World problems caused by poor self-image: My friend Kris (thanks Kris!) pointed me in the direction of the excellent animated television series Family Guy . I've just begun watching the first season and my favorite character so far is Stewie , the youngest son of the family who's ambitions include world dominion and matricide . Other funny moments can be found here...

Battlestar Galactica. Why debugging matters.: I've enjoyed a number of extraordinary tv-series on DVD in the last months, including Deadwood and The Wire. The consequence is that I barely watch traditional tv-broadcasts anymore. But when a few weeks ago a local Belgian channel started running Battlestar Galactica , I decided to follow along ... until I missed an episode. No problem, I thought. I'll go out and buy the series on DVD. Then the people at the st...

Deadwood crush: Only very once in a while you come across something so rare, so sublime, that everything else seems just mediocre and irrelevant. So marvellous that you take it in tiny doses because you’re scared of the moment it will come to an end. So beautiful, that for the good of the world, you have to share it with everybody else. These things rarely happen on a television screen, but now it has. Listen carefully, I’m going to whisper it in your ears just once: it’s called Deadwood, and it’s the best t...