Month: June 2017
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Free to Air Cricket
Today brings some interesting news, with the ECB actually allowing some free-to-air cricket on TV screens in the future. The BBC has done a deal to see the return of cricket to its channels for the first time since 1999. You will recall that in 1998, Channel 4 secured the rights to most international cricket,…
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Sky Sports Revamp
Sky Sports is reportedly getting a bit of a makeover, losing the numbered channels currently known as Sky Sports 1-5, and instead gaining sports-specific channels. Currently the channels are roughly being used as follows: Sky Sports 1 – Football Sky Sports 2 – Cricket, Rugby, Football Sky Sports 3 – Football, Tennis Sky Sports 4…
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Today We Are 15!
Happy Birthday me! This blog is 15 today. This is probably only of academic interest to most people, but who says blogs don’t have legs? Over time this blog has morphed and changed a bit. But I still enjoy using it as an outlet for writing about things that interest me. And yes, for showing…
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A Kentish Flight
A Kentish Flight from Adam Bowie on Vimeo. A short video shot last weekend of a bike ride from Canterbury to Faversham via Whitstable. Mostly it was to try a few more Mavic Pro shots.
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DJI Mavic Pro – Initial Thoughts
Long time readers will know that I’ve been playing with a DJI Phantom 3 Advanced for over two years now. I’ve posted a number of videos and photos from that drone in the past and I’ve been very happy with it. However there’s no denying that its size limits where you can take it. You…
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What Should a Kids’ TV Channel Show When Kids Should Really Have Gone to Bed?
If your child likes watching CBeebies or CBBC in the UK, then you will know that both channels have cut-off times. At 7pm, the broadcast spectrum used by CBeebies is re-purposed as BBC Four, while CBBC’s spectrum will soon become a BBC Scotland TV channel. Either way, there’s nothing to watch on the broadcast stream…
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Women’s Tour 2017 – Stage 5 – London
Following Saturday’s Nocturne, I headed back into town to watch the final stage of The Ovo Energy Women’s Tour, which was concluding on a circuit not dissimilar to previous years’ Tour of Britain finishes. (This year, the men are finishing in Cardiff instead). Taking in lots of iconic London streets including Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus,…
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Rapha Nocturne 2017
This weekend saw the return of the Rapha Nocturne, with Rapha resuming sponsorship. These days, the event has moved from Smithfield Market to an area around St Pauls near the Guildhall. While I have no problem with the route, it’s a shame that it no longer covers an area with bars and pubs like Smithfields…
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Vote Tellers
If you’re British and live in the UK, you will hopefully be voting today. Indeed you may have already done so! My constituency is considered marginal – it could go one of two ways. And marginals are key to any election win, so parties target them. As I went into my Polling Station this morning,…