Lost in Translation

1. Goodbye BT Broadband, hello Plusnet. Who happen to be owned by BT.

2. Great writeup of my new favourite restaurant.

3. Results of a survey to rename Homeland Security, brought to you by the United States Department of Fear. My vote goes for the one that rhymes.

Easily one of the worst articles I’ve ever seen in the Guardian, with an equally lamentable rebuttal to Greenwald by Carpentier. Fortunately some of the comments are worth reading.

I recently watched The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Given a choice between a dubbed version and the original Swedish, I chose the latter, being a glutton for subtitles. I even turn them on for English language films; my wife has diagnosed me with lazy ears.

A remake is coming out. Oy Vaio.

Ent bouncer at this year’s Hyde Park Christmas village. Beg your pardon,

I’m not a huge fan of zombie movies,* and it never before crossed my mind to read a zombie book, but this was beautifully written and a genuine heartbreaker.

* After having seen quite a few. They stumbled after me and caught me anyway. Zombieland was probably my favourite, thanks to Bill Murray.

A good excuse to post this yellow oldie: