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Month: November 2004

  • US Election Night #7

    So it’s all over. I watched Kerry give his gracious concession speech earlier this evening. Typically, Blair’s been on the phone pretty fast. I really don’t get it. Anyway, I’ve consoled myself by watching all three episodes of The Power of Nightmares in one go… See the entry above.

  • US Election Night #6

    Time to stop drinking Coors?

  • Sucker For A Free DVD

    Last weekend, it was The Guardian giving away Cinema Paradiso in the paper, and this coming weekend it’s The Times which is giving away A Private Function. Every weekend, you can scout around to see what DVDs and CDs are being given away. Express newspapers shrink-wrap at least two CDs every week – they normally…

  • The Great RAJAR Trial

    Well yesterday was day one in the High Court battle being made by everyone’s least favourite ex-Sun editor, Kelvin MacKenzie. He’s suing RAJAR for sixty million pounds in lost revenue, because they haven’t adopted the audience measurement technology he likes. RAJAR is the organisation that’s owned jointly by the BBC and commercial radio to supply…

  • US Election Night #5

    Bugger. You drop off despite your best efforts to stay awake, and it’s still undecided, but looking distinctly Bushwards. It’s all down to Ohio, and that’s a state that doesn’t look like declaring any time soon. And what’s more, it’s not looking good there.

  • US Election Night #4

    I can’t help but keep clicking refresh on this page.

  • US Election Night #3

    So what happens on NBC with those strange ten minute segments done by another team entirely? Do local stations drop in during those minutes? Or do Americans get a really long commercial break? Incidentally, NBC’s election coverage is SPONSORED. That’d never happen here – well it’s illegal for a start. But I’m not sure about…

  • US Election Night #2

    It’s still looking tight but none of the key states have been called. I’ve just been on the phone to my sister in Texas, where she of course isn’t watching the election. Then dad called from Norfolk where he is watching like me at gone 2.00am. So far my biggest question is why Americans seem…

  • BBC Ten O’Clock News Extra

    The BBC chose tonight to launch their heralded new interactive service – Ten O’Clock News Extra. So eagerly, I pressed my red button once we reached the weather forecast, and after a few seconds, the menu loaded up. I selected the video option which was due to give me a behind the scenes report at…

  • US Election Night #1

    Well I’m starting my marathon election watch this evening, despite the fact that nothing’s likely to happen until around 8.00am tomorrow morning at the earliest. But I’m not alone. The Guardian’s Newsblog is up all night. In the meantime, there are already reports of broken voting machines (via Boing Boing).

  • NaNoWriMo

    Today’s the first of November and the start of NaNoWriMo – or National Novel Writing Month. The idea is that you’ve got to write a novel of at least 50,000 words by the end of the month – as featured on this Evening’s Front Row. I’ve not written so much as a short story since…

  • Cliff Richard Up In Arms

    Today, round two of the music industry’s shameful battle to retain copyright in recordings over 50 years old took effect. From 1 January next year, Elvis’ earliest recordings come out of copyright in the UK, meaning that others can release them and profit from them with impunity. It sounds bad. But we’re talking about artists…