Month: November 2004

  • Demos on the Pro-Am Revolution

    Thinktank Demos have today published a report detailing how enthusiasts and amateurs are changing the way we do things. So far I’ve only had a quick flick through the report, but it’s effectively an examination of those people who invest so much time in their hobbies and interests that they’re as good as the professionals.…

  • Blair on ID Cards

    While David Blunkett fights for his political career, today’s also the day that he introduces the ID Cards bill into the Commons. In the meantime, Blair is expected to address them in his monthly press conference in a few minutes time… Things I’d like him to address are exactly how he thinks ID cards will…

  • Radio Plays

    I had a bit of a radio plays catchup at the weekend and was hunting around for a good site that regularly reviews radio plays. To be honest I was pretty unsuccessful. I regularly visit Off the Telly which has some excellent TV reviews and features, but I can’t find anything similar for radio. I…

  • The Charts/Top of the Pops

    So it’s all change with both the Radio 1 chart show and Top of the Pops. The chart show (remember, that’s the CHART show), is going make the chart countdown just a “minor part of a wider chart show”. Umm, right, yeah. Why exactly do people tune into a chart show? To find out where…

  • Blunkett

    The more you hear about David Blunkett, the more there is do dislike. I’ve not really paid any attention up and until now to what he’s done in his private life, but the fact is that it’s very messy – too messy for a Home Secretary, many would argue. I don’t know if he did…

  • Illegal Downloads Kill Music

    Those illegal downloads really are killing music. Here’s the proof… Oh…

  • Updated Site

    Well behind the scenes I’ve updated this site to Movabletype 3.12. I think I’ve got everything broadly speaking working, but if there’s something I haven’t spotted, feel free to let me know!

  • Boris on ID Cards

    There may be a specil Boris Tribute issue of Private Eye this week, but he can speak some sense. (The Spectator article referred to by Boris is, for the time being, here – free registration required) [Why isn’t the image here showing up in Internet Explorer? It seems to be working OK in Firefox and…

  • Code Busting

    Do you get the idea that far too many people are taking the Da Vinci Code far too seriously?

  • Playing With Fire

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  • Threat Level: Made Up

    Channel Four news publish “Snowmail” – a daily update of what’s going to be in tonight’s show programme. Here’s an excerpt from today’s: Canary Wharf: Threat, what threat? Met an excellent group of brokers/dealers/traders in the city at lunchtime. Fell to discussing the ‘threat’ to Canary Wharf. No further evidence that there is even a…

  • Scaremongering in the UK

    So it was the Queen’s Speech today in Parliament and we see an upsurge in scaremongering by Labour as reasoning is given for schemes such as the pointless ID Card Bill. Supposedly this will cost the princely sum of £85 when bought with a passport, with the cards being rolled out from 2008. And the…