Month: November 2008
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Election Viewing
As America votes, there were a couple of fascinating films on TV recently which had well-timed screenings. On Friday there was a cracking film on BBC Four which isn’t available to watch on the iPlayer, so I can only recommend picking up the DVD instead. CSNY Deja Vu followed Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young on…
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Online Privacy
A couple of weeks ago, I started playing with Geode – a Firefox plugin that allows your browser to use geolocation technology to determine whereabouts you are. When you reach a Geode compatable site, a bar at the top of the browser asks you how much information you want to pass to the requesting site…
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Poor Journalism This Sunday
Finding poor journlism in the Sunday papers isn’t really hard, but The Observer had this story in yesterday’s paper. It begins: Media regulator Ofcom warned BBC bosses about lax editorial procedures on Russell Brand’s BBC 6 Music show over a year ago, it emerged last night. In a ruling published 15 months ago, it criticised…
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Quantum of Solace
I must admit that I managed to turn down two sets of free tickets for screenings I couldn’t make before finally paying to see the new Bond today. First the good things: Craig is still excellent as Bond, the premise of the story might not have been especially dwelt upon, but it was relevant, and…
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DAB/Internet Radio Question
Perhaps someone out there can answer me this: Is there a DAB/FM/Internet Radio out there that can also record to SD card (or hard disk, I guess)? The closest I can find are Pure’s Evoke Flow and the Roberts Stream 202 neither of which appear to be able to make timed recordings. On the other…