My bedroom is in the loft, and it has two Velux windows in the sloping roof. Earlier this week, on the morning of the 28th September, I awoke to see one of the windows smashed, with shards of glass on the floor.

At first I thought that someone had thrown …

Ha, if Youtube is the way forward I'm going to make the most of cinema while its like it is!

Odeon still have 40% discount, wasn't there something you wanted to see??

I found Never Let Me Go to be almost unbearably sad. Ishiguro's talent is to evoke the strongest emotions with the lightest of language.

In most books, the world is opened up via the characters, they know more than the reader and gradually reveal it. The power of Remains Of …

Don't do that, it's against the law! One should never infringe copyright.

What I'm saying is that film makers will inevitably end up licensing their work to allow people to freely copy it. How will they make money? I don't know, but they can't carry on as they are. Perhaps …

So what is your view if I go to watch a film at a cinema, video it and then distribute the video on the internet?

I've read The Star Fraction, and The Night Sessions is even better. Macleod's powers seem to be waxing. I'm always pleased when someone gets better with age, it gives me a little hope. There's humour and humanity in this book. Compared to The Star Fraction, I feel that this is …

I can't stir myself to get all worked up over ACTA and the Digital Economy Act 2010.

As I see it, the world can be divided into physical, and informational things. Or rivalrous and non-rivalrous if you prefer. Examples of physical things are cars or a cakes. If I have …

Thanks to Bill for organizing a visit to Cleveland Pools lido in Bath on Saturday. It's run-down and disused, but there's a group trying to restore it. There's a problem of attracting people to it in the off-season. I suggested using it as a skating rink in winter, and a …

I keep seeing this poster on my way to work. Must warn my fellow patriarchs.

The issue of copyright assignment for Open Source projects has come up again, this time regarding Canonical. I've been influenced by Michael Meeks' writing on the subject. (If you follow the link to his article, beware there's a theological rickroll!) I'm of the view that the contributor should retain copyright …