One hotel. One night. Five characters. Four living, one dead…

March 26, 2007

This is the intriguing intro to the performance of [tag]Hotel World[/tag], that I shall be attending on Thursday night, not as a regular theatre goer, but with press tickets to [tag]write a review[/tag]!!! Thrilled to bits at being asked to write a review for the online theatre review site Extra, Extra!, I am looking forward [...]

Abolition Bicentenary Happy Freedom day?

March 25, 2007

Today my brother called me to wish me a happy Freedom day. He was of course referring to the marking today, of the 200 year anniversary of the [tag]Abolition of the Slave Trade[/tag] by the [tag]British Parliament[/tag] in 1807.
Though I understood his sentiments, I was at pains to point out to him that in the [...]

Favela Rising DVD Review

March 22, 2007

Set in one of [tag]Rio De Janeiro[/tag]’s 600 ghettos, Vigario Geral, [tag]Favela Rising[/tag] charts the story of [tag]Anderson Sa[/tag], [tag]Jose Junior[/tag] and [tag]AfroReggae[/tag] on a journey from outlaws to social revolutionaries. In their debut feature, directors Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary allow us to see inside the notorious ghettos of one of the world’s most [...]

Twitter and Google Maps Mashup

March 19, 2007

Thanks Clive for the heads up on this [tag]mashup[/tag]. Check out http://twittermap.com/twittervision to see who’s [tag]Twittering[/tag] where. You can check out your local vicinity or globally. See what the world is Twittering about. It’s almost like watching TV.
You can checkout David Troy (the creator) on [tag]Twitter[/tag].

Get Twittering

March 18, 2007

So today I discover what all the [tag]Twitter[/tag] fuss was about and was immediately taken by the possible implementations of this clever litte site that does one thing, and does it well. I allows you to tell the world what you’re doing right now in 140 characters.

Man with a gun in a supermarket

March 11, 2007

I’ve been broadening my horizons and since the sun is out today, and my body clock has become accustomed to waking up at very ungodly hours of the morning, even on the weekend, my thoughts have sauntered around to thinking about [tag]documentary photography[/tag].

Free YouTube video conversion with Zamzar

March 11, 2007

If you, like me, often want to convert files to different formats, then Zamzar could be the place for you. They offer free [tag]file conversion[/tag] from many different formats and have even introduced the ability for you to convert [tag]YouTube[/tag] movies to different formats. There is a 100MB limit to the upload and you get [...]

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