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Short Nexus 7 2013 Review
Since I’ve had it a few weeks now, I thought it was worth writing about the new Google Nexus 7, which annoyingly doesn’t have a particularly distinct new name to differentiate it from last year’s model. So let’s call it the 2013 model. I was a big fan of the first Nexus 7. It was…
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Radio Times 28th September 2013 – 90th Anniversary Special!
Well it’s the 90th Anniversary of the Radio Times which you can’t fail to have noticed. And I’ve not done one of these for a while. But to be honest, this is just a standard takedown of a night of TV. As ever, it’s best viewed large.
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The Worst Kind of Film Ads
From the title of this piece, you might already trying to decide whether I’m going to be talking about: – Trailers that give the entire plot of the film away; – Trailers that are seemingly more interested in the awards their actors have previously earned than telling us anything about this new film; – Ads…
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King’s Cross Square Open
This morning King’s Cross Square was finally open. For many months now, King’s Cross has been a construction site as first they built the new concourse, and then dismantled the ugly 1970s facade. Now the original frontage has been revealed. There’s still a bit of “snagging” to complete – workers rush to finish the last…
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The Future of The Sky at Night
In the last day or so, there’s suddenly been a bit of press speculation about the future of The Sky at Night – the BBC’s long running monthly astronomy programme. And when I say long running, I mean it. It’s been going since 1957. In some ways this isn’t surprising. It always felt to me…
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A Moody Night
This was taken some time ago near the coast in the middle of the night, with a sea mist coming in. But it was in colour with horrible tungsten lights. It looks much nicer once it’s been taken through Silver Efex Pro. Also, Flickr chose it for their Explore section, which has led to many…
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Note on Comments
Unfortunately I’m currently being deluged by comment spam on this blog – many hundreds of comments a day. While most of the comments aren’t getting through, I thought the best thing to do for the time being was switch them off for a bit. It’s the most hassle-free solution for me. In any case, I…
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Ministry of Sound v Spotify – What Does This Mean For Radio?
I find the story of Ministry of Sound taking legal action against Spotify absolutely fascinating, and potentially troubling, as it potentially opens up many cans of worms. As I understand it, it goes something like this. Ministry of Sound has a very profitable business releasing compilation albums. They licence tracks from various labels which they…
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space4cycling
Earlier this evening, while the House of Commons debated the Get Britain Cycling report, the LCC organised a massive cycle ride around the Houses of Parliament. The demonstration of something like 5000 cyclists was to make the case for road planning and traffic infrastructure to properly take cyclists into account. This certainly hasn’t happened to…
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Space, The World, Fashion and Portraits
I spent Saturday catching up on a number of exhibitions that I’ve been meaning to see, but which for various reasons, I’d not gotten around to. And there’s the small matter that some of them are closing quite soon. Sebastião Salgado’s Genesis is the result of a massive multi-year undertaking of the Brazilian photographer most…
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Muvi X-Lapse Timelapse Experiements
Yesterday I got hold of a cheap Muvi X-Lapse. It’s basically a device that you can mount on a tripod, and then on top of it you can either place a small(ish) camera or a mobile phone. Then with some kind of intervalmeter software either on your camera or your phone, you can shoot rotating…
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State Intimidation
I’m thoroughly sickened to learn of the intimidatory behaviour that representative of the UK have made against the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald in holding his partner for 9 hours for questioning under Section of the Terrorism Act. He’s not suspected of terrorism, and therefore it’s entirely intimidatory. Is this the kind of thing…
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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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