Look ahead

When you think about the future, do you imagine what you will be doing in one, two, five, ten years time?

And also, do you ever think back say five or ten years, and recalling where you were and what you were doing, do you remember thinking into the future? In other words, how close were the predictions for the future you made back then to the reality of today?

I ask because I've just come across a fantastic website called futureme.org, where you can write your future self an e-mail, which is kind of cool.

HD ready?

Look, if you've got a Blu-ray player or PS3, and an HD TV, and a decent sound system, then I can't recommend highly enough that you buy and watch this.

It is truly stunning to watch, Patrick Stewart's narration is perfectly judged, it's filmed by the BBC Natural History Unit (need I say more?) and the music is from the Berliner Phil. It's HD at its breathtaking best.

After a long absence...

As it's been months and months... here's a little catch up of where we are:

Steve's just back home from a few days convalesence in Salisbury;
I'm back from a week away in north Wales, Manchester and Scotland;
there's a Grand Prix tomorrow morning on't'telly;
I'm seriously contemplating the purchase of a MacBook (and an iPhone when my contract is up in June and the rumoured new handset is available);
we're looking forward to going on holiday in May to Mallorca;
we're looking forward to going to Larmer Tree in June (my first ever festival);
Steve's Dad has had cancer surgery, and (fingers crossed) is fine now;
my parents are coping with a few health problems as stoically as ever;
I recently bought my first edition of Q magazine and have thoroughly enjoyed it (I don't know why I never did before - it's the grown up, twenty-first century equivalent of Smash Hits);

That's it for the moment. As I always say after a long period of blogging abstinence, I will resolve to post updates more frequently. Maybe.