Normally when I write about awards I am talking about awards for literature, but this time the awards in question are for: “excellence in online communication, business practice and technology.” The particular awards in question are the SIME awards and they are awarded to online businesses based in the Nordic Countries (not Scandinavia, please – Finland is not part of Scandinavia). And my Finnish movie pals have found themselves on the short list.

It is quite a long short list — 36 nominees — but then again there must be an awful lot of online businesses and to be on that list is an amazing achievement. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Stockholm on November 12th (at Café Opera where I had the most expensive glass of whisky I have ever drunk, and not because it was anything special). I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

In the meantime, in case you were not aware, you can now buy the original Star Wreck movie from Amazon. I’m also able to report that the studio on the moon where the guys are filming the lunar sequences for Iron Sky survived the recent NASA bombing mission. Will someone please tell Mr. Obama that they are not real Nazis, it is just a film set.