Month: September 2004
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Automation
I’m very pleased with myself. I’ve managed to set up an automatic process to record The World Today from the BBC World Service between 5.30am and 6.00am BST, move the file from one computer to another, convert it from mp2 to mp3, and then dump the said mp3 file onto my Palm, which is also…
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DRM Issues
Two things worrying about this story. 1) That DRM could be stymied before it’s got off the ground (and with the Chinese government backing it, cheap radios are going to be much more plentfiul far quicker than DAB radios have been) 2) That it could stop Shortwave radio transmissions completely. That would be terribly sad.…
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MusicAlly PR & P2P Debate
Last night there was a music industry debate about PR and the whole music downloading thing. For some reason, I decided to go along (well Virgin has just launched a download chart, cunningly timed to extract maximum PR). It was less about the right or wrongs of downloading, but more about how the music industry…
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Entourage Ends
But I’m looking forward to Johnny Drama in CSI:Minneapolis (spoilers ahoy)! So how long’s it going to take for a UK station to pick this up? Only 8 episodes so it might not suit Sky One; Channel 4 would probably end up showing it at 11.05pm; and I’m not sure it’s Five material. So maybe…
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Brighton
Well, it may have taken me until the following Friday to note it, but I spent the whole of last weekend in Brighton enjoying the sun, making a video, and checking out venues for our company weekend away. Anyway, the video’s here for a limited-ish time (terrible quality – will try and get a better…
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Collateral
Saw this new Michael Mann film earlier this evening, featuring Tom Cruise as a professional hitman who kidnaps Jamie Foxx’s taxi driver forcing him to help out on his night of hits. The whole thing looks like it was shot on hi-definition video, and it lends an almost noir-ish feel to the film. There are…
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Tour of Britain
I rushed back from Brighton to catch the end of the Tour of Britain cycle race. Last weekend saw the southeast having fantastic weather, and people turned out in big numbers. It’s been five years since the last tour of Britain – the Prutour as it was then. So it was good to see professional…
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News Values
While the most of the world has been coming to grips with the horific consequences of the Russian tragedy, America was wrestling with a hurricane. Channel 4 News’ Jon Snow puts the US coverage like this in today’s Snowmail: I see we have allocated 30 seconds for the hurricane in Florida… weekending in America it…
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A Reason to Vote For Bush…
Billionairesforbush.com!
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The Flanders Panel
Not too long ago I finally got around to reading The Seville Communion, and I must admit that it made me want to read more of Arturo Perez-Reverte’s work. The Flanders Panel is set in current day Madrid with our protagonist Julia, an art restorer, working on a painting that depicts a chess game from…
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Edward Hopper
The exhibition has only been open for months, yet it’s only tonight that I finally made it to the Hopper exhibition at Tate Modern, and it closes on Sunday Outside Blackfriars station I overtook someone who looked suspiciously like TV’s Kate Humble (Gia’s bête noir) as I headed towards the Millennium Bridge. Of course I…
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Curb
When did E4 win the right for the third series of Curb Your Enthusiasm? Does this mean that it won’t get a run on BBC4 now? (Obviously I’ve already seen the third and fourth series, but that’s not really the point). And has E4 made much of this rather good acquisition? Haven’t seen any ads…