Archive for October 2007

Flyte

26/10/2007

The second book in the Septimus Heap series carries on the wacky notions, action, adventure and inventiveness of the first. Septimus is slowly growing into his role, but limitations on his magyk abilities mean the problems he faces cannot simply be solved with a charm and he has to rely on others and his [...]

Skybreaker

25/10/2007

Another great action story from Oppell which starts a few years after the events of Airborn. Many of the great characters return and this book, more so even than the first, has a feeling something like a 30’s swashbuckler, where the odds are long, the technology rudimentary and yet men (and women in this [...]

LocateTV

13/10/2007

OK, so I’ve given in to the charms of Lotte over at LocateTV. I was contacted a couple of weeks ago to see if I wanted to have a go at their limited beta and provide some feedback. Shortly thereafter it went into public beta anyway. Obviously the aim is to get [...]

The Shelf Life of Music

11/10/2007

Does anyone else find it a bit odd that when you first hear a song, while it may not strike a chord immediately, once you like a song you can listen to a song over and over and it still sounds good and, for want of a better word, energises you, then slowly it becomes [...]