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I got sent this by one of my friends on Twitter. Definitely appeals to a classic rock, tech-loving geek like me

Joss Whedon’s latest venture is Dr Horrible’s Sing-along Blog. He’s releasing it for free viewing this week on the web at http://www.drhorrible.com until the 20th of July.
Act 1 went up last night, with Act 2 due on Thursday and Act 3 on Saturday before it vanishes on Sunday.
Its well worth a look. I [...]

So, I remember talking to some friends yesterday during the day regarding my fears for the UEFA Cup Final in Manchester.
I knew that Rangers fans were descending en masse, and most of who had been drinking since the Tuesday.   I pointed out that I hoped things went smoothly, as the scope for things to kick [...]

So this morning, there was only one Sun vendor, operating from a booth/box thing standing outside the tube station.
Who says bitching online doesn’t accomplish anything

Time to break out the “rant” tag
This time its about newspapers on our public transport. I grab a Metro everyday, but other companies have started to decide they want a piece of that circulation. And my main rant is the disruption its causing when you’re trying to actually [...]

Well, Friday night was the latest Riechoes gig.
This time they were playing Nice ‘N’ Sleazy in Glasgow, and the place was packed. Despite being the first band up, the downstairs was standing room only (and not much of that), with a great atmosphere as they played through their set. Some great new tracks [...]

Mitch Benn has released the video to his re-release of “Happy Birthday War”, a song he originally created for the Now Show. He mentioned in his podcast that its going to be available via iTunes, so I’ll need to check that out tonight.
Happy Birthday War by Mitch Benn

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while but kept getting distracted.
The other weekend I ended up in Dunkeld for a walk with a friend. We’d been up once before, and I instantly became a big fan of the place, so was keen to go again. It really is beautiful [...]

Well, its a rare non-Knight Rider post from me tonight
I was out catching new Glasgow band playing at Barfly tonight. It was the first Glasgow gig for The Riechoes, my brother’s new band.
It was an excellent gig, and they’ve got some excellent numbers. Personal bias aside, I definitely recommend [...]

Long Way Round was something I’d always meant to see, and earlier last year, I was gifted the DVD, which I sat, watched and thoroughly enjoyed.
I then got the book for Christmas this year (along with the DVD and book of Long Way Down) which I’ve been working my way through.
Its truely fascinating stuff, [...]