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Unbundling HBO
I find it really interesting what was announced today by HBO. Essentially from some indeterminate point next, HBO will sell a service direct via the web. Now in a world where we have Netflix and iTunes, this might not seem like a big move, but the pay TV market – and the American one in…
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Twin Peaks – Again
Yesterday I was very excited to learn that Twin Peaks is coming back. I even jumped through the rigmarole of getting a YouTube embed code from a mobile device (seriously – it should be easier). Dear Twitter Friends… it is happening again. http://t.co/r0l9rhK4eB #damngoodcoffee — David Lynch (@DAVID_LYNCH) October 6, 2014 What you also need…
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Twin Peaks
The news that Twin Peaks is returning in 2016 is quite wonderful! In any case, it has been far too long since David Lynch made a film or TV show.
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TV Ignorance
There’s a lot of ignorance both on television and around it. That’s why I’ve never watched an episode of Gogglebox (and almost certainly never will). But that’s not what I’m talking about. It seems to me that as I live more and more of my TV life through a combination of PVR and On Demand…
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Retargeting – Mostly a Waste of Money
Even though I live and breathe the internet, I only recently learnt what “retargeter” or “retargeting” companies are, and what it actually is that they do. You’ll know it even if you hadn’t heard the term either. You know that thing you were thinking of buying? Well perhaps you looked at on Amazon/John Lewis/Asos/wherever. But…
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Radio Update
There are various bits of radio news over the last few days that are worthy of note: Capital has a new advert – Using all those artists who showed up for the Summertime Ball and did bits in front of a green screen. It’s a neat trick that they’ve been doing for a while –…
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Douglas Adams
12 May 2001 was a big day for me. It was the FA Cup Final, with Arsenal playing Liverpool in Cardiff. And it was also a good friend’s wedding in London. The match didn’t go so well for an Arsenal fan like me (forced to sneak off during the reception to watch the match on…
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Polling and the Scottish Referendum
What an interesting few weeks it has been for poll-watching. I say that from my London perspective. Obviously north of the border, this is a debate that has been running for years now, and us southerners have only really woken up to it recently. In particular, we woke up to it following a Sunday Times…
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Tour of Britain 2014 – Stage 8 (London)
A good day yesterday at the Tour of Britain watching first the time trial, and later a 10 lap circuit race around town. Lots of opportunities for photos, and I took them! For all my photos, head over to Flickr. And for something a little different, here are some of my photos along with some…
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A Streetcar Named Desire
The corner of Royal and Desire in New Orleans. There really was a streetcar that ran along Desire… It seems that this has been one of the hot tickets of the season, which just makes it bit odd that I managed to buy a pair of tickets for a Saturday night a couple of weeks…
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Wildlife Sound Recording Course
I spent last weekend near Reepham in Norfolk learning some of the basics of sound recording. Regular readers to this blog will know that I’ve tinkered loosely with audio in the past. I’ve owned a Zoom H2 for a number of years, and in particular I’ve tinkered around with some binaural recordings. But while the…
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The [Insert Your Name Here] Arena
Earlier today I got an email advertising an upcoming gig with Sting and Paul Simon. Tickets are going on sale soon for the event taking place at the Phones 4U Arena. Phones 4U Arena? That’s a new one to me. I realised pretty quickly that it probably wasn’t new, and was just a recent sponsorship…
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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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