http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/ Stuart's mashup of anger and whimsy en-us 2009-06-20T16:41:14+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002936.html We saw a lot of art while we were away, and I feel enthused enough to share. Hopefully this enthusiasm will make up for any ignorance demonstrated in these comments. Fra Lippi, Madonna and Child with two angels, Uffizi Gallery,... Miscellaneous ranting stuart 2009-06-20T16:41:14+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002923.html It is a well-known fact that I have long harboured ambitions to be a novelist. In fact, not only that, I yearn to be a Great Novelist, indeed. Sadly, I suffer from a problem called "No Plot Imagination". I think... Miscellaneous ranting stuart 2009-06-08T21:22:22+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002910.html So we were overseas for 5 weeks. Sadly I don't have time really to do a full-on travelogue, and indeed I'm not certain anyone would give enough of a shit to read all the way through, so I thought I'd... Miscellaneous ranting stuart 2009-05-24T17:48:02+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002875.html So, in a New Scientist from last month I read that if the current projections for global warming proceed as forseen, by 2100 the tropics will be desert, people will be settled on Antarctica, and New Zealand will have a... Miscellaneous ranting stuart 2009-04-07T21:42:05+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002873.html When Andy and I were flatting together a few years back, he introduced me to the idea of Evolutionary Psychology - the study of the human mind in relation to human evolution. At t the time he idea seemed to... Miscellaneous ranting stuart 2009-04-06T20:30:31+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002864.html Our most recent soap watching experience has been Love Exchange, a thriller starring Michael Miu and Anita Yuen. Miu is one of TVB's Five Tigers, an apellation given to five up and coming actors back in 1983. Somewhat more famous... Sino Cinema stuart 2009-03-29T23:07:12+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002832.html Recent Science books read: The Labyrinth of Time by Michael Lockwood (2005) and The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch (1997). Deutsch's ambitious book is an attempt to synthesize a model of reality using four seemingly disparate but (to Deutsch... stuart 2009-03-01T15:22:23+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002819.html Now this Section 92A legislation is stupid, but the telco industry response (PDF) seems a quite reasonable attempt at papering over some bad law-making (Tizard, you silly bitch!). In fact, I'd even go so far to say that Section 92a,... Miscellaneous ranting stuart 2009-02-18T22:02:34+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002808.html For some reason I habitually read Stuff, and for some reason Stuff is habitually tabloid, with numerous stories of drunken mothers leaving children home alone, random stabbings in the Hawke's Bay, police shootings, etc, etc. For a long time I... stuart 2009-02-08T12:58:59+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002794.html (Viewed in 2008, as voted by Stuart and Sally) 6 Marriage of Inconvenience (2007) - Not a great piece of art, but hugely entertaining. And we have to get the infinitely genial Bobby Au Yeung in the list somewhere. 5... Sino Cinema stuart 2009-01-25T22:09:11+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002793.html For our impending European jaunt (curse you, collapsing New Zealand dollar!) we bought an HP Mini, one of those fancy "netbooks" those young folks are into, or something. Basically underpowered laptops that make you feel like a giant as your... Miscellaneous ranting stuart 2009-01-25T21:57:01+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002766.html The latest Futurama movie doesn't suck! I was delighted that they started making Futurama again, but wasn't sure about the whole 4 movies to DVD/16 broadcast episode format. Futurama doesn't really suit a longer format, and also having to wedge... Miscellaneous ranting stuart 2008-12-31T11:29:52+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002764.html Our latest TVB drama watching has been the epic Gem of Life, an 80 episode spectacular showcasing how Hong Kong's rich and powerful do their thing. Normally I prefer 20 episode soaps because they tend to be more focussed plot-wise.... Sino Cinema stuart 2008-12-30T09:37:47+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002734.html Lately I've given in to the whole 'get your music from the internet' thing. Don't feel particularly good about it, but don't feel that bad either. It's a weird business. A lot of the stuff I'm downloading is 30-40 years... Music in general stuart 2008-11-29T11:09:38+13:00 http://www.additiverich.com/sturants/archives/002733.html So, courtesy of my noble benefactor and blog patron Mr D. Ritchie esq. Sally and I have been getting into the new Battlestar Galactica lately. Given the "re-imagining" of BSG has been for around five years you have to wonder... Miscellaneous ranting stuart 2008-11-29T10:20:44+13:00