Bargain of the Week

I bought this in Tesco this morning. Can this be beat?

Rugby totty: Alasdair Strokosch

I think my find of the Six Nations this year has been another bald beauty - Alasdair Strokosch, a half German/half Scottish phenomenon. I think he got Man of the Match yesterday against Italy.

The Holding Post

Sorry folks for the lack of activity in March.

I was away in London for 2 days last week and I've been choked with a heavy cold for 10 days, though it's a bit more bearable this week (if not gone as I'd thought at the weekend).

Anyway, I have a few things pending and hope to get them blogged by the weekend.


Thanks for your patience ...

Extra Easter Torchwood

I'd heard a rumour that the series 2 DVD boxset was out as early as 'March (without any 'vanilla' precursors), which was odd as even at BBC Three pace the series would not have concluded on TV. However, as the 31st is a Monday, thus a potential release date, and if an extra episode screening occurred it would just work.

Yesterday I discovered that there is indeed an extra episode being slotted in on Easter Friday (21 March) as well as the regular one the Wednesday before (19 March).

Thus we have:

Ep 10 (From Out of the Rain) 12 March BBC Three, 19 March BBC Two

Ep 11 (Drift) 19 March BBC Three, 21 March BBC Two

Ep 12 (Fragments) 21 March BBC Three, 26 March BBC Two

Ep 13 (Exit Wounds) 26 March BBC BBC Two ?

DVD Release - 31 March

That does assume a few things, especially the conventions regarding BBC Three screenings of course.

Amazon, meanwhile have it as being out on 2 June, which does seem a more credible date.

French police overpower cyclist - ADULTS ONLY

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A real scorching trio from Cadinot. Never trust police who arrive in camper vans, especially if you are cycling in ultra ripped jeans ...

PLease tell me the title of this so I can put it on my wishlist.

29 Feb edit: in his comment Stuart has correctly identified the film as 1993's "Corps d'Elite" and here's a censored photo of what to expect.

An iPod for £32!

I'm obviously very partial to Apple just at the moment, but today I've found they've only gone and dropped the prices of the entry level iPods. The 1GB one holds 240 songs and costs £32 while the £2GB holds 500 songs and at £45 is slightly less than the current model.

Bravo sirs!

Apple Store - U.K. - iPod shuffle

Here is the late news ...

This all happened last Friday of course, so apologies for not keeping all of you up to speed (though, in one person's case, I was trying to keep this a secret until Monday at least). Basically, out of the blue, I had my new laptop bought and delivered to me by my sister and brother-in-law (those responsible for throwing out my last Mac!) after only half the savings had been accrued towards it.

As some of you may recognise from the not great pic (above) I took last weekend, it's a mid-range MacBook, running Leopard, so I'm pretty bang up to the minute.

I've never had a laptop before and I craved the portability, especially as it's built for wi-fi. That's what it was hooked up to in the photo - turns out The Seven Kings in Dunfermline does free wi-fi access. I'm using it again at this very moment.

I've been very keen to 'divine' where the wi-fi roams over the past few days. Most bizarrely I was surfing on Tuesday morning on the no55 bus and the night before I found my mate PJ had it and didn't know (it was someone else's freely transmitting). And a big shout out to Martin at The Illicit Still (our Doctor Who group venue) who not only has the free wi-fi but let me plug the MacBook in and save my battery. Dunno if that's offered to just anyone.

Other stuff I've been given a buzz by is being able to sync up my iTunes with last.fm, so prepare to see my playlist going off at a new, less random, tangent. And I was able to upload 80 photos at once to Flickr. Impressive. Still getting to grips with the DVD and Movie features and wondering what I can use the iSight webcam for ... anyone fancy a podcast?

And on the same day, my sister confirmed that all the legal gubbins (missives) had finally been signed for my new flat! After so many target flat deals fell at the last, this is a great relief. Not wishing to give myself away completely but I will have a lounge view out to Rex Park in Dunfermline.

29 Feb Update: I'm not quite as 'bang up to the minute' now - along with the iPod Shuffle revamp yesterday, the whole MacBook range got a wee boost, so I'm one iteration behind.

Medical 'Czech Up" trio - ADULTS ONLY

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Torchwool - Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre

AfterElton alerted me to this fantastic spoof.

Other stuff mercilessly lampooned at

http://myspace.com/scottishfalsetto

Torchwood Totty - Gareth David Lloyd

Thought I'd post this one of the actor behind Ianto sans suit which we've only seen once in the entire run of "Torchwood" to date ("Countrycide" to be exact). He must be the TV hero of the MenAtPlay crowd!

Looks vaguely goth-y in this shot by SFX magazine, but still very do-able.

And I found this too ...
http://www.garethdavidlloyd.com/gallery/

Join My Ning

Started this up earlier in the week, so for those of you who enjoy the videos I embed here's the place to go for more.

Of course I'd be more than pleased to get some(suitable) submissions!

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Sunshine Cat

This is Willow the house cat making the most of Saturday afternoon's sunshine in the lounge.

Unfortunately it was as I reached for the camera to take this shot that I discovered a major fault on it. Basically the viewfinder is gone, looking like it's glass is cracked (but isn't, at least externally). Ironically I think this is one of the best shots I've taken with it - obviously the camera itself still works and has lots of autofocus and auto-exposure things going on. However I will be pursuing a repair or replacement from either Argos or Kodak as I don't think things like this should happen after 3 weeks careful use.