Ephemeral Isle

Radar Men From The Moon: Chapter 8

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:55:00 +0000

Devil Girl From Mars

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Office...of the FUTURE!

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:04:00 +0000

Oh, and a bit of neutrino astronomy with some microelectronics for good measure.

Gets a bit boring, all this futuristic efficiency. Ah, the innocent days of the early computer age before PowerPoint came along to fill all those lovely, lonely hours.

Nuts in May

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:02:00 +0000

The Telegraph is right: Scratch a worshiper of Blessed Gaia, find a bully.

Home computers...of the FUTURE!

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0000

Not bad. Need to work on that interface, though.

Pens...of the FUTURE!

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000

A solar-powered pen that sets your letters on fire as you write them and a dictaphone/scriptwriter that I'm not sure qualifies as a pen. Nice, but they still don't rise to the standards of the dreaded atomic pen.

Riding the rails for a fall

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:02:00 +0000

Red China plans to build three gigantic high-speed railway lines spanning from Shanghai to London and clear down to Burma--and plan to construct the whole thing within a decade.

I recommend standing well back as the entire scheme comes apart at the seams, as the shrapnel tends to carry.

A slight error

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0000

Somali pirates attack a defenceless merchant ship only to discover that it was HNLMS Tromp.

And didn't they end up feeling silly.

Mabel & colour telly

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Tomorrow's World in 1966 looks at Mabel, the wonder robot of 1976 and the latest advance in colour television–sort of.

Sarah Connor reported unconcerned about cut-rate Dalek

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:05:00 +0000

Happy Saint Patrick's Day from Ephemeral Isle.

Detective Inspector Hunt, call your service

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:04:00 +0000

United States Attorney General Holder on Osama bin Laden being read his Miranda rights:

The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom.

An interesting choice of words. Does that mean that Mr Barack Hussein Obama's policy is officially one of "shoot to kill" or that bin Laden will have an "accident" in the cells?

Just curious.

As We May Think

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0000

Dr Vannevar Bush's 1945 Life Magazine look at the future complete with forehead cameras.

Our heartless friends

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000

The Age of the Robot circa 1963.

Another nail

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0000

New Labour has enough money to keep a raving Jihadist on the dole, but not enough to allow the Royal Navy to cement international relations, and be decent hosts, by offering guests a drink.

Priorities, I suppose.

Rocket catcher

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Rocket catcher. Okay. Right. You might want to go away and think this thing through a bit more before applying for those grants.

The Church of Obama

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:05:00 +0000

It was only a matter of time.

Blanket repeal bill

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:04:00 +0000

The single most brilliant legislative idea I've heard in thirteen years.

And Jeremy Clarkson suggested it first

Enough to drive one to drink

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:02:00 +0000

The British government plans to lower the drink drive limit to less than a pint of beer.

You can, however, have as much Soma as you like.

Update: The Great Police Terror.

Update: More than meets the eye.

Beyond the Peter Principle

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0000

A classic example of Feminism trumping common sense. I have extreme doubts about this woman holding a commission, much less being in charge of a ship of the line. But that's what happens when you are more afraid of a bad political rating from the Commissar than of losing a ship.

Peter Graves 1926-2010

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000

A reminder for our American readers

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:03:00 +0000

The Foundation Trilogy Part 3

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Radar Men From The Moon: Chapter 7

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:01:00 +0000

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000

JakPak

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:20:00 +0000

A jacket that turns into a sleeping bag and tent.

I don't know about camping, but I could have used one on a couple of pub crawls back in the '80s.