FlickFilosopher all over the world

I’ve been playing around with the traffic-monitoring service SiteMeter, using it to track traffic here and attempt to figure out what I’m doing right, what I’m doing wrong, and see if maybe I can boost traffic somehow. One of the neat features it offers is a visual representation of where on the planet site visitors … more…

me at Fusion Film Festival at NYU

I’ll be appearing on a panel discussion about women film bloggers at New York University’s Fusion Film Festival next week, on Thursday, February 26th from 4 to 5:30pm. The panel is called “SMART TALK: Women & Film in the Blogosphere,” and will take place at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway, on the … more…

home

Have been home, actually, for almost 24 hours, but I’ve been all but unconscious as I’ve been getting over the second worst case of food poisoning I’ve ever had. A most unpleasant bookend to my London trip. I thought flying with a severe sore throat — which began my trip — was bad. Vomiting in … more…

the Ealing meetup…

…was intimate but lots of fun. FlickFilosopher readers and commenters Les Carr and Proper Dave joined me and my friend Bonnie at The North Star for drinking, eating, and an embarrassing amount of talk about Doctor Who. That’s me, Dave, and Les. I’ll try to organize a New York City meetup this spring, and another … more…

Twitter (or Orange) falls down on the job

So none of the tweets I sent to Twitter yesterday from my Orange mobile phone got posted. I don’t know whether this is a Twitter issue or an Orange issue, but the text messages did get sent. Somewhere between my phone and Twitter, they disappeared. Of course, I have not been saving sent messages, so … more…