Author Archives: Julian

About Julian

I am a writer and director of film, TV and radio. Recent credits include "Spooks", "Hustle" and "New Tricks". I'm currently swamped with writing work and using this site as a form of procrastination. For more info, please see the two "About" pages listed above.

Will it blend?

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Julian

This may be too much to bear if you’re counting the minutes until the iPad is available in the UK… Source: the always excellent Smoking Apples blog.

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The Sound Of Her Wings…

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Julian

I’m re-reading Neil Gaiman‘s “Sandman” series at the moment (The Absolute editions are beautiful things, if pricey). This page, showing Death on her rounds, is one of my favourites from any comic ever; so simple and so effective…

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At last! Exactly what I was hoping for from the iPad…

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Julian

Ever since the iPad was announced I’ve been hoping someone would make exactly this app for it…

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Guess who’s back?

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Julian

Apologies if you’ve visited this site over the last couple of weeks and found something other than the Brain here; I let my domain subscription lapse and crazy things happened as a consequence. I’m back now, though, so stop crying. … Continue reading →

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BumpTop is here at last…

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Julian

Back in 2007 I was blown away by this video… It’s been a long wait but finally, after nearly three years, it’s here (and it’s free!)… BumpTop Mac: Reinventing your Mac desktop. Enjoy. I’m off to fling folders around…

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It’s not the pirates…

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Julian

Last night’s trip to the local Vue cinema: £10.25 per ticket, which couldn’t be purchased at the ticket office because that was closed, so had to be bought from the concessions stand and therefore involved a lot of angry people … Continue reading →

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A little tease…

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Julian

Who doesn’t want to see this?!

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Some thoughts for Monday…

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Julian

These are worth a few minutes of your time… Continue reading →

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