Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein starring Cumberbatch and Miller
Of course it could be down to the fact that the thing we went to see was absolutely incredible: Danny Boyle very ably directs Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in Frankenstein.
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Amazon Prime Air
In a few years we will be in a science fiction-esque world with unmanned vehicles flying stuff to your front door.
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Octoberfest Munich
Mrs Word of Ward and myself were a bit mental in that we went in October. Most of it is in September, but the Bavarians obviously decided Septemberfest sounded stupid. I highly recommend going mid-week because it can get ridiculously busy at weekends or holidays.
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LLSB – Long Live Southbank
The Southbank also has a place for skateboarders which has been there since I was a kid. It has been there for forty years.
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Rising seas interactive map
A friend just posted this on Facebook. It’s basically a map that shows what will happen if the sea levels rise.
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Game and Watch
When I was a nipper in the early 80s I was addicted to my Game and Watch collection. Whenever I was forced out of the flat and my away from my Atari, I always had my one of these bad boys on my person. Sometimes more. I was the school champion at both Octopus and…
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The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense
Finding Bigfoot or being able to levitate or seeing a ghost (when you haven’t coincidentally just woken up) would be amazing and make the world much more interesting. But sadly a tiny bit of research from a purely subjective point of view shows them to be rubbish.
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How often should you blog?
One thing that most bloggers do seem to agree on is that inconsistency is bad.
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Going On Holiday
I love Germany and am massively looking forward to schnitzels, sausages, sauerkraut, litres of beer, and a transport system that actually works. Ignoring a couple of unpleasant World Wars, the Brits get on pretty well with the Germans.
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Kids toys are crazy
I have been working a lot recently, which is a shame as work is officially bad for you (probably). It’s certainly detrimental to your brain when you work in the TV industry and have to work on kids’ TV channels for twelve hours in a row. This mental stress is increased still further when you get to the adverts and see what kind of bat-shit craziness passes for toys these days.
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The Sound of Space – Voyager has left the system.
Voyager 1 was launched in September 1977, 36 years ago. I was 5 years old and it has remained an awe inspiring achievement throughout my life.
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Intermittent Fasting. The 5:2 Diet.
I heard about the intermittent fasting diet and have decided to leap on the bandwagon.
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Streetview for the Galaxy
Here on the Word of Ward there’s an interactive galaxy!
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Australia, Morocco, and Thailand. Three True Travel Stories
Jason Ward tells three true stories of fairly perilous travel.
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The Uneven Passage of Time
I’m not just plugging my awesome eBook because I haven’t done so for 6 months, (although that would be reason enough,) I’m plugging it because I am going to release a new one!
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50 Misconceptions about Science
I’m a massive fan of the scientific method, which I’ll be the first to admit is a strange and vague thing to say. Scientists propose theories, conduct tests and then have their peers (their very smart peers with brains chock full of knowledge) look at their experiments and ideas, and then disagree/ agree/ generally argue…
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Coding with Code Academy
To begin with, I have been using something called Code Academy. It is pretty cool so far and you will soon be seeing some astounding changes thanks to what I have learned.
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Building Empire State – the other photo
You know that famous old black and white photo of the workmen having lunch on a girder high above Mahattan?
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The Starving Writer
I’ve done it! Five bastard years of broadening my already swollen noggin. A couple of weeks ago I sent off my final essay for my Open University degree in English Language and Literature (with hons). I am now totally educated and shit. It has happened at a weird time though. Some background is needed as…