Avatarts

BBC: Virtual humans edge closer For years, one of the main goals in computer graphics has been to recreate a totally convincing human being on screen, something that looks and acts so life-like that it is indistinguishable from a real person. Indistinguishable from a real person, that is, provided the real person in question is… Continue reading Avatarts

Big nob

An emailer (whom, for what I hope are obvious reasons, I have anonymised) writes: …I was searching for an image on google using the phrase "big nob" and was presented with a picture of "Stense" and nothing else !! Dammit if he isn't right. I've worked out why this happens and, Stense, if you're reading… Continue reading Big nob

Old perv

It was my birthday yesterday. It was also the 20th anniversary of my being legally entitled to buy myself a pint. So I celebrated in the most appropriate way: by going down the pub and drinking large amounts of lovely, strong, warm British beer. Not bad for a Wednesday afternoon. The day before, I received… Continue reading Old perv

From an email to Stense

Had a rare old time in Barcelona, thank you for asking. Lots of nasty, fizzy, cold beer and warm, sunny weather. Kept forgetting I was in Spain, being convinced, for some reason or other, that I was in Italy. On the first evening, I got so pissed that I insisted on buying an old Spanish/Italian… Continue reading From an email to Stense

Just for the record

Irish Mick just emailed me to point out that my last one to him had kisses at the end. Look, I was tired, and for some reason I signed off with the valediction I usually reserve for Stense. Sorry to have got your hopes up there, Mick.

The Subjunctive

Challenge posed in an email from Stense: …I spent yesterday musing about why I thought 'If I were you' was more grammatically correct than 'If I was you' - answers on a postcard please! An excellent challenge! So I sent her a post card (printed in very small letters), which went as follows: Stense, You… Continue reading The Subjunctive