Author: ashleyelsdon

Storyteller - Poet - Explorer

Listening to Grimes

Posted by on in Listening, Music

So I’ve listened to 3 of Grimes’ albums and so far the one I really like is the last one, Visions. I really have enjoyed listening to that one, a lot. I hope that she keeps on making more albums like Visions.

Doctor Who: The Trail of the White Worm

Posted by on in Books and Audiobooks, Listening

I finally got to listen to the rest of this story, which is really good. Great to have the Master back again in a 4th Doctor story, and Unit and the Brigadier mentioned as well. It doesn’t get much better than that, and it’s great to hear Geoffrey Beevers as the Master, especially as he played the Master in the Keeper of Traken (one of my favourite stories).

Also, it’s a 2 part story! Excellent. Except that I have to wait for the second part to be delivered.

A new Imagined Village album

Posted by on in Listening, Music

I didn’t know that they had a new album out, and more than that, I had no idea that they’d released an another album after their first! I’m really out of touch on this aren’t I. Still, never mind. I just need to catch a little with what they’ve been up to.

Cyberman: Part 1 – Scorpius

Posted by on in Books and Audiobooks, Listening

Another spin off Doctor Who story from Big Finish. I bought a handful of these to try them out, and this one is really quite good. Much darker than most Doctor Who stories though, quite contemplative as well.

I’m enjoying it. I may well follow this one up.

The Eiger Sanction

Posted by on in Films

I really love this film and caught it just the other night. Apart from being a great example of it’s genre I’m always amazed at the shots on the mountain and the fact that the actors did so much, if not all of it themselves.

A great film, simple story, beautifully uncluttered.

Look what arrived …

Posted by on in Making things, Tech

My Raspberry Pi arrived in the post! It is somewhat overwhelming to see so many people do really cool things with their Raspberry Pi’s, so I wonder if my plan will even work. We’ll see.

New Laurel Halo album came out

Posted by on in Music

And I missed it! It arrived on the 21st of May and I didn’t notice. Still, something new to listen to I guess. She was very good when I saw her live at Field Day and at the time I thought about her new album, I think I just had it in my head that it was coming out later in the year.

Never mind!

Further thoughts on a move to Android

Posted by on in Tech

I was thinking about moving to Android again. Weighing up whether I should move off iOS or not. One thing that I hadn’t thought about was which OS works best with the Pebble smartwatch. Whilst the smartwatch works with both operating systems, notifications work with Android, and not currently with iOS.

Of course, that could change, even next week at WWDC, but it does add another dimension to the question.