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PR or News?
What is it about some companies that means that even the smallest new product launch or enhancement generates widespread coverage in the media? This week is an excellent case in point. Apple have announced some price cuts for their iPod Shuffles and the introduction of a 1GB iPod Nano. Lovely. Meanwhile Google’s upgraded their Google…
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Turkmenistan
For a while Turkmenistan has been a country of fun and a source of jokes for writers everywhere. For example here are a couple of mentions in The West Wing:- BARTLET: Well the President of Turkmenistan just officially extended the date of adolescence to twenty-five. (Swiss Diplomacy) WILL: What about Turkmenistan? JOSH: It’s a nation…
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Le Grand Départ
I was very excited to learn about the route of Le Tour when it arrives in 2007 for Le Grand Départ. The prologue takes place on Saturday 6 July 2007, and is a 7.9km time trial starting in Whitehall just down from Trafalgar Square, running through Parliament Square (think pictures of cyclists with Big Ben…
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Shocking Websites
‘Shocking’ is probably a bit too strong, but Channel 4’s website has always felt poorly designed to my mind. And the thing is, I bet it’s really well resourced. Case in point. I wanted to get to the website of the new Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, where you can watch episodes in advance…
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Burn Baby Burn
The best bit of the Guardian Guide comes to life. Excellent.
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Select Your Country
If there’s one thing that annoys me on when you’re filling out forms on the internet, it’s those drop down boxes where you choose a country, and they always helpfully put United States of America at the top before Afghanistan and the rest. The implicit message is “USA gets to the top of the list,…
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Rail Replacement Services
There’s no greater feeling than when you reach the train station, late in the evening, ready to embark on the trip home, only to discover that the train’s not running the whole way, and you’re going to have to get off and change onto a bus. Great. You’re already tired and just want to get…
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Books You Find
No, I’m not talking about Bookcrossing. I mean those books you find when you stay in, say, a holiday cottage, or perhaps a guest house somewhere. There’ll be a shelf of select titles kicking around, and depending on what you’ve brought with you, and the offering available, you might read one or two of them.…
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PSP Trailers
If you want to see film trailers, the best place to visit is, of course, Apple’s Quicktime Trailer site. Indeed the main reason to continually upgrade your version of Quicktime is so that you can see things like the latest V for Vendetta trailer in all their glory. Unsurprisingly video iPod downloads are available for…
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Purity of Blood
Purity of Blood is the second in the Captain Alatriste series of novels by Spanish author Arturo Perez-Reverte – and there are plenty more still to come. These are slight novels; not a great deal happens. The story is being told from the point of view by Alatriste’s protege, Inigo, at some indeterminate time in…
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Contrived
Spot the story that’s been completely contrived for PR purposes on RAJAR day…
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Misc
Today’s Letter’s and blogs section of Technology Guardian’s worth reading!
Podcasts, Radio, TV, Books, Cycling, Photography and More
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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…
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