Dear BBC…

(copy of complaint I just emailed to the BBC) Seriously, enough is enough. The music on DR WHO is now absolutely ridiculously loud, so loud it literally drowns out the dialogue. I watched tonight’s episode and hadn’t got a clue what was going on, the music was so loud. This has been a bad problem [...]

SDO “First Light” images

I said I’d be writing more about those breathtaking SDO images… here ya go… http://astropoetry.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/sdo-opens-its-eyes

The Sun is cool again…

I’ll be writing a lot more about these new images of the Sun – taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory – later, when I get back from work, but in the meantime just have a drool over this… Dear god, look at that… that’s our star, seen in breathtaking detail… SDO is going to revolutionise [...]

Return of the Dragons…

Had a very, very surreal moment going to work yesterday morning. After almost a week of looking up and seeing only beautiful, unbroken, cobalt-blue sky, thanks to the grounding of all aircraft because of the Icelandic volcano’s ash, I looked up and saw this… It was VERY strange, seeing a vapour trail again! I felt [...]

A new Moon…

… well, for my photographic experiments, anyway! Many thanks to fellow EAS member Graham fell who made me a piece for my tripod that was missing when I bought it from a 2nd hand shop, allowing me to take images of the Moon tonight like this… … and this… Really very, very pleased with those! [...]

Oppy update…

Oppy’s view of the hills on her horizon just got a WHOLE lot better… http://roadtoendeavour.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/wow-look-at-that

And another thing…

…why do Daleks NEED to be different colours, anyway? It makes no sense. They “see” like this: … in monochrome, so who are they ‘dressing up’ for? There are only two possible ‘target audiences’ for their colour schemes: each other, and their enemies/victims. Now, why would they feel the need to identify themselves, and each [...]

Dalek protest gathers strength…

Seems like I’m not the only Who fan unhappy with the new look Daleks, not by a long shot… http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2937261/Redesigned-Daleks-look-like-toys-say-angry-Doctor-Who-fans.html Wow… I got quoted in The Sun…! Meanwhile, the protest is gathering strength… And even one of the Daleks is concerned about the make-over…

Behold, Doctorrrr! The new, fat, Daaalek race!!

Oh no, No, NO!!!!!  I knew it was going too well, I just knew it. Steven Moffat, what have you done? How can you give us the brilliance of “Blink”, a wonderful new Doctor, a fantastic new Companion in Amy, and then so totally, totally, frak things up with the new Dalek design?!?!? What the [...]

Another volcanic sunrise hunt…

…ended in failure this morning. I think. One of my photos shows this… …but that pinky glow certainly wasn’t visible to my eyes, so it might just be a camera thing. Don’t care. It’s still a pretty picture! But this one… THIS one made getting up at ridiculous o’clock again worth it. Ive waited YEARS [...]