Month: August 2013

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • The Drowned Man

    In recent years there has been something of an explosion in immersive experiences. Although these events always sound to me like something I’d probably like, I’ve been quite slow in actually getting involved. Up until now, the closest I’ve got is probably Secret Cinema. I went to one of their earlier productions – Funny Face…

  • Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

    On Radio 4’s Film Programme recently, Mark Gatiss has been re-examining TV spin-off films from the seventies including film versions of Are You Being Served, On the Buses, and the only one he really rated, Porridge. The feature-film spin-off has a long history in UK television, although as Gatiss explained it was largely used as…

  • London Surrey Classic

    Some photos from Sunday’s Prudential London Surrey Classic men’s road race. Some more photos over on Flickr.

  • RAJAR Q2 2013

    Yesterday, the DCMS finally got around to publishing something that became neither a white paper, nor a green paper, but instead Connectivity, Content and Consumers: Britain’s Digital Platform for Growth – a policy statement that bundled a lot of things together. Importantly for radio, it reinforced the Government’s commitment to make an in-principle decision on…