Welcome to the web site of Adam J Purcell, one of the main driving forces behind the Staggering Stories website and more besides.
Notable for his interest in Science Fiction, especially the likes of Babylon 5, Firefly, Doctor Who and Star Wars. Also known for his interest in Linux, acting as both a developer and system administrator in a professional capacity.
See the blog entries for a better idea of who Adam really is! There must be plenty of clues in there! Failing that, the collection lists on the left will give you a good idea just how sad he is!
Recent Blog Entries
Excerpts from the Staggering Stories Podcast:
Now available – Doctor Who: The Angel’s KissThu, 04 Oct 2012 11:19:56 +0000
Today is finally the day that the tie in novel for The Angels Take Manhattan is published. Here’s the blurb: On some days, New York is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. This was one of the other days… Melody Malone, owner and sole employee of the Angel Detective Agency, has an unexpected [...]
Random thoughts on Doctor Who: Dinosaurs on a SpaceshipWed, 12 Sep 2012 21:48:33 +0000
Let’s cut straight to the chase here, I didn’t enjoy Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. The other night we recorded Staggering Stories Podcast 141, where we discussed this episode (and Asylum of the Daleks). I was given the opportunity to rant about Dinosaurs on a Spaceship but I found I just couldn’t. It’s not that I [...]
Random thoughts on DreddMon, 10 Sep 2012 15:53:48 +0000
After what seems like an age since the original announcement, finally the new Judge Dredd film, named simply ‘Dredd‘, has hit UK cinemas. Was it worth the wait? For me, definitely, yes. Now I’m not a life long Judge Dredd fan and can’t ever remember reading an issue of 2000AD but, nonetheless, I am fairly [...]
Random thoughts on Doctor Who: Asylum of the DaleksFri, 07 Sep 2012 09:27:30 +0000
Given we won’t be recording our podcast review of Asylum of the Daleks for several more days yet (after the next episode of Doctor Who airs, in fact), I think I should put down a few random thoughts now, before that next episodes goes out. The first and most obvious one – was that the [...]
What is Open Source software and why does it matter?Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:23:08 +0000
I am still surprised how few people seem to understand what open source (aka ‘free as in freedom’) software means and why it is important for us all. Therefore I shall try to explain, as best I can, concentrating mainly on the, primarily Google funded, mobile device OS, Android (for that is perhaps the most [...]
Back to blogging?Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:11:37 +0000
It’s been a long time, literally years but perhaps it is time to get back into blogging. Why, though? I never had anything great to say (as should be obvious from the podcast!). No, it’s less about wanting to tell the world something, having some revolutionary idea in some cafe in Rickmansworth, more about having [...]