Bits & Pieces
I've not actually seen a hard copy, but I believe I'm interviewed/profiled in the February issue of Writing Magazine, as part of their 'New Authors' series.
Another interview, along with a mini-review of Winterbirth, is also now online.
I came across a clever little web-thingy (well, I think it's clever, but I'm quite easily pleased). It takes a bit of figuring out, mainly because there's so many things you can tweak, but once you get the hang of it, it's an interesting way to kill a few minutes: the state of the world, visualised as a cloud of drifting, expanding, multi-coloured balloons.
And finally, I wonder if ITV is about to prove conclusively that Torchwood could and should have been a lot better?
Another interview, along with a mini-review of Winterbirth, is also now online.
I came across a clever little web-thingy (well, I think it's clever, but I'm quite easily pleased). It takes a bit of figuring out, mainly because there's so many things you can tweak, but once you get the hang of it, it's an interesting way to kill a few minutes: the state of the world, visualised as a cloud of drifting, expanding, multi-coloured balloons.
And finally, I wonder if ITV is about to prove conclusively that Torchwood could and should have been a lot better?
Labels: Interviews, Reviews
posted by Brian Ruckley at 12:06 PM :: Permalink ::
4 Comments:
The Gapminder chart is awesome, especially in Play mode. Amazing to watch China drift across to the right. Eye-popping to watch Rwanda (try it and see what I mean). And humbling to consider how my modest status in the UK would be perceived if I was in Botswana.
As for Primeval, I have high hopes that it will be Torchwood for pre-teens (given the pre-watershed slot).
Will it be as gripping, convincing or interesting without the violence and sex of Torchwood? We'll certainly be giving it a go.
Tom
Yeah, see what you mean about Rwanda. That's kind of ... disturbing.
And in 'other games to play with Gapminder': set horizontal axis to Population, vertical to Urban Population %, tick Libya and Oman in the list on the right, and hit play. It's like watching bubbles race to the top of a champagne glass. They really must like those cities ...
My money's on Primeval being a whole lot more fun than Torchwood. But then, I thought Torchwood was going to be a whole lot of fun, and look how that ended up ...
I can't let the subject of fabulous charts pass without mentioning my favourite chart of all time: Minard's classic 1861 chart of Napoleon's invasion of Russia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Minard.png)
A model of brevity - breathtakingly savage.
Tom
Tom: Cool Napoleonic chart. Don't remember seeing that original before, but there's a sort-of modern version of it in Adam Zamoyski's book '1812', which is well worth a read if you've not done so already - one of those episodes in history that makes fiction look pale and half-hearted by comparison.
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