Pleasant night in with birds of paradise

First off, the web designery is picking up nicely. You wait for 6 months then 3 come along at once, just as you’re about to leave the country for a bit… Not complaining though.

Last night, thanks to the magic of bittorrentary, we watched the first episode of the BBC’s latest flagship documentary Planet Earth. Now that’s what nature documentaries should look like. None of this half-arsed french/dubbed penguin rubbish. They’ve got their hands on some new fangled military technology that probably wasn’t originally designed for sneaking up on packs of coyotes and following them chasing their lunch. Great photography, understated but informative narration, and packing in the locations like nobody’s business… even Space… what’s not to like. I’m can’t decide which was the best bit, either the chase scene or the baby teddy polar bear cubs learning to walk. Or was it the killer whale leaping from the sea with a seal in its mouth in 40x slow motion. All interspersed with beautifully-rendered time-lapse photography over 3 years. Quite a start. I’m guessing there was a fair bit of hype surrounding it in the UK, but it came as a wonderful surprise here in Mejico. Looking forward to catching the rest of the series and am extremely glad to have something to watch between Lostathons.