Tom Salinsky

If history is paying attention, then surely the week ending 12 March 2010 will be noted as…

• The week we had official confirmation of the start date of the fifth series of the revived Doctor Who. True, everyone knew it was going to be Easter Saturday anyway, but it’s nice to have it official.
• Apple announced the pre-order dates and shipping dates for the iPad. I won’t be getting one, but I’ll enjoy playing with them in the Apple Store and would certainly consider getting an iPad 2.0
• Deborah Frances-White’s How To Get Almost Anyone To Want To Sleep With You was an especially barnstorming success at The Leicester Square Theatre. She’s playing there again on 30 March!
• I bought this laptop computer for our office. It’s a real bargain – go for it!

History may well find it necessary to record the week ending 5 March 2010 as the week in which…

• I was unexpectedly kicked out of the flat I’d been renting for almost a decade. This may impair the frequency of my blogging for a short while, although I shall endeavour to keep up my Oscar coverage with reviews of the best picture nominees hopefully by tomorrow, and a liveblog of the ceremony itself.

History will recall (assuming she has nothing better to do with her time) the week ending 26 February 2010 as the week in which…

• Three eminent judges raked the British Chiropractic Association over the coals for their vexatious lawsuit against Simon Singh. It remains to be seen, however, if they will rule in Simon’s favour.
• In an even more pleasing turn of events for evidence-based medicine, The Science and Technology Select Committee ruled that the NHS should stop funding homeopathy.
• And of course, we finally got an answer to the question How does homeopathy work?
• Tim Cook lifted the lid on how Apple Inc functions. Methods include saying “no” to great ideas in order to stay focused – this apparently includes using the iPhone as a portable porno device. But what do they care – they just sold their ten billionth song on iTunes.
• Meanwhile, Palm looks into the abyss, yet again.
• Cheryl Cole left Ashley and may now have to rebrand.
• Gordon Brown is outed as a bully – but so is the National Bullying Helpline!

That was my week. How was yours?