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!@$%ing Bugs
I came late to it, but I really enjoyed the first series of Gavin and Stacey. So when the second series started on BBC Three a few weeks ago, I started watching it. As a rule, I can’t stand BBC Three. But, with both Gavin and Stacey, and Pulling, it actually has a couple of…
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The Free Tibet Protest (AKA The Olympic Torch Relay)
So I thought that I’d head down to see the Olympic Torch Relay – the multi-country tour of the Olympic torch as it wends it way towards Beijing for this summer’s Olympic Games. It was obvious from the outset that following recent increased violence inside Tibet, that this was also going to be used to…
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HD on Freeview
So today, Ofcom has announced that it’s planning a reorganisation of Freeview to allow one of the current six multiplexes to be made available for high definition services. New Freeview boxes will come onstream, and improved compression rates will to allow these new services to squeeze into the space. At the same time services currently…
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Merlin
Very interesting news from the US where NBC has just announced its schedule for the next year from the autumn (fall) through to next summer. Most interesting for Brits to note is that Merlin, a series being made by Shine for the BBC, and starring Anthony Head, is going to air on Sunday nights from…
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Photography in Public Places
Here’s a cracking little film made for Current.TV about the rights of people to take photos or video in public places. (Link via 2point8) Amateur Photographer magazine has recently been carrying a series of stories about photographers stopped on the streets because they were considered “suspicious.” They even went as far as republishing the cover…
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If Only It Were A Fool
The BBC has a list of ten stories that could be April Fools but aren’t. For some reason, the fact that Lily Allen has been recommissioned by BBC Three doesn’t make the list – and it’s not an April Fool!
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BBC News Homepage
So what are we to make of the new look BBC News homepage that launched this morning? It’s quite possibly my single most visited site – even more so than the Google homepage since I search from within my toolbar – so I guess it’s always quite a significant change to me when the BBC…
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Comments
A few weeks ago John Naughton explained some his reasons for not accepting comments on his blog. And I have no problem with that. Although it’s a lot easier for me to correct errors if comments are allowed (Photoshop Express is available to people on UK ISPs, although the dropdown when registering is limited to…
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iGizmo
Dennis Publishing has just started “the WORLD’S FIRST fully interactive digital magazine dedicated to bringing you the very latest and best in consumer technology.” The second issue is out this week. It’s called iGIZMO, and it’s dreadful. Dennis has previously had success with a magazine called Monkey which is a similarly interactive title aimed at…
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The Orphanage
I went to see The Orphanage today, and I’ll get onto that shortly. But first, can I just highlight what a joyless experience Cineworld made it for me. It began when I phoned the cinema’s automated ticket booking line. As is the way with these things, it’s all voice activated these days, which invariably means…
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Heston Blumenthal
Channel 4 outbid the BBC for Heston Blumenthal. He’s said to have been offered £1m – twice what he’s been getting from the BBC. Channel 4’s really short of cash. Can you see something wrong here?
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Sky And The Champions’ League
Media Guardian are reporting that Sky has won the majority of the Champions’ League games for the three years beginning in 2009. It’s thought that they offered more than £240m representing nearly a 50% increase over what they had previously paid. For that sum, they get all the games bar one – a single Wednesday…
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Yellowface/All The Lovers In The Night
Yellowface by R F Kuang I first came across R F Kuang with last year’s very enjoyable Babel, an alternate history of the British Empire told in a world where magic exists and is controlled by an elite group of individuals. Yellowface is very different, but no less enjoyable. It’s a book about books, and…
Hadrian’s Wall
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