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January 2013

03/01/2014

The Eleven O’Clock News: TV Reviews Are Funny (and so is the fact that this took ten hours to make)

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(All Hail) Creation, Complaints, DISCUSS., Funny, Internet, January 2013, January 2014, Newspapers, Paywall, Scriptures, TV

‘Sherlock’, ‘The Guardian’, BBC, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dan of Geek, fan site, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, Martin Freeman, review, Sherlockology, televison, The Daily Mail, The Eleven O’Clock News, The Webways
29/01/2013

(Shameless Re-Blog) MCRmy Census One-Year Anniversary!

I’m posting this everywhere I can think of, not least because normal blog ideas are going into one brain cell and refusing to jump to another. So, the MCRmy Census is one year old today… I can’t believe it’s been a whole year already and I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to… Continue reading

Internet, January 2013, MCRmy, My Chemical Romance (get a category)

Indifferent Ignorance, MCRmy, MCRmy Census, My Chemical Romance, The Webways
21/01/2013

“In the middle of a snowwy evening…” Oh Nevermind

I haven’t written a response to the Internet Complaints Commission post (as it shall be known from now on), partly because I’d like to take my time and partly because I’m hoping some more of you will comment with your complaints. So in the mean time I think I’d like to share a song about something… Continue reading

DISCUSS., Internet, January 2013, Music, Videos

‘Hello I Love You’, ‘Sunny Afternoon’, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet Complaints Comission, The Doors, The Kinks, videos
12/01/2013

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I’ve been working on the design of The Webways recently, and had a thought or two about here. I’ve got a few ideas, but mostly I know what I don’t want to do. Like have a background full of sparkly GIFs. Or go back to luminous font. Or cram the sidebar full of advertisements. Or display… Continue reading

DISCUSS., Internet, January 2013

BBC.co.uk, Indifferent Ignorance, links, MCRmy.com, readability, sparkly GIFs, The Webways, WordPress.com

Old school internet (but with better loading times).

Francesca Astraea here.

When I began this blog in 2009, I was a teenager. That’s why you’ll find some posts have been hidden behind a paywall. I was an incredibly different, less eloquent person when I was a teen, so if you want to read the thoughts of that teenager, you can join the No. 1 Readers’ Club for access.

What will you find here now?

This blog continues to evolve with me. My favourite topics are books and reading, travel adventures, the extensive works of up and coming rock band My Chemical Romance and the occasional update about my life and work as an author and scriptwriter. I’m also interested in digital minimalism, how we can solve environmental issues and why it’s probably a better idea to make a cup of tea than it is to shout at people you disagree with.

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January 2013

The Eleven O’Clock News: TV Reviews Are Funny (and so is the fact that this took ten hours to make)

(Shameless Re-Blog) MCRmy Census One-Year Anniversary!

“In the middle of a snowwy evening…” Oh Nevermind

[Insert snappy, eye-catching title here]