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News Values
While the most of the world has been coming to grips with the horific consequences of the Russian tragedy, America was wrestling with a hurricane. Channel 4 News’ Jon Snow puts the US coverage like this in today’s Snowmail: I see we have allocated 30 seconds for the hurricane in Florida… weekending in America it…
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A Reason to Vote For Bush…
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The Flanders Panel
Not too long ago I finally got around to reading The Seville Communion, and I must admit that it made me want to read more of Arturo Perez-Reverte’s work. The Flanders Panel is set in current day Madrid with our protagonist Julia, an art restorer, working on a painting that depicts a chess game from…
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Edward Hopper
The exhibition has only been open for months, yet it’s only tonight that I finally made it to the Hopper exhibition at Tate Modern, and it closes on Sunday Outside Blackfriars station I overtook someone who looked suspiciously like TV’s Kate Humble (Gia’s bête noir) as I headed towards the Millennium Bridge. Of course I…
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Curb
When did E4 win the right for the third series of Curb Your Enthusiasm? Does this mean that it won’t get a run on BBC4 now? (Obviously I’ve already seen the third and fourth series, but that’s not really the point). And has E4 made much of this rather good acquisition? Haven’t seen any ads…
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Cryptographic Hash Functions
A pair of fascinating articles (article 1, article 2) about hash functions and recent cryptographic breakthroughs and the possibility of many cryptographic strategies being made redundant. Great reading.
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Skype
Woo. With the advent of an OS X version of Skype I was finally able to communicate with my brother using this VOIP application. I’ve got to say that it worked pretty well. It probably helps that we both have broadband, but the quality is massively better than that offered by the regular telephone. Just…
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BBC Three
I really do have to wonder about the sanity of some of our channel controllers – in particular, step forward Mr Stuart Murphy, controller of BBC Three. Since it was launched, this particular channel has gone for a multi-channel styling like no other channel. That means permament on-screen “DOG” (i.e. a BBC Three logo), reminders…
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Rooney Set For Man Utd
So it seems that Wayne Rooney’s off to Man Utd – but that story highlights a real problem that I have with the way the Premiership is organised. Yesterday Man Utd drew with Everton 0-0, but Fergie refused “all post match interviews.” Fergie already has a problem with the BBC, and is not giving interviews…
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You Thought You Were Having A Bad Day
I think it was watching Caught on a Train which made me realise that I should relate the following which happened earlier this week. I’d been working reasonably late, and admit that I popped into the pub for a couple of drinks after work. This is the new look Midas Touch which has been refashioned…
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Caught on a Train
I’ve just spent a good part of this evening watching the great Stephen Poliakoff play Caught on a Train starring Peggy Ashcroft and Michael Kitchen, which was released last year on DVD. I’ve watched it at least once, and maybe twice before, and it really leaves an impression. We follow the story from Peter’s (Michael…
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Outfoxed
I got around to seeing this little masterpiece that dissects Fox News piece by piece. Of course, it’s not news that Fox News massively distorts the real news, and takes a consistently right wing approach to its coverage. But the really interesting parts of this film were those that covered the techniques that Fox engages…
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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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