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What I want for xmas
(don’t laugh – I know it’s early and I know I ranted about it earlier, but I was asked about it a few times already)
I would like, in no particular order:
– A multi-region DVD player with HDMI connections that can do 1080p upscaling with divX playback
possibly: http://www.mrmdvd.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1045
– Star Trek DVD
– FurTV DVD Box Set
– The Boat that Rocked DVD
– a smoke box and rib rack for the BBQ
– new frying pans
– more Robert Welch kitchen knives
Current Mood:
Amused
Getting old and senile.
There are some things in this world that will never be forgotten, this week’s 40th anniversary of the moon landing for one. But Moore’s Law and our ever-increasing quest for simpler, smaller, faster and better widgets and thingamabobs will always ensure that some of the technology we grew up with will not be passed down the line to the next generation of geeks.
Audio-Visual Entertainment
1. Inserting a VHS tape into a VCR to watch a movie or to record something.
2. Super-8 movies and cine film of all kinds.
3. Playing music on an audio tape using a personal stereo. See what happens when you give a Walkman to todays teenager.
4. The number of TV channels being a single digit. I remember it being a massive event when Britain got its fourth channel.
5. Standard-definition, CRT TVs filling up half your living room.
6. Rotary dial televisions with no remote control. You know, the ones where the kids were the remote control.
7. High-speed dubbing.
8. 8-track cartridges.
9. Vinyl records. Even today’s DJs are going laptop or CD.
10. Betamax tapes.
11. MiniDisc.
12. Laserdisc: the LP of DVD.
13. Scanning the radio dial and hearing static between stations. (Digital tuners + HD radio bork this concept.)
14. Shortwave radio.
15. 3-D movies meaning red-and-green glasses.
16. Watching TV when the networks say you should. Tivo and Sky+ are slowing killing this one.
17. That there was a time before ‘reality TV.’
Computers and Videogaming
18. Wires. OK, so they’re not gone yet, but it won’t be long
19. The scream of a modem connecting.
20. The buzz of a dot-matrix printer
21. 5- and 3-inch floppies, Zip Discs and countless other forms of data storage.
22. Using jumpers to set IRQs.
23. DOS.
24. Terminals accessing the mainframe.
25. Screens being just green (or orange) on black.
26. Tweaking the volume setting on your tape deck to get a computer game to load, and waiting ages for it to actually do it.
27. Daisy chaining your SCSI devices and making sure they’ve all got a different ID.
28. Counting in kilobytes.
29. Wondering if you can afford to buy a RAM upgrade.
30. Blowing the dust out of a NES cartridge in the hopes that it’ll load this time.
31. Turning a PlayStation on its end to try and get a game to load.
32. Joysticks.
33. Having to delete something to make room on your hard drive.
34. Booting your computer off of a floppy disk.
35. Recording a song in a studio.
The Internet
36. NCSA Mosaic.
37. Finding out information from an encyclopedia.
38. Using a road atlas to get from A to B.
39. Doing bank business only when the bank is open.
40. Shopping only during the day, Monday to Saturday.
41. Phone books and Yellow Pages.
42. Newspapers and magazines made from dead trees.
43. Actually being able to get a domain name consisting of real words.
44. Filling out an order form by hand, putting it in an envelope and posting it.
45. Not knowing exactly what all of your friends are doing and thinking at every moment.
46. Carrying on a correspondence with real letters, especially the handwritten kind.
47. Archie searches.
48. Gopher searches.
49. Concatenating and UUDecoding binaries from Usenet.
50. Privacy.
51. The fact that words generally don’t have num8er5 in them.
52. Correct spelling of phrases, rather than TLAs.
53. Waiting several minutes (or even hours!) to download something.
54. The time before botnets/security vulnerabilities due to always-on and always-connected PCs
55. The time before PC networks.
56. When Spam was just a meat product — or even a Monty Python sketch.
Gadgets
57. Typewriters.
58. Putting film in your camera: 35mm may have some life still, but what about APS or disk?
59. Sending that film away to be processed.
60. Having physical prints of photographs come back to you.
61. CB radios.
62. Getting lost. With GPS coming to more and more phones, your location is only a click away.
63. Rotary-dial telephones.
64. Answering machines.
65. Using a stick to point at information on a wallchart
66. Pay phones.
67. Phones with actual bells in them.
68. Fax machines.
69. Vacuum cleaners with bags in them.
Everything Else
70. Taking turns picking a radio station, or selecting a tape, for everyone to listen to during a long drive.
71. Remembering someone’s phone number.
72. Not knowing who was calling you on the phone.
73. Actually going down to a Blockbuster store to rent a movie.
74. Toys actually being suitable for the under-3s.
75. LEGO just being square blocks of various sizes, with the odd wheel, window or door.
76. Waiting for the television-network premiere to watch a movie after its run at the theater.
77. Relying on the 5-minute sport segment on the nightly news for baseball highlights.
78. Neat handwriting.
79. The days before the nanny state.
80. Starbuck being a man.
81. Han shoots first.
82. “Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.” But they’ve already seen episode III, so it’s no big surprise.
83. Kentucky Fried Chicken, as opposed to KFC.
84. Trig tables and log tables.
85. “Don’t know what a slide rule is for …”
86. Finding books in a card catalog at the library.
87. Swimming pools with diving boards.
88. Hershey bars in silver wrappers.
89. Sliding the paper outer wrapper off a Kit-Kat, placing it on the palm of your hand and clapping to make it bang loudly. Then sliding your finger down the silver foil of break off the first finger
90. A Marathon bar (what a Snickers used to be called in Britain).
91. Having to manually unlock a car door.
92. Writing a check.
93. Looking out the window during a long drive.
94. Roller skates, as opposed to blades.
95. Cash.
96. Libraries as a place to get books rather than a place to use the internet.
97. Spending your entire allowance at the arcade in the mall.
98. Omni Magazine
99. A physical dictionary — either for spelling or definitions.
100. When a ‘geek’ and a ‘nerd’ were one and the same.
The ones in red are emphasis mine. How many can you relate to?
Current Mood: Amused
DVD List (as of March 2007)
* 25th Hour, The
* Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the (box set)
* Alegria
* American Beauty
* American History X
* Any Given Sunday
* Babylon 5 - Two volume Set - The Gathering
* Babylon 5 (Season 1)
* Babylon 5 (Season 2)
* Babylon 5 (Season 3)
* Babylon 5 (Season 4)
* Babylon 5 (Season 5)
* Babylon 5 (The Movies)
* Babylon 5 - Cruisades (box set)
* Banlieu 13
* Being John Malkovich
* Beetlejuice
* Ben Hur
* Big Lebowski, The
* Blown Away
* Bourne Identity, the
* Box of Moonlight
* Caligula
* Carlito's Way
* Cars
* Casino Royal
* Collateral
* Contact
* Corruptor, The
* Corsican Twins, The
* Couch in New York
* Count of Monte Cristo, The
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
* Cyrano de Bergerac
* Daredevil
* Dark Crystal, The
* Dead Poets Society
* Eddie Murphy Raw
* Enemy at the gates
* Fifth Element, The
* Fight Club
* Frank Herbert's Dune
* Freshman, The
* Full Metal Jacket
* Ghost in the Shell
* Gladiator
* Godfather, The
* Godfather, part II, The
* Godfather, part III, The
* Good Morning Vietnam
* Good Will Huunting
* Great Escape, The
* Grosse Point Blank
* Hackers
* Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone
* Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
* Heat
* Hero
* History of the world - Part 1
* Hithhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
* Hoodlums
* Howl's Moving Castle
* Hustle - Season 1 Box set
* Hustle - Season 2 Box set
* Hustler's Barely Legal
* Incredibles, the
* I, Robot
* Insider, The
* Italian Job, The
* Jarhead
* Kill Bill, Volume 1
* Kill Bill, Volume 2
* Kissing Jessica Stein
* Last Samourai, The
* Law & Order (Season 1 - 6 DVD Box set)
* Leathal weapon 1 - Director's Cut
* Leathal weapon 2 - Director's Cut
* Leathal weapon 3 - Director's Cut
* Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
* Lost in translation
* Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition)
* MASH Collector's Edition - Season 1
* MASH Collector's Edition - Season 2
* MASH Collector's Edition - Season 3
* MASH Collector's Edition - Season 4
* MASH Collector's Edition - Season 5
* MASH Collector's Edition - Season 6
* MASH Collector's Edition - Season 7
* MASH Collector's Edition - Season 8
* MASH Collector's Edition - Season 9
* MASH The Movie
* Mask, The
* Matrix, The
* MIB
* Minority Report
* Monty Python - Quest for the Holy Graal - SE
* Mulan
* Mummy, The
* Mupper Xmas Carol
* Muppet Show - Season 1 Box Set
* Muppet Treasure Island
* Muppets from Space
* My big fat greek wedding
* National Treasure
* Negotiator, the
* Nightmare before xmas, The
* Ninja Scroll
* Ocean's Eleven
* Office Space
* Payback
* Phantom of the Opera
* Pink Floyd - The wall
* Pink Floyd - London 1966-67
* Pink Floyd - Making of DSOTM
* Pink Floyd - Pulse
* Pirates of the Caribbean
* Pulp Fiction
* Pump Up the Volume
* Pushing Tin
* Rachel Papers, the
* Ref, The
* Replacement Killers, The
* Reservoir Dogs
* Return of Sherlock Holmes, the (box set)
* Revenge of the ninja
* Ronin
* Rounders
* Scent of a Woman
* Score, The
* Seven
* Shawshank Redemption, The
* Sherlock Holmes Feature Film Collection
* Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Collection (Jeremy Brett)
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
The Return Of Sherlock Holmes
The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes
* Shrek
* Sin City
* Snatch
* South Park - Bigger, Longer, Uncut
* Spartacus
* Spawn - The complete animated series
* Spirited Away
* Star Wars Episode IV-VI Remastered Editions box set
* Suicide Kings
* Thomas Crown Affair, The
* Three to tango
* Truth about cats and dogs, The
* Two if by Sea
* U571
* Underworld
* Untouchables, The
* V for Vendetta
* Who framed Roger Rabbit?
* X-Men
* X-Men 2
* Yamakasi
* About a boy
* Angel - Season 1 (box set)
* Angel - Season 2 (box set)
* Angel - Season 3 (box set)
* Angel - Season 4 (box set)
* Angel - Season 5 (box set)
* Back to the future trilogy
* Barbara Curries Power Packed Yoga
* Batman Begins
* Benny & Joon
* Big Fish
* Bill Bailey - Bewilderment
* Bill Bailey - Cosmic Jam
* Bill Bailey - Part Troll
* Black Books - Season 1
* Black Books - Season 2
* Black Books - Season 3
* Brothers Grimm
* Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Complete Seasons Box Set
* Butterfly Effect, the
* Catch me if you can
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
* Chicago
* Chronicles of Narnia - BBC TV Box Set
* Constantine
* Corpse Bride
* Crash
* Donnie Darko
* Dungeons & Dragons (box set)
* Edward Scissorhands
* End of Days
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
* Exorcism of Emilie Rose
* Finding Neverland
* Gothika
* Grey's Anatomy - Season 1
* Grudge, the
* Hannibal Trilogy (box set)
* Ice Age 1
* Ice Age 2
* Lakehouse, The
* Legally Blonde
* Magnolia
* Memoirs of a Geisha
* Millenium Season 1
* Millenium Season 2
* Millenium Season 3
* Miss Congeniality
* Moulin Rouge
* Queen - Live at Wembley Stadium
* Queen on fire - Live at the Bowl
* Queen - Greatest video hits 1
* Queen - Greatest video hits 2
* Ring
* Ring 2
* Saw
* Saw 2
* Shaun of the Dead
* Village, the
* True Lies
* Two weeks notice
* Village, The
* Walking with Dinosaurs (box set)
* War of the worlds
Wedding to-do list – update 4
– Deposit cheque at NatWest
– make music CDs
– buy Katy's makeup She gonna look nice! but spensiiiiive!
– buy Katy's hair curlers
– buy disposable cameras
– buy cufflinks
– rent lighting equipment Thank you ![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
sbourge! I kiss you now!
– final suit fitting for Michel and I
– book taxis
– book hotel for Quebec
– book cat sitting service We went to visit a really nice-looking cattery 5 minutes away!
– confirm hotel for Ottawa
– find somewhere to sleep in Montreal We're going to rent a furnished studio for a week.
– send off cheques to Chilford & Cake
Book List (needs updating)
Alexandre Duman Trois Mousquetaires Andre Norton Beast Master's Circus C.S. Friedman In conquest born C.S. Friedman This alien shore C.S. Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia Caleb Carr The Alienist Caleb Carr The Angel of Darkness Caleb Carr The Italian Secretary Carl Hiaasen Eager Beaver Carl Hiaasen Lucky you Carl Hiaasen Skin Tight Carl Hiaasen Skinny Dip Charlaine Harris Dead to the world Charlaine Harris Dead until dark Charlaine Harris Living Dead in Dallas Chris Moriarty Spin State Christopher Moore Bloodsucking fiends Christopher Moore Coyote Blue Christopher Moore Fluke Christopher Moore Island of the sequined love nun Christopher Moore Lamb Christopher Moore Practical Demonkeeping Christopher Moore The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove Christopher Moore The Stupidest Angel CJ Cherryh Chanur's Homecoming CJ Cherryh Chanur's Legacy CJ Cherryh Hestia CJ Cherryh The Chanur Saga Craig Nova Wetware Dan Brown Angels and demons Dan Brown Deception Point Dan Brown Digital Fortress Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code David Webber Ashes of Victory David Webber Echoes of Honor David Webber Field of Dishonor David Webber Flag in Exile David Webber Honor Among Enemies David Webber In Enemy Hands David Webber More than Honor David Webber On Basilisk Station David Webber The Honor of the Queen David Webber The Service of the Shield David Webber The Short Victorious War David Webber War of Honor Dennis Danvers Circuits of Heaven Dennis Danvers End of days Dennis Danvers Wilderness Douglas Coupland Microserfs Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac Eric Flint Forward the Mage Erica Jong Fanny George R. R. Martin A clash of Kings George R. R. Martin A game of thrones Iain Pears An instance of the fingerpost Ian Caldwell The Rule of Four J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the goblet of fire J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkhaban Jack L. Chalker Exiles at the Well of Souls Jack L. Chalker Midnight at the Well of Souls Jack L. Chalker Priam's Lense Jack L. Chalker Quest for the Well of Souls Jack L. Chalker The return of Nathan Brazil John Irving The World according to Garp Jonathan Lethem Gun, with occasional music Jules Verne 20,000 lieues sous les mers Jules Verne Cinq semaines en ballon Jules Verne Le tour du monde en 80 jours Jules Verne Les enfants du Capitaine Grant Jules Verne L'ile Mysterieuse Kirsten Bakis Lives of the Monster Dogs Larry Niven The Houses of the Kzinti Laurell K. Hamilton A caress of twilight Laurell K. Hamilton A kiss of shadow Laurell K. Hamilton Blue Moon Laurell K. Hamilton Burnt Offerings Laurell K. Hamilton Cerulean Sins Laurell K. Hamilton Circus of the Damned Laurell K. Hamilton Guilty Pleasures Laurell K. Hamilton Incubus Dreams Laurell K. Hamilton Narcissus in chains Laurell K. Hamilton Obsidian Butterfly Laurell K. Hamilton Seduced by moonlight Laurell K. Hamilton The Laughing Corpse Laurell K. Hamilton The Lunatic Caf Laurie R. King A Letter of Mary Laurie R. King A Monstrous Regiment of Women Laurie R. King Locked Rooms Laurie R. King Justice Hall Laurie R. King O Jerusalem Laurie R. King The Beekeeper's Apprentice Laurie R. King The Game Laurie R. King The Moor Lisanne Norman Between darkness and light Lisanne Norman Dark Nadir Lisanne Norman Fire margins Lisanne Norman Fortune's wheel Lisanne Norman Razor's edge Lisanne Norman Stronghold Rising Lisanne Norman Turning point Luke Rhinehart Search for the Dice Man Luke Rhinehart The Dice Man Mark Simmons One foor in the grave Martin Amis The Rachel Papers Mercedes Lackey A cast of corbies Mercedes Lackey Bardic Voices Mercedes Lackey Bedlam's bard Mercedes Lackey Beyond world's end Mercedes Lackey Born to run Mercedes Lackey Burning water Mercedes Lackey Four and twenty blackbirds Mercedes Lackey Lammas night Mercedes Lackey Spirits white as lightning Mercedes Lackey The chrome borne Mercedes Lackey The eagle and the nightingale Mercedes Lackey The fire rose Mercedes Lackey The robin and the kestrel Neal Stephenson Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson Diamond age Neal Stephenson Snow Crash Neil Gaiman American Gods Neil Gaiman Neverwhere Neil Gaiman Smoke and Mirrors Orson Scott Card Children of the mind Orson Scott Card Ender's game Orson Scott Card Ender's shadow Orson Scott Card Shadow of the Hegemon Orson Scott Card Shadow puppets Orson Scott Card Speaker of the dead Orson Scott Card Xenocide Paul Cornell Oh no it isn't! Peter F. Hamilton The Naked God Peter F. Hamilton The Neutronium Alchemist Philip Jose Farmer The other log of Phileas Fogg Phillip Pullman Amber Spyglass Phillip Pullman Golden Compass Phillip Pullman Ruby in the smoke Phillip Pullman Shadow in the north Phillip Pullman Subtle Knife Phillip Pullman Tiger in the well Richard Morgan Altered Carbon Richard Morgan Broken Angels Richard Morgan Market Forces Richard Morgan Woken Furies Robert Harris Enigma Robert Heinlein Stranger in a strange land Robert Heinlein The door into summer Robert J. Sawyer Frameshift Robert J. Sawyer The Terminal Experiment Robert Ludlum The Bourne Identity Robert Ludlum The Bourne Supremacy Robert Ludlum The Bourne Ultimatum Roger Zelazny A Farce to be Reckoned With Roger Zelazny Bring me the head of Prince Charming Roger Zelazny Changeling Roger Zelazny Chaos and Amber Roger Zelazny Isle of the dead / Eye of the Cat Roger Zelazny Lord of Light Roger Zelazny Madwand Roger Zelazny The dawn of Amber Roger Zelazny The Dream Master Roger Zelazny The Great Book of Amber (Complete Chronicles) Roger Zelazny To die in Italbar Sarah Waters Fingersmith Spider Robinson Callahan's key Spider Robinson Callahan's Lady Spider Robinson Callahan's Legacy Spider Robinson Lady slings the booze Spider Robinson The Callahan Chronicals Susan Kay Phantom of the Opera Terry Pratchett Carpe Jugulum Terry Pratchett Equal Rites Terry Pratchett Eric Terry Pratchett Feet of Clay Terry Pratchett Going Postal Terry Pratchett Guards Guards Terry Pratchett Interesting Times Terry Pratchett Jingo Terry Pratchett Men at Arms Terry Pratchett Monstrous Regiment Terry Pratchett Mort Terry Pratchett Moving Pictures Terry Pratchett Reaper Man Terry Pratchett Sourcery Terry Pratchett The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett The Fifth Elephant Terry Pratchett The Last Continent Terry Pratchett The Last Hero Terry Pratchett The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett The Night Watch Terry Pratchett The Truth Terry Pratchett Thud! Terry Pratchett Good Omens Tom Clancy Clear and present danger Tom Clancy Executive order Tom Clancy Hunt for Red October Tom Clancy Patriot games Tom Clancy Red rabbit Tom Clancy Teeth of the tiger Tom Clancy The Bear and the Dragon Tom Clancy The Cardinal of the Kremlin Tom Clancy The sum of all fears Tom Clancy Without remorse Tom Godwin The Cold Equations Vernor Vinge A deepness in the sky Vernor Vinge Fire upon the deep Vernor Vinge Marooned in Realtime Vernor Vinge The collected stories Vernor Vinge The Peace War Victor Hugo Les Miserables William Barton Alpha Centauri William Barton When we were real William Gibson Neuromancer
DVD List (january 2006)
* 25th Hour, The
* Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the (box set)
* Alegria
* American Beauty
* American History X
* Animatrix
* Any Given Sunday
* Babylon 5 – Two volume Set – The Gathering
* Babylon 5 (Season 1)
* Babylon 5 (Season 2)
* Babylon 5 (Season 3)
* Babylon 5 (Season 4)
* Babylon 5 (Season 5)
* Babylon 5 (The Movies)
* Being John Malkovich
* Ben Hur
* Big Lebowski, The
* Blown Away
* Bourne Identity, the
* Box of Moonlight
* Bulletproof Monk
* Caligula
* Carlito's Way
* Contact
* Corruptor, The
* Corsican Twins, The
* Couch in New York
* Count of Monte Cristo, The
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
* Cyrano de Bergerac
* Daredevil
* Dark City
* Dark Crystal, The
* Dead Poets Society
* Eddie Murphy – Raw
* Enemy at the gates
* Fifth Element, The
* Fight Club
* Frank Herbert's Dune
* Freshman, The
* Full Metal Jacket
* Ghost in the Shell
* Gladiator
* Godfather, The
* Good Morning Vietnam
* Good Will Huunting
* Great Escape, The
* Grosse Point Blank
* Hackers
* Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone
* Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
* Heat
* Hero
* History of the world – Part 1
* Hithhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
* Hoodlums
* Hustle – Season 1 Box set
* Hustle – Season 2 Box set
* Hustler's Barely Legal
* Incredibles, the
* I, Robot
* Insider, The
* Italian Job, The
* Kill Bill, Volume 1
* Kissing Jessica Stein
* Last Man Standing
* Last Samourai, The
* Law & Order (Season 1 – 6 DVD Box set)
* Leathal weapon 1 – Director's Cut
* Leathal weapon 2 – Director's Cut
* Leathal weapon 3 – Director's Cut
* Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
* Lost in translation
* Man in the iron mask, The
* Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition)
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 1
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 2
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 3
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 4
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 5
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 6
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 7
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 8
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 9
* MASH The Movie
* Mask, The
* Matrix, The
* MIB
* Minority Report
* Monty Python – Quest for the Holy Graal – SE
* Mulan
* Mummy, The
* Muppet Xmas Carol
* Muppet Show – 10 DVD
* Muppet Show – Season 1 Box Set
* Muppet Treasure Island
* Muppets from Space
* My big fat greek wedding
* National Treasure
* Negotiator, the
* Nightmare before xmas, The
* Ninja Scroll
* Ocean's Eleven
* Office Space
* Payback
* Pink Floyd – The wall
* Pink Floyd – London 1966-67
* Pirates of the Caribbean
* Pulp Fiction
* Pump Up the Volume
* Pushing Tin
* Rachel Papers, the
* Ref, The
* Replacement Killers, The
* Reservoir Dogs
* Return of Sherlock Holmes, the (box set)
* Revenge of the ninja
* Ronin
* Rounders
* Scent of a Woman
* Score, The
* Seven
* Shawshank Redemption, The
* Sherlock Holmes Feature Film Collection
* Shrek
* Sin City
* Snatch
* South Park – Bigger, Longer, Uncut
* Spartacus
* Spawn – The complete animated series
* Spirited Away
* Suicide Kings
* Thomas Crown Affair, The
* Three to tango
* Transporter, The
* Truth about cats and dogs, The
* Two if by Sea
* Underworld
* Untouchables, The
* Who framed Roger Rabbit?
* X-Men
* Amityville Horror, the
* Barbara Curries Power Packed Yoga
* Benny & Joon
* Big Fish
* Bill Bailey – Bewilderment
* Bill Bailey – Cosmic Jam
* Bill Bailey – Part Troll
* Black Books – Season 1
* Black Books – Season 2
* Black Books – Season 3
* Brothers Grimm, the
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (7 season box set)
* Butterfly Effect, the
* Catch me if you can
* Charlie and the chocolate factory
* Chicago
* Chronicles of Narnia, the (BBC)
* Constantine
* Donnie Darko
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
* Exorcism of Emily Rose
* Finding Neverland
* Grudge, the
* Hannibal Trilogy (box set)
* Kill Bill, Volume 2
* Legally Blonde
* Millenium Season 1
* Millenium Season 2
* Millenium Season 3
* Miss Congeniality
* Phantom of the Opera
* Queen – Live at Wembley Stadium
* Queen on fire – Live at the Bowl
* Queen – Greatest video hits 1
* Queen – Greatest video hits 2
* Ring
* Ring 2
* Saw
* Shaun of the Dead
* Two Weeks Notice
* True Lies
* Village, the
* Walking with Dinosaurs (box set)
* War of the worlds
Booklist, as of Oct 31 2005.
- Alexandre Duman, Trois Mousquetaires
- Andre Norton, Beast Master's Circus
- C.S. Friedman, In conquest born
- C.S. Friedman, This alien shore
- C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
- Caleb Carr, The Alienist
- Caleb Carr, The Angel of Darkness
- Caleb Carr, The Italian Secretary
- Carl Hiaasen, Eager Beaver
- Carl Hiaasen, Lucky you
- Carl Hiaasen, Skin Tight
- Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip
- Charlaine Harris, Dead to the world
- Charlaine Harris, Dead until dark
- Charlaine Harris, Living Dead in Dallas
- Chris Moriarty, Spin State
- Christopher Moore, Bloodsucking fiends
- Christopher Moore, Coyote Blue
- Christopher Moore, Fluke
- Christopher Moore, Island of the sequined love nun
- Christopher Moore, Lamb
- Christopher Moore, Practical Demonkeeping
- Christopher Moore, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
- Christopher Moore, The Stupidest Angel
- CJ Cherryh, Chanur's Homecoming
- CJ Cherryh, Chanur's Legacy
- CJ Cherryh, Hestia
- CJ Cherryh, The Chanur Saga
- Craig Nova, Wetware
- Dan Brown, Angels and demons
- Dan Brown, Deception Point
- Dan Brown, Digital Fortress
- Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code
- David Webber, Ashes of Victory
- David Webber, Echoes of Honor
- David Webber, Field of Dishonor
- David Webber, Flag in Exile
- David Webber, Honor Among Enemies
- David Webber, In Enemy Hands
- David Webber, More than Honor
- David Webber, On Basilisk Station
- David Webber, The Honor of the Queen
- David Webber, The Service of the Shield
- David Webber, The Short Victorious War
- David Webber, War of Honor
- Dennis Danvers, Circuits of Heaven
- Dennis Danvers, End of days
- Dennis Danvers, Wilderness
- Douglas Coupland, Microserfs
- Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac
- Eric Flint, Forward the Mage
- Erica Jong, Fanny
- George R. R. Martin, A clash of Kings
- George R. R. Martin, A game of thrones
- Iain Pears, An instance of the fingerpost
- Ian Caldwell, The Rule of Four
- Ian Rankin, The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkhaban
- Jack L. Chalker, Exiles at the Well of Souls
- Jack L. Chalker, Midnight at the Well of Souls
- Jack L. Chalker, Priam's Lense
- Jack L. Chalker, Quest for the Well of Souls
- Jack L. Chalker, The return of Nathan Brazil
- John Irving, The World according to Garp
- Jonathan Lethem, Gun, with occasional music
- Jules Verne, 20,000 lieues sous les mers
- Jules Verne, Cinq semaines en ballon
- Jules Verne, Le tour du monde en 80 jours
- Jules Verne, Les enfants du Capitaine Grant
- Jules Verne, L'ile Mysterieuse
- Julie E. Czerneda, Beholder's Eye
- Julie E. Czerneda, Changing Visions
- Julie E. Czerneda, Hidden In Sight
- Kirsten Bakis, Lives of the Monster Dogs
- Larry Niven , The Houses of the Kzinti
- Laurell K. Hamilton, A caress of twilight
- Laurell K. Hamilton, A kiss of shadow
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Blue Moon
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Burnt Offerings
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Cerulean Sins
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Circus of the Damned
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Guilty Pleasures
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Incubus Dreams
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Narcissus in chains
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Obsidian Butterfly
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Seduced by moonlight
- Laurell K. Hamilton, The Laughing Corpse
- Laurell K. Hamilton, The Lunatic Caf
- Laurie R. King, A Letter of Mary
- Laurie R. King, A Monstrous Regiment of Women
- Laurie R. King, Locked Rooms
- Laurie R. King, Justice Hall
- Laurie R. King, O Jerusalem
- Laurie R. King, The Beekeeper's Apprentice
- Laurie R. King, The Game
- Laurie R. King, The Moor
- Lisanne Norman, Between darkness and light
- Lisanne Norman, Dark Nadir
- Lisanne Norman, Fire margins
- Lisanne Norman, Fortune's wheel
- Lisanne Norman, Razor's edge
- Lisanne Norman, Stronghold Rising
- Lisanne Norman, Turning point
- Luke Rhinehart, Search for the Dice Man
- Luke Rhinehart, The Dice Man
- Mark Simmons, One foor in the grave
- Martin Amis, The Rachel Papers
- Mercedes Lackey, A cast of corbies
- Mercedes Lackey, Bardic Voices
- Mercedes Lackey, Bedlam's bard
- Mercedes Lackey, Beyond world's end
- Mercedes Lackey, Born to run
- Mercedes Lackey, Burning water
- Mercedes Lackey, Four and twenty blackbirds
- Mercedes Lackey, Lammas night
- Mercedes Lackey, Spirits white as lightning
- Mercedes Lackey, The chrome borne
- Mercedes Lackey, The eagle and the nightingale
- Mercedes Lackey, The fire rose
- Mercedes Lackey, The robin and the kestrel
- Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
- Neal Stephenson, Diamond age
- Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
- Neil Gaiman, American Gods
- Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere
- Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors
- Orson Scott Card, Children of the mind
- Orson Scott Card, Ender's game
- Orson Scott Card, Ender's shadow
- Orson Scott Card, Shadow of the Hegemon
- Orson Scott Card, Shadow puppets
- Orson Scott Card, Speaker of the dead
- Orson Scott Card, Xenocide
- Paul Cornell, Oh no it isn't!
- Peter F. Hamilton, The Naked God
- Peter F. Hamilton, The Neutronium Alchemist
- Philip Jose Farmer, The other log of Phileas Fogg
- Phillip Pullman, Amber Spyglass
- Phillip Pullman, Golden Compass
- Phillip Pullman, Ruby in the smoke
- Phillip Pullman, Shadow in the north
- Phillip Pullman, Subtle Knife
- Phillip Pullman, Tiger in the well
- Richard Morgan, Altered Carbon
- Richard Morgan, Broken Angels
- Richard Morgan, Market Forces
- Richard Morgan, Woken Furies
- Robert Harris, Enigma
- Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a strange land
- Robert Heinlein, The door into summer
- Robert J. Sawyer, Frameshift
- Robert J. Sawyer, The Terminal Experiment
- Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Identity
- Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Supremacy
- Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Ultimatum
- Roger Zelazny, A Farce to be Reckoned With
- Roger Zelazny, Bring me the head of Prince Charming
- Roger Zelazny, Changeling
- Roger Zelazny, Chaos and Amber
- Roger Zelazny, Isle of the dead / Eye of the Cat
- Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light
- Roger Zelazny, Madwand
- Roger Zelazny, The dawn of Amber
- Roger Zelazny, The Dream Master
- Roger Zelazny, The Great Book of Amber (Complete Chronicles)
- Roger Zelazny, To die in Italbar
- Sarah Waters, Fingersmith
- Spider Robinson, Callahan's key
- Spider Robinson, Callahan's Lady
- Spider Robinson, Callahan's Legacy
- Spider Robinson, Lady slings the booze
- Spider Robinson, The Callahan Chronicals
- Susan Kay, Phantom of the Opera
- Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum
- Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites
- Terry Pratchett, Eric
- Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
- Terry Pratchett, Guards Guards
- Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times
- Terry Pratchett, Jingo
- Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms
- Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment
- Terry Pratchett, Mort
- Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
- Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
- Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
- Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic
- Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant
- Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
- Terry Pratchett, The Last Hero
- Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic
- Terry Pratchett, The Night Watch
- Terry Pratchett, The Truth
- Terry Pratchett, Thud!
- Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens
- Tom Clancy, Clear and present danger
- Tom Clancy, Executive order
- Tom Clancy, Hunt for Red October
- Tom Clancy, Patriot games
- Tom Clancy, Red rabbit
- Tom Clancy, Teeth of the tiger
- Tom Clancy, The Bear and the Dragon
- Tom Clancy, The Cardinal of the Kremlin
- Tom Clancy, The sum of all fears
- Tom Clancy, Without remorse
- Tom Godwin, The Cold Equations
- Vernor Vinge, A deepness in the sky
- Vernor Vinge, Fire upon the deep
- Vernor Vinge, Marooned in Realtime
- Vernor Vinge, The collected stories
- Vernor Vinge, The Peace War
- Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
- William Barton, Alpha Centauri
- William Barton, When we were real
- William Gibson, Neuromancer
I've just come to the conclusion that I've only bought about 4 new books in the last 3 months. This is bad. This is very bad. I need more reading material!
DVD List, as of Oct 30 2005
* 25th Hour, The
* Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the (box set)
* Alegria
* American Beauty
* American History X
* Animatrix
* Any Given Sunday
* Babylon 5 – Two volume Set – The Gathering
* Babylon 5 (Season 1)
* Babylon 5 (Season 2)
* Babylon 5 (Season 3)
* Babylon 5 (Season 4)
* Babylon 5 (Season 5)
* Babylon 5 (The Movies)
* Being John Malkovich
* Ben Hur
* Big Lebowski, The
* Blown Away
* Bourne Identity, the
* Box of Moonlight
* Bulletproof Monk
* Caligula
* Carlito's Way
* Contact
* Corruptor, The
* Corsican Twins, The
* Couch in New York
* Count of Monte Cristo, The
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
* Cyrano de Bergerac
* Daredevil
* Dark City
* Dark Crystal, The
* Dead Poets Society
* Enemy at the gates
* Fifth Element, The
* Fight Club
* Frank Herbert's Dune
* Freshman, The
* Full Metal Jacket
* Ghost in the Shell
* Gladiator
* Godfather, The
* Good Morning Vietnam
* Good Will Huunting
* Great Escape, The
* Grosse Point Blank
* Hackers
* Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone
* Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
* Heat
* Hero
* History of the world – Part 1
* Hithhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
* Hoodlums
* Hustle – Season 1 Box set
* Hustle – Season 2 Box set
* Hustler's Barely Legal
* Incredibles, the
* I, Robot
* Insider, The
* Italian Job, The
* Kill Bill, Volume 1
* Kissing Jessica Stein
* Last Man Standing
* Last Samourai, The
* Law & Order (Season 1 – 6 DVD Box set)
* Leathal weapon 1 – Director's Cut
* Leathal weapon 2 – Director's Cut
* Leathal weapon 3 – Director's Cut
* Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
* Lost in translation
* Man in the iron mask, The
* Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition)
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 1
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 2
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 3
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 4
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 5
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 6
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 7
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 8
* MASH The Movie
* Mask, The
* Matrix, The
* MIB
* Minority Report
* Monty Python – Quest for the Holy Graal – SE
* Mulan
* Mummy, The
* Mupper Xmas Carol
* Muppet Show – 10 DVD
* Muppet Show – Season 1 Box Set
* Muppet Treasure Island
* Muppets from Space
* My big fat greek wedding
* National Treasure
* Negotiator, the
* Nightmare before xmas, The
* Ninja Scroll
* Ocean's Eleven
* Office Space
* Payback
* Pink Floyd – The wall
* Pink Floyd – London 1966-67
* Pirates of the Caribbean
* Pulp Fiction
* Pump Up the Volume
* Pushing Tin
* Rachel Papers, the
* Ref, The
* Replacement Killers, The
* Reservoir Dogs
* Return of Sherlock Holmes, the (box set)
* Revenge of the ninja
* Ronin
* Rounders
* Scent of a Woman
* Score, The
* Seven
* Shawshank Redemption, The
* Sherlock Holmes Feature Film Collection
* Shrek
* Snatch
* South Park – Bigger, Longer, Uncut
* Spartacus
* Spawn – The complete animated series
* Spirited Away
* Suicide Kings
* Thomas Crown Affair, The
* Three to tango
* Transporter, The
* Truth about cats and dogs, The
* Two if by Sea
* Underworld
* Untouchables, The
* Who framed Roger Rabbit?
* X-Men
* Barbara Curries Power Packed Yoga
* Benny & Joon
* Big Fish
* Bill Bailey – Bewilderment
* Bill Bailey – Part Troll
* Black Books – Season 1
* Black Books – Season 2
* Black Books – Season 3
* Butterfly Effect, the
* Chicago
* Constantine
* Donnie Darko
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
* Finding Neverland
* Grudge, the
* Hannibal Trilogy (box set)
* Legally Blonde
* Millenium Season 1
* Millenium Season 2
* Millenium Season 3
* Miss Congeniality
* Queen – Live at Wembley Stadium
* Queen on fire – Live at the Bowl
* Queen – Greatest video hits 1
* Queen – Greatest video hits 2
* Ring
* Ring 2
* Saw
* Shaun of the Dead
* Village, the
* Walking with Dinosaurs (box set)