Jim Lynn
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Jean Seberg brilliantly getting her revenge on Otto Preminger for bullying her
December 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Jean Seberg brilliantly getting her revenge on Otto Preminger for bullying her
I remember that one very vaguely from my VHS rewatch blog. vhistory.wordpress.com/2015/06/06/w...
Warning Sign – tape 1884
The tape opens with part of an episode of Get Stuffed, the annoying ‘youth’ inflected cookery programme the popped up in late-night slots in the 90s. I blame Janet Street Porter. ItR…
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November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I remember that one very vaguely from my VHS rewatch blog. vhistory.wordpress.com/2015/06/06/w...
That song is my favourite Kate Bush song - I knew it from the album it's on - and it was only later that I found out she'd written it for a John Hughes movie. It means rather a lot to me. The video for it is pretty good too.
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
That song is my favourite Kate Bush song - I knew it from the album it's on - and it was only later that I found out she'd written it for a John Hughes movie. It means rather a lot to me. The video for it is pretty good too.
He's a local boy to us, so good on him. We're so proud, the local Hungry Horse restaurant is called Pommel Horse.
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
He's a local boy to us, so good on him. We're so proud, the local Hungry Horse restaurant is called Pommel Horse.
I should admit that I only discovered DWJ as an adult so I can't speak to their effect on younger readers but the ending definitely had me in tears.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I should admit that I only discovered DWJ as an adult so I can't speak to their effect on younger readers but the ending definitely had me in tears.
I would strongly second Diana Wynne Jones. Homeward Bounders is one of my favourite books, and the Chrestomanci book (starting with Charmed life) are great fun.
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I would strongly second Diana Wynne Jones. Homeward Bounders is one of my favourite books, and the Chrestomanci book (starting with Charmed life) are great fun.
Don't want to gloat, but we had a Chucklevision episode called Lotta Bottle. vhistory.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/c...
ChuckleVision – The Lady Vanishes – 09 Oct 2008
The first recording today starts with the end of Rocket Boy and Toro. There’s a trail for Gastronuts. Then it’s ChuckleVision – No Pets Allowed. The boys have come to a hotel to e…
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November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Don't want to gloat, but we had a Chucklevision episode called Lotta Bottle. vhistory.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/c...
I still feel guilty about uploading this.
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I still feel guilty about uploading this.
I do this often. You wouldn't believe how excited I got when an episode of Chucklevision came on that was filmed just down the road. vhistory.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/c...
ChuckleVision – The Lady Vanishes – 09 Oct 2008
The first recording today starts with the end of Rocket Boy and Toro. There’s a trail for Gastronuts. Then it’s ChuckleVision – No Pets Allowed. The boys have come to a hotel to e…
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November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I do this often. You wouldn't believe how excited I got when an episode of Chucklevision came on that was filmed just down the road. vhistory.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/c...
So many of us learned programming through listings in the computer magazines. I wrote my first BASIC program on paper, as I hadn't saved up enough to buy the BBC Micro I wanted. I don't think I'd touched a computer at that point, this was even before my school opened a computer room. (I am old.)
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
So many of us learned programming through listings in the computer magazines. I wrote my first BASIC program on paper, as I hadn't saved up enough to buy the BBC Micro I wanted. I don't think I'd touched a computer at that point, this was even before my school opened a computer room. (I am old.)