinter Nights quite soon.

Domains. The grapefruits.org domain is up for renewal soon. I’m vaguely tempted to change it to something like thegrapefruit.org given that grapefruits is completely wrong from a grammar point of view. But then, people are pretty used to grapefruits.org. It might well be the most spurious reason I’ve ever had for doing something so complicated.

Web Design. I don’t know how it happened but I’m working on a new grapefruit design. Semi new. Still the same header pics obviously as they’re a lot of work. It started when I dropped the yellow sidebar and as it hasn’t looked that good since I’ve decided to really go for it. Foolishly. But it wouldn’t be swot vac without a grapefruit redesign. It’s like a biological imperative.