Month: March 2004

  • Guardian: Compact or Not Compact

    FT Creative Media has an interview (somewhere here with a subscription) with Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger about the future of The Guardian. A couple of weeks ago, The Guardian came out as not going down the tabloid route. The suggestion is that a mid-sized paper, somewhere between a broadsheet and a tabloid, might be a…

  • The Paperchase

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  • Drugs in Cycling

    Weeks after the death of Marco Pantani, former Cofidis rider Philippe Gaumont has been talking in Le Monde about how easy it is for riders to get away with drug cheating. This really is a big issue in sport at the moment, and it’s worrying how relaxed many of our authorities still are about it.…

  • The Da Vinci Code

    An enormous bestseller in the US, this was finally published in paperback last week in the UK, and I felt able to pick up a copy for less than four quid in Tesco as a result (I suppose I should write something about supermarkets and their impact on booksales sometime soon, since everyone else is…

  • Jennifer Government

    If you’re tickled by the prospect that a sportswear company could release a fabulously expensive pair of trainers, but then choose not to market them, until demand reaches fever pitch levels leaving the company to dump thousands of pairs onto the market, thus turning a colossal profit overnight, then this book is for you. Set…

  • MyCokeMusic

    The promotional cans of Coke advertising their new service have started to appear (in our fridge at work at least), and so I’ve had a look around their site. Well I say “their site” since I really mean a branded OD2 site, much like the GWR service’s site will also be. I have two problems:…

  • BBC Internet Services

    Mediaguardian has a fascinating look at what the BBC are planning for their digital services. I really hope the BBC get their player up and running before the end of the year, although I’m still slightly concerned that Demon still don’t allow access to BBC Broadband (or rather the BBC and Demon haven’t met one…

  • Coca Cola Sell Tap Water

    Ha. I’m glad everyone’s caught on to this story, and I really wish I’d mentioned it at the time I saw it. Basically Coke’s new Dasani water is “purified” tap water. My top tip for any bottled water is to look carefully at what it says on the label. If it doesn’t say “bottled at…

  • Oscar Winners

    So last night the Lord of the Rings swept the boards. Let’s see how I did from my predictions: Best Film – Lord of the Rings: Return of the King – CORRECT Best Actor – Sean Penn, Mystic River – CORRECT Best Actress – Charlize Theron, Monster – CORRECT Best Director – Peter Jackson, Lord…