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Did another 3.5 hours yesterday of motorcycle learning. This time we learnt: to "set up" for a possible stop; cornering properly; breaking from a point; breaking to a point (always stopping in 1st); and indicating. I got my certificate of competency, which means that I can (theoretically) go for my "L"s and ride down a public street.
Felt exhausted by the end of it though. Public transport rand different on the Sunday and I had to get there an hour before the course started, and go home an hour after (at least). I visited some local markets on the first, and went into town and had dinner on the second which was good. It was all I could do to watch the new Dr Who when I got home.
OK. I waited until the new episode was broadcast on ABC1 last night. Glad I did. The only comments I'll make are-
Matt Smith reminds me of Sylvester McCoy. The episode reminds me of the Xmas special that introduced Donna. Liked the new TARDIS interior, which is closer to the original version(s) of it. I could grown to like the revamped theme, but am indifferent on the logo.
Other than that, I look forward to getting my fix again seeing more episodes.
Vivaty is now officially closed. I heard about this on and tried it for a week. Very odd, in that it seemed to "fake" a 3D world without there really being one. Below is part of "my scene":
...which seems cute enough (never quite figured out what to do with the dog, apart from change its colour) , but when you panned around too far, you could see the "back lot"...
...which shows that the world outside is actually a translight!
I've been watching Hitler's Bodyguard on SBS. This is a sequel to an earlier series, Churchill's Bodyguard, which I posted about a while ago. The big difference between the two, is that Churchill had only a few bodyguards, whereas Hitler had thousands!
This series has many of the same problems that the original does - a lack of proper original footage means that some shots appear again and again - sometimes for vastly different things. For example, when we hear the Gestapo or another security force picked up some unfortunate, we see the same (recreated) live footage of two carloads of rain coated thugs drive down an alley and turn right. The computer models however can't be faulted in their detail, though I suspect they skimped on the maps.
Whereas Churchill's misadventures, near assassinations and panics were all shown in chronological order, and much depended on his faithful protector Thompson, we're shown details of Hitler's not only chronologically but also by type. there are episodes about his travels by car, plane and train, as well as (this week) the Wolf's lair. What astounds me was the shear scale of security within Nazi Germany, and how often just how ineffective it was (e.g. one lone assassin successfully blew up the beer cellar in Munich). Thing was, that Hitler had enemies everywhere, including his own party, and especially his own military. Pure luck and his habit of travelling unpredictably seems to have saved him over 25 years.
There's also an odd sort of humour in this series, despite the subject matter. In last weeks episode we're told of a plot to poison the water supply on Hitler's special train, and other plans by the SOE to assassinate him and make it look like someone in his own party did it. What stopped them? Well the war ended and he committed suicide.
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