Internet

June 18, 2019• Internet, Media

RIP Flixster

At the start of this year I noted that buying a digital movie or TV series in the UK was an absolute mess. You can buy movies or TV series...

May 10, 2019• Internet

I feel a little bad about this, but I’ve decided to close down my Evernote account and move across to OneNote. The main reason is...

March 11, 2019• Internet, Technology

I’m documenting this, just in case there’s someone out there for whom it’s useful. I had two NAS drives, both made by...

February 20, 2019• Internet

In the UK, we have some really tight restriction on what and how we are able to advertise. Ofcom has a Broadcasting Code. The Advertising...

January 13, 2019• Films, Internet

This week, the Paweł Pawlikowski film, Cold War, was released on home video. I missed this in the cinema, even though I found the...

January 3, 2019• Internet, Music

A few thoughts on the new difficulties faced by HMV. In part this is response to some utter nonsense I’ve read online, and some of...

January 3, 2019• Internet, TV

No. No, it’s not. Bandersnatch is the recently released episode of Black Mirror from Charlie Brooker available on Netflix. It takes...

November 2, 2018• Internet, News

I’m something of a news junkie, and I spend a lot of time reading stories on a reasonably wide range of news sites. I pay for a...

May 3, 2018• Internet

I regularly receive emails of the following type: Hi, My name is XXXX and I’m writing to you on behalf of YYYY. We have noticed that...