Author Archives: Jim Stewart

People use Facebook as a social media site – but it isn’t the only one. So Trump has been banned – people can discuss whether it is a good idea. There are questions about section 230. In short, social media … Continue reading →

I watched Auf Wiedersehen Pet as I worked this afternoon. There were several scenes shot in hotels. I suddenly thought “I remember hotels like that”. When did cheap common hotels become as good as they are? I can remember one … Continue reading →

or – Greenland calling. I went out for my post midnight walk tonight. The roads were quiet – there was nobody else out. Some places had a light frost – all I could hear was a light crunch as I … Continue reading →

So the woman that suggested clap for heroes has had to withdraw because of threats. Let that sink in. She wasn’t telling people not to do other things, she wasn’t telling people to vote for Arthur (or whoever). She wanted … Continue reading →

We are all hoping the vaccination will end this. But vaccination is only one way people are immunised – the other way is to get infected. Today we are looking at 60,000 people being infected a day (about 400,000 a … Continue reading →

I caught a part of an animation over Christmas. In it there were two animated animals getting married. It started my weird thinking about the way we give animals human characteristics in cartoons, or even in real life. Of course … Continue reading →

There are a lot of annual reviews taking place at this point in the year. I was reading the list of people in entertainment and arts we have lost in 2020 this week. I must admit I don’t know a … Continue reading →

It was disappointing seeing the protests in London recently. The attitude of the protestors and their behaviour was disappointing. I watched news from the other side of the world recently and saw people being arrested for protesting. Protesting had been … Continue reading →

I have a passion fruit growing in my garden. It has flowered a lot over the time I have had it. But it has never set – there has been no fruit. That is until today. But the temperature is … Continue reading →

The film Wargames was on tonight. In the end they use a simple game of tic-tac-toe to prove to the computer that you cannot win – and when it applies this to nuclear war the computer realises there are no … Continue reading →