davidcook

Ok, Serenity didn't do as well as many hoped it would on its cinema release - but at least it made more than Battlefield Earth. Whew !

(source : BoxOfficeMojo : Serenity's figures , and Battlefield Earth's. Also, a useful list of how similar movies performed at the US box office.)

... and this week brings changes. The obvious one is the end of daylight savings time, and another is that I'm back to working 9-5, instead of the 7:30-3:30 of the last couple of months. This means I get to see some daylight in the morning, rather than going to work in the dark, which is nice. On the other hand, coming home at 3:30 with DST meant I still had a couple of hours of daylight left. Home by 5:30 today, and it's dark, dark, dark ! (and wet; not particularly cold, but it is only Autumn still)
I did some fiddling in a spreadsheet, and around October & November, the days are getting shorter by 4-6 minutes every day - when you lose 30 minutes of daylight in a week, it's really noticeable ! (for comparison, in Melbourne the maximum change in length of day/per day is 4 minutes, but mostly 2-3)
Obviously it's time to post some Autumnal photos.