Gaia’s REAL first trip to the cinema
30 January 2022Although Mrs Shan and I took our daughter Gaia to the cinema a few times when she was a baby (the Odeon cinema in Limerick used to have a special screening once a week, where parents could come...
WOMBO: First Blood Part II
29 January 2022If today's post was a movie title, it would be... WOMBO: First Blood Part II
A few weeks back I posted some images that had been created on WOMBO, a computer program that generates art based on...
End of January memes
28 January 2022It's almost the end of what often feels like the longest, gloomiest month of the year, so let's brighten things up and head into the weekend chuckling on the back of some rib-tickling Darren Shan...
The Magic of Stephen King
27 January 2022The Magic of Stephen King is a half-hour show put together by David McCracken, the host of The Stephen Kingdom, which aired on YouTube last Halloween. It's a fun piece about Stephen King, why his...
Scholarly feedback!
26 January 2022There was a lovely write-up on the web site of the White Woods Primary Academy Trust, describing what happened when I did an online event with a few of their schools a couple of weeks ago. It's...
Another Spanish-style Tattoo Tuesday!
25 January 2022A couple of weeks ago, I featured what I believe was the first ever Spanish-language tattoo based on a quote from one of my books that I've shared in a Tattoo Tuesday post. Well, we haven't had to...