"I am not a number, I am a free man!"

There are stories circulating that shooting starts in August 2008 of a "Prisoner" remake; six hours/six episode mini-series.

Many have waited a long time for such news, including me! Let's hope, if these rumours are true, the remake "does it right". Here's the article from six of one:

6th June, 2008 - SIX OF ONE EXCLUSIVE - The 2009 mini-series of the The Prisoner will feature six one-hour episodes, all written by Bill Gallagher (Clocking Off; Conviction; Lark Rise to Candleford). Sir Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings; The Da Vinci Code) is in the role of Number Two and James Caviezel (Deja Vu; The Passion of the Christ) plays Number Six. The producer is Trevor Hopkins (Dracula; Agatha Christie: Poirot; William and Mary) and direction is by Jon Jones (Cold Feet; Northanger Abbey; Diary of Anne Frank). Location filming is in Namibia and Cape Town, with shooting commencing in the first week of August, 2008. The "pacy, radical reinvention of the original show" is a joint production between AMC (American Movie Channel) and ITV (UK).

Hmm...no mention of Portmerion in the location details.

Testing the iGoogle Blogger gadget

Fancy little tool, just released to "Blogger in Draft"

It will make a significant difference in my life, for sure

 BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US man gets $2.6m for domain name

Miracles of Evolution

I get a little numbed, if not irritated, by the numerous April fool efforts, mainly spread by the web these days.

This one from the BBC though is worth noting. Here's the back-story.

 

Britain's biggest mobile crane helps build the new East London line

Update: Bridge now in place:

Weather conditions allowing, watch, via the webcam on Saturday the 29th, as the 350 tonne bridge gets lowered into place.

TfL Press release

Subprime Primer

 Subprime Primer

"The thing's hollow — it goes on forever — and — oh my God! — it's full of stars!"

Arthur C.Clarke - Obituary

I read A Fall of Moondust when I was about 10, my first real SF read. Clarke turned me on to the genre.

Clarke's Three Laws

1. "When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong."
2. "The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible."
3. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."