by Jack Barrow | Jul 27, 2015 | Current Affairs, General Silliness, Media, Politics, Social Media
Users of The Internet were incensed today by a newspaper article that told the truth but was totally made up. The article, attributed to someone with a name that couldn’t possibly exist, told how people were surprised that government policy was turning out to be bad...
by Jack Barrow | Nov 13, 2014 | Media, Social Media, Thoughts and Observations
Reactions to the Sainsbury’s Christmas advert have been bouncing around the social media world for the last day or so. It’s a genuinely moving piece of film (it moved me to tears but then again so do some episodes of Star Trek) and it’s very well made. It’s thoughtful...
by Jack Barrow | Oct 21, 2014 | Current Affairs, General Silliness, Media, Politics, Thoughts and Observations
We had a fun start to the day today with a geektastic YouTube clip found by a colleague over the weekend. If you are not a geek read on at your own peril. The video was of some old computer floppy disks that someone had put together and programmed to play music. (You...
by Jack Barrow | Oct 28, 2013 | Current Affairs, General Silliness, Media
I was talking to a friend recently about characters in comic books and it struck me how Robert Peston is really just like Batman.We were discussing how comic heroes often have sidekicks as a device to help the author establish the detail of a story. It’s...
by Jack Barrow | Apr 17, 2013 | Media, Science, Social Media, Thoughts and Observations
There’s talk in the media about missions to Mars, there has been ever since the moon landings 40 years ago. How would we fund such a trip, would we be able to overcome the technological and psychological obstacles? These are all issues that now have potential...
by Jack Barrow | Nov 2, 2012 | Media, Publishing, reviews, Writing
Okay so I have a dilemma. I’ve been in touch with a magazine asking if they would like a review copy of The Hidden Masters and the Unspeakable Evil. They have written back asking that in return I support their magazine by buying some advertising. (No names no...
