Entry #176
- Listening to:
- Marin Marais, Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont
de Paris. French Baroque music is quite distinctive.
It took me a while to get used to it, being much more familiar
with German music of the same period (by Bach, for example).
- A recent movie:
- The dish. This is an Australian movie starring Sam
Neill, and tells the story of the radio telescope in the small
Australian town of Parkes that helped relay television pictures
from the moon landing in 1969 to the rest of the world. It's
quite lightweight really, and handles its comic moments a little
better than its dramatic ones.
The real strength of the film is in its portrayal of the
excitement and tension of being involved in such an important
project. The film also makes sure that the Australian
scientists conform to the typical Antipodean stereotype of
unassuming, witty competence.
For genuine details on what really went on, you can refer to the
Parkes Observatory
home-page.
I'm pleased to report that I have made progress with AoE2. In
particular, I have got through scenario Joan VI. It seems that you
need to use your big initial army to knock out all of the Burgundians
(two bases) and the Shrewsbury army before you attempt to establish
your own base. Doing this behind Shrewsbury's old walls worked well
for me.
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