This was first posted on my "FanboyGeek" blog in 2007. It's a fun post and continued to get feedback for years, so I thought I'd re-post...

My American wife received the these items in the post this week, two days apart. One is an "economic stimulus cheque", the other a...

"Chips so good they've won an award". That's not *strictly* accurate... 1. McCain entered their product into the astroturf "Voted...

I'm on the National Express East Coast train traveling from Edinburgh to London and am delighted to discover that internet access is now...

Today is World Contact Day! In March 1953 an organization known as the "International Flying Saucer Bureau" sent a bulletin to all its...

We're doing this a week early this month as Jon Bains 2.0 is very close to arriving and Jon can't bear the possibility of missing a night...

The October MeetUp will be on Friday 26 October. We're meeting in London's West End this month: Unless anyone suggests otherwise, we'll...

Date: Friday 28 September Time: 1830 'til late Venue 1: 1830 - 2200ish The Strongrooms, 120 Curtain Road EC2A Venue 2: ...

`date: Friday 27 July Time: 1830 'til late Venue 1: 1830 - 2100ish The Strongrooms, 120 Curtain Road EC2A Venue 2: ...

While filming in a city office last week I happened upon a Klix machine. Now, I'm fascinated by Klix machines, because it amazes me that...

The April MeetUp will be on Friday 27 April. We're meeting in London's EastEnd this month: 1830hrs The Strongrooms, 120-124 Curtain...

In October last year, friend of Red Planet Johnny Lennie earned his first BBC Radio 4commission for a series of five monologues about the...

A raft of adverts have appeared in the last few months sporting a "Voted Product of the Year" badge. In our world of Charter Marks for...

Every year, Red Planet's Stuart Arnott hosts a Burn's Supper, in memory of Scotland's nation bard Robert Burns. Starting in 1993 while at...