Published on June 1st, 2013 | by Basho
It is said that you can only truly know someone by fighting them, for in the stress of combat the mind of the other is laid bare: their intentions, their fears and their mental balance. However, ... Read More →
Published on February 23rd, 2013 | by Basho
No recent product launch has grasped the Zeitgeist as much as the Pebble watch. It represents a perfect storm of elements coming together all at once and its success is going to be studied for years. ... Read More →
Published on November 23rd, 2012 | by Basho
Please note, before I begin, that the following are all my own thoughts and words. So, by their very nature, they will be subjective – you’d be amazed of some of the comments I get posted ... Read More →
Published on May 29th, 2012 | by Basho
Warning: This review contains very minor plot spoilers I have come to love running. I have discovered that lolloping along outside in the morning’s weak sunshine is a great way to relieve stress by the bucket load. ... Read More →
Published on March 9th, 2012 | by Basho
"All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.” - Oscar Wilde... Read More →
Published on July 27th, 2011 | by Basho
“Way to get out there!” my watch gleefully announces. I watch its face, awaiting any further messages from its GPS ROM that has tracked my every move for months. In any other circumstances that might be ... Read More →
Published on October 26th, 2010 | by Basho
Dear all, Announcing the opening of a new Basho website! www.buddhabooks.co.uk I have been writing reviews of books on this site for something like 5 years, also I have – as I am sure you know ... Read More →
Published on October 2nd, 2010 | by Basho
I’m an avid reader of New Scientist magazine. In fact I get it every week. The headline will usually be about something “quantum” or allude to some current or near “breakthrough”. Of course real breakthroughs are ... Read More →
Published on July 30th, 2010 | by Basho
The story of a simple Buddhist priest travelling from India to China in the 5th Century doesn’t sound like something that would make for an interesting novel, but the after effects of this solitary man’s journey still reverberate ... Read More →
Published on April 14th, 2010 | by Basho
Kick Ass is a film that draws a line in the dirt and invites you to place yourself on one side or another. Or, rather, it hands you the stick and asks you to draw your ... Read More →
Published on April 6th, 2010 | by Basho
The first line of Philip Pullman’s novel reads: This is the story of Jesus and his brother Christ, of how they were born, how they lived and how one of them died. Despite the use of ... Read More →
Published on March 8th, 2010 | by Basho
When I was considering taking a year off, I started looking around for a computer that I could take with me on my travels around the world; a laptop. I started with the tiny and cheap ... Read More →
Published on October 26th, 2009 | by Basho
There is a popular, and perhaps even factual adage, which goes like this: “Never upgrade a Windows product; always do a fresh install” Today I put that to the test. I have been Installing and configuring ... Read More →
Published on October 12th, 2009 | by Basho
Basho reviews the latest from Iain M Banks, or is it Iain Banks... Read More →
Published on August 13th, 2009 | by Basho
Basho weaves a watch strap out of paracord... Read More →
Published on July 28th, 2009 | by Basho
Parapsychology Special Forces and the War on Terror... Read More →
Published on April 22nd, 2009 | by Basho
Rule 1: Don't antagonize alien super-robots!... Read More →
Published on February 6th, 2009 | by Basho
Cesca and I sat in the heat of the Mumbai movie theatre around the corner from the Victoria Station – that defining landmark at the centre of the city – and waited for the film to ... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2009 | by Basho
I review the BASHOCAM! waterproof video camera... Read More →
Published on January 12th, 2009 | by Basho
Prepare to want one!... Read More →
Published on October 7th, 2008 | by Basho
Maxpedition's latest is put through its paces... Read More →
Published on September 10th, 2008 | by Basho
**WARNING** Mild spoilers ahead, nothing that isn’t all over the press. Tropic Thunder has to go down as the film I most want to watch while stoned and drunk. I was neither of these things although ... Read More →
Published on July 27th, 2008 | by Basho
My review of a new classic... Read More →
Published on June 17th, 2008 | by Basho
3 days training in the forest... Read More →
Published on May 2nd, 2008 | by Basho
Prepare to want one of those suits!... Read More →
Published on April 3rd, 2008 | by basho
In space no one can hear you Cha, Cha, Cha!... Read More →
Published on March 18th, 2008 | by Basho
I am currently working on a review of EVE Online for your reading pleasure. But, its deep! Very deep, and is taking me a long time to get to grips with. Nevertheless, this weekend expect my verdict on this amazing game!... Read More →
Published on March 7th, 2008 | by basho
I am going to review Sins Multiplayer by recounting a game I played against my friends Jim and Kiero over broadband from our homes... Read More →
Published on March 1st, 2008 | by basho
...more depth than the Mariana trench!... Read More →
Published on February 21st, 2008 | by Basho
What is it with George these days? The last 4 or 5 movies he has been involved with have all been seriously excellent. Whatever is leading to the rhythm he has found, I thank the god's for it... Read More →
Published on February 4th, 2008 | by basho
One of the best loved characters ever to grace the cinema screen is back!... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2008 | by basho
Deathproof is another movie from QT that speaks of his private obsessions; deep things that are really a part of his psyche... Read More →
Published on December 15th, 2007 | by Basho
I have finally finished a long time project (no more procrastination for me!) to scan in all my paintings, drawings and sketches from the last 15 years and post them up here. After all they were not doing any good in my case on my cupboard!... Read More →
Published on December 5th, 2007 | by Basho
Many people have jumped both onto and off of the iPhone release wagon. First it was touted as the next big thing, a mind blowing, life changing and stylish entry into the phone market. Bringing with it some amazing connectivity apps and the Apple pledge “that if you used this phone then you were officially cool” Even the price wasn't putting too many people off... Read More →
Published on October 5th, 2007 | by Basho
Last night I took my mother to see a master performance of this most difficult of plays. Macbeth:The Scottish play. Lead actor, Patrick Stewart, is magical; not just his deep famous voice, but for an ability ... Read More →
Published on September 13th, 2007 | by Basho
Do you recognise the following quotes? “I have seen things you people wouldn’t believe.” “This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.” “You know nothing. Hell is only a word. The reality is much, ... Read More →
Published on July 21st, 2007 | by Basho
The shop was fresh out of Phased Plasma Pulse-Lasers in the forty watt range... Read More →
Published on March 23rd, 2007 | by Basho
Not since ancient times has a movie so polarized critical opinion. Is the movie racist? Was it boo’ed in Germany? Did the London Metro really give it 1 star? It seems that the Spartans continue to ... Read More →
Published on January 2nd, 2007 | by Basho
**PLEASE NOTE – THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE IMAGES IN THIS REVIEW – I AM INVESTIGATING** Introduction Watches. Why do some people take them far too seriously, spending unknown amounts of cash on seemingly over ... Read More →
Published on December 16th, 2006 | by Basho
**SPOLIERS ahead!** You too will believe a man can fly. Superman Returns has two heroes in it. Not just the man in tights, there is also the man who has almost-married Lois. For while the man of ... Read More →
Published on October 11th, 2006 | by Basho
“Spamalot!” “Spamalot!” “Spamalot!” “It’s only a stage show.” “Shhh. Knights, I bid you welcome to the West End! Let us ride to… Spamalot!” I was only saying to the wife on Monday morning, as we negotiated ... Read More →
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Published on September 23rd, 2006 | by Basho
**SLIGHT SPOILERS** I have just got back from watching Children of Men (advert) at the cinema. I will probably write in more detail later, but here are my initial thoughts. Firstly, this is a great bit ... Read More →
Published on April 6th, 2006 | by Basho
There is an old adage that says: “If it isn’t broken then don’t fix it.” Oblivion is an attempt to improve on near perfection, to reach the unreachable and to grasp two birds with one in ... Read More →
Published on March 16th, 2006 | by basho
At long last the task is finished. The Soul Edge is mine. A weapon of such awesome power that gravity itself appears affected when the mighty energies contained within this weapon are unleashed... Read More →
Published on March 6th, 2006 | by Basho
This is the Samurai version of The Great Escape. Why? Because it is basically a real story with a token yank dropped in to make it sell in America. The real Samurai in question was ... Read More →
Published on August 30th, 2005 | by Basho
A review of the new Tokyo Marui 93r Mini ... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2005 | by basho
**Please note that this entry is my diary of my quest for the Ghoulbane** **CONTAINS SPOILERS!** **Current version: 2.0 – Added pictures of TOV** My Quest for the Ghoulbane. I had been adventuring in the Thundering ... Read More →
Published on December 30th, 2004 | by Basho
...it is in “Being There” that Sellers reached the true heights of perfection... Read More →
Published on October 29th, 2004 | by basho
** WARNING SOME BOOK SPOILERS AHEAD – AS MARKED** I have just finished the new Neil Stephenson book “The System of the World”, it being the third part of his “Baroque Cycle”. It is fair enough ... Read More →
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