I said on another thread: if only the camera industry had invented some sort of contraption that allowed you to "zoom in" on something a long way away.

The end of the reimagined Galactica rather soured the taste of the whole journey for me, though. I think for many people the journey has to have a satisfying end in order to be a truly great journey. The end informs the journey.

I'd also say, as someone who has travelled through time from the year 1974, that you might want to consider recording our memories of not having cellphones. You arranged to meet someone at a certain time and place, and you either met them there or you didn't see them for the rest of the day. You phoned a landline, and…

To be fair, downhill is also quite bad. Just ask my middle aged, carrying-a-bit-too-much-me-around, knees. But a bit of up and down is probably better than all flat bits, all the time.

yeah "let's sneak up on the leopard with our 'stealthy' diesel truck that also makes beepy noises. For extra stealthiness let's keep stopping the engine so we can loudly start it again."

It was worth switching Hola on, pretending to be a Unitedstatesian for a minute, and then switching it off again, but it was still annoying to have to do that. Stop making me faff around, American content providers; I can easily get around your geoblocking if I care enough, so why make me go to the trouble? No channel…

Orion spacecraft should be powered by setting off nuclear weapons just underneath them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_O…

What about Big Pockets? They've had the monopoly on the "carrying around stuff in pouches attached to your clothes" market for too long.

Have you considered framing Shia leBeef for the 'crime'?

I love (leg) lamp!

to be fair, Annalee, rum can be pretty nice. I have some 12 year old El Dorado that's bloody lovely.

I I I I I want the knife.

Thanks (and curse you!) for brining this to my attention Ed; I've now pledged my hard earned money to another kickstarter.

I love that second shot, the way you can't see the suspension arm through the solid wheel so it looks as though the wheel isn't attached and the bike is somehow just floating above it.

I dearly love the first incarnation as they so perfectly got the feel of the programs they used to show us in school in the 80s in the UK.

It's covincing, especially point 1. If I remember the book correctly he was stuck with a (broken?) wooden sword against a man in full plate with a proper sword, but it's possible he managed to get away. Possible. I'm going to add this to headcanon for now.

I love her wee Inverness accent, nicest of all the accents.

It's a West Midlands accent. I think I read an article that said she was from Walsall, which is roughly between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. If you wanted to say it was a Brummie (Birmingham) accent you wouldn't be entirely right but you'd be pretty damn close.

If only two species were protected before, "their biggest jump ever" isn't all that impressive. A jump to five would have been the biggest ever.

Another good article about it at http://www.nola.com/speced/lastcha…