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Month: November 2004

  • Dixons Banishes VHS

    The news was abuzz was the story that Dixons is no longer going to be selling VCRs once its current stock has run out. This strikes me as a very suspicious move on their part, and I’m not sure what to make of it. A couple of things spring to mind. 1) The margin on…

  • Fergie and the Beeb

    Mediaguardian are reporting that Fergie has extended his boycott of the BBC for life. Frankly, he deserves a dressing down from the FA for this petulant and childish behaviour. The BBC pays £105m for their three year deal, and at the very least they should be entitled to have an interview with a nominated player…

  • Eat My Goal

    I ended up as a late replacement for the Virgin Radio team in the Eat My Goal football quiz this evening at the CC Club. I was definitely being carried by the rest of the team, but it was tough competition with teams from several mens mags, Five Live, Xfm, Talksport, LBC, The Daily Mirror…

  • DVD

    So my cheapo Currys DVD player seems to have died on me. Or rather it’s dead when it’s in the setup with my TV; every time I move it out to have a look at it, it works faultlessly. Now obviously, if I hadn’t spent as little as £29.99 then this might not have happened.…

  • Ralph’s Party

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  • MPH ’04

    Exhibitions and trade fairs inspire mixed feelings in me. On the one hand, there’s the excitement of vast halls of interesting stands and exhibits to see and visit. On the other, there’s the dawning realisation that unless you’ve got a pocket full of cash there’s not really all that much to see. Possibly one of…

  • A Small Death in Lisbon

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  • Presidential Libraries

    I’ve just been watching President Clinton (rightly, that should be ex-President Clinton, but it’s one of those things that you seem to get to keep the title until you die), opening his Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas (via C-Span). It’s always seemed a strange thing to me that when you finish your presidency, you…

  • Hunting

    Finally we’re near banning one of the most barbaric legalised activities in Britain – hunting with dogs – and in particular fox hunting. I’m fed up with all the feeble complaints about how this form of animal-torture is part of country lifestyles. Slavery used to be part of our “lifestyles”. Only relatively recently have women…

  • Monstrous Regiment

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  • Radio: The Interactive Medium

    At work we’re always on the look out for the next big thing, and “red button” on the radio is just that. So it’s good to hear that interactivity really can work. Read about the sailor blocking the emergency VHF frequency whilst listening to the Today programme.

  • BBC Newswatch

    The BBC have recently launched their Newswatch website, established in response to the Neil report following the Hutton affair. As well as a website, Ray Snoddy is presenting a weekly ten minute programme which is available to stream. The first edition of this asked about the need for all the Live two-ways that we see.…