Archive for September, 2008

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Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 26th September , 2008

THE seeds of my love of all things sci and fi were planted when I was just a nipper.

When I wasn’t playing football or kiss-chase with girls (Not football with girls – they were usually too good for me), I was watching or acting out Star Wars or Space 1999 with my mates, using the [...]

Starburst memories

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 20th September , 2008

RECENTLY, my friend Cheryl handed me a large plastic bag and said, ‘you’ll enjoy these’.
Putting aside my concerns about said bag I had a look and she was right – inside was a large collection of Starburst magazines, from the 1980s.
Looking back now – where full colour production on glossy paper is the norm – [...]

Does Star Wars still matter?

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 15th September , 2008

IT seems almost sacriligious to write those words, but I feel I have to ask the question (so I did, on Ask500, as you can see below. Click here to vote).
Time was, anything to do with Star Wars would have me reaching for my lightsabre (not in THAT way, double entendre fans). I still love [...]

Behold, La Princess of Liverpool

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 8th September , 2008

WHAT you see below is a Dipity timeline of La Princess’s visit to Liverpool, created by my recent guest blogger (and, I think, secret geek) Alison Gow.
Now the spider is gone, it sometimes seems wrong that we will never see her again, but while she was here, she lit up the city and its people [...]

La Gow on La Princess

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 7th September , 2008

MY FRIEND and colleague (and fluent French speaker, as I now know), Alison Gow, graciously agreed to guest blog for me on La Princess’s giant spider tour of Liverpool 2008.

Using the same keen intellect that has already plotted out the future of the media for the next 400 years on her own – fantastic – [...]

Web-tastically amazing!!!

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 5th September , 2008

I HAVE just got back from watching La Machine go through its paces in Liverpool. I got some video on my phone, which are above and below, and some pictures too, which you can see here on Flickr.
In the pouring rain, it was a fantastic sight – one of the greatest things I have ever [...]