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Celebrity Big Brother is back on Channel 4 and, I guess, I am adding to the spin around it by making this comment.
I wonder which of the Celebrity Big Brother contestants (who all go into the house later today) isnottrying to kick-start their career?
And Mark Owen is a Rufus Wainwright fan – now that’s a departure from Take That.
A gripping, complex thriller that surpasses the film adaptation.
There is a cliché that says a book is a real page-turner, and it certainly applies to this book. I picked it up because I loved the film, and I imagined the book would be just as good. The novel, however, leaves the film standing. Don’t expect a movie tie-in because this is certainly not that. Jason Bourne is found floating in the ocean, and that’s about where the similarity starts and ends. Some great scenes in Zurich and Paris are the only other resemblances to the film.
I’d never read a Robert Ludlum book before, but this has me searching for the next. It’s written at a pace that keeps you hooked; the story is much more complex than the film, and the characterisation and plot are a joy to read. I was hooked to the very last page.
On the downside, if you have seen the film one of the crucial story twists is known to you. If you haven’t seen the movie, read the book first for this is how a thriller should read. [More at Amazon]
My ex-colleagues at Engage AdManager have bought the company from Engage.
I am happy today! My ex-colleagues at Engage AdManager have bought the company from Engage to re-form Accipiter – the company Engage acquired in 1998 (or thereabouts).
Engage has slowly been moving out of the online space. When I worked for them, they owned a large number of online companies. The sale of AdManager to its management seems to leave them with no pure-play online offerings.
I just want to wish the new AdManager management all the luck in the world. They are a fantastic group of people, and if you’re in the market for an online advertising solution, you’ll find best-of-breed solutions at www.accipiter.com.
As I started redeveloping this site, it became apparent that I wanted to link to my collection of daily blog reads, and this became the place to keep them.
In common with any page of links, many of the pages noted below have long since moved, closed or ceased to be updated in any regular way. Facebook and Twitter have meant that some of those I used to read have moved on to the next way to communicate their thoughts. I keep this here as a nice reminder of the early days of blogging! I’ve tried to link to archived versions of many of the sites.
As I started redeveloping this site, it became apparent that I wanted to link to my collection of daily blog reads, and this became the place to keep them.
The first, almost daily, read is Jase Wells. I guess I have been something of an invisible online stalker of this site for years. I have watched it move, change and develop since sometime in 1994, when I first came across it. It still remains one of the best personal homepages on the web – and I am very pleased to see that he has turned it into a blog.
Next on the list is Tom Coates’ plasticbag.org– which must be one of the best around and, if I am honest, I miss it if he doesn’t post. You will find notsosoft linked from there, which, I think, contains some of the best writing on the web.
trabaca,posterboy,eric and contrasts.net provide additional regular reading from the US, while Adam’s photoblog provides stunning pictures on a regular basis.overyourhead is a UK take, while prolific is based in Amsterdam.Haddock blogs is a collection of well-known UK internet names.
Of course, blogsphere is represented well by Metafilter, which I try to check out most days.
Others of note include Nick Denton and Brendan O’Neill for opinions;Scott Andrew,Ben Hammersley and Jason Kottke for web-related stuff and Stuart Towns for his travelogue.
Finally, if you’re not interested in reading the ramblings of people you may never have heard of, then click along to Will Wheaton’s blog, which is a fascinating take on the world of celebrity.
The Guardian asked, “Is it a horror film?” A black comic parable of Generation X angst? A teen drama with a psycho edge? If not, what the hell is it?
Possibly the strangest and most compelling film I have seen all year, and it hasn’t had a great deal of coverage. Donnie Darko’s website is very weird, and I am not sure you’ll get much from that.Tom, on the other hand, raves about it. You can read more reviews here or at The Guardian. I can’t explain it. Go see it.