Skills I picked up last year: Bass guitar - I can sort of make a normal 6 string make some noise, but I've never really been that good at it, so thought I'd try my hand at bass - afterall, it's got two fewer strings, so it must be easier? :-) Also took up running and will be running my first maratho...

Currently re-reading Vurt by Jeff Noon. Holds some odd memories for me as when I read it originally I was breaking up with my girlfriend of the time who'd actually lent me the book. Having said that, I do love the book. Something about the story and the way it's written really clicked with me. It ju...

That's an interesting comparisson between hearts and houses, never really thought of it that way before but now I do I can see how true it is. I'd been single for ages and living by myself. Then this year I have ended up in a serious, committed relationship with the women who I really believe that I...

Makes sense, thanks. This is just about proving one of their necessary assumptions right or wrong I guess. Actually, wouldn't it be more interesting if they proved it didn't exist? --A Yes, it would in some ways be much more interesting if Higgs was found to not exist. Quite often some of the most ...

Currently listening to lots of Rammstein as they released Made In Germany, their greatest hits album last week. I'm seeing them at the O2 arena in London in February (seen them before at the Sonisphere festival at Knebworth last year) and they are without a doubt one of the most impressive live acts...

Also interestingly it seems to have spurred the US military to chuck a load of cash at SETI to have a listen to it - www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/06/seti_checks_out_kepler_habitable_exoplanets/ Although it's easy to jump on the conspiracy bandwagon with this, it's more to do with the fact that Alle...

I know I'm late to the party, but I've recently been working my way through the Harry Potter series, currently on the Goblet of Fire. Never really got around to reading them before, until my girlfriend bullied me into reading them. To be honest, I had quite a negative perception of them, so wasn't r...

A recomendation from me: Check out the Grey Knights omnibus. If you don't know, the Grey Knights are the militant arm of the Inquisition tasked with fighting Chaos. The are completely awesome and make the already fearsome Space Marines look like a bunch of little girls :-) I loved WH40K when I was y...

Hey all, thought I'd pop in and say hello So a bit about me: I'm 31 and live in the south of England. I work as a software engineer by day and a youth worker by night. I got into the books about 15 years ago when my Mum gave them to me as she thought I might like them.