I was on TV last night, or at least the back of my head was. A few weeks ago, my friend Carmel had some tickets to go and see the filming of the Friday Night Project, staring Jimmy Carr at the LWT studios on the South Bank. I’d never been to a TV studio before, […]
Who who?
well, that was quick…Eccelstone quits as Doctor Who as he does not want to be typecast.
Downloadable video
The BBC are going to commission a second series of Doctor Who after just one episode being shown on TV. Reading about the leaking of the first episode onto the internet, they commented: The BBC has trialled a download service for some of its TV content, but there is no indication yet as to when […]
Childhood remembered…
…well, sort of. Glitter and Twang has posted a list of covers from The Sound of Music, all done in a very modern way. It’s like Coverville – but in a weird Twilight world. The saddest thing – the Jesuit saying about ‘give me a child until they’re 7 and they’ll be mine’ is correct. […]
Hoax or not?
Is this a hoax, and April Fools stunt or something else. A story over at Boing Boing about a IM-ing student requesting someone else to write their essay – and their oh-so-nearly saviour blogging the whole exchange and exposing her on the web and to her school could be real or could be a hoax […]
Technorati – nearly 1 billion links
There’s a competition over at David Sifry’s blog about guessing when technorati will hit the 1 billion links. I’m thinking 4.18pm (PST) Wed 30 March Technorati one billion links
The Application of CSS
Just got my hair cut, so it’s back being tidy. Got the usual shock when it came to pay – £50 (although that’s far cheaper than some i’ve had). For about 15 minutes of attention. £200/hour. I’m in the wrong job. The whole experience did involve 5 people though. One to take may name a […]
Large orders
Captured this image in the bar at work the other day; the staff there must love it when large orders are all the same, instead of doing 11 individual cocktails.
This week’s favourite meme…
..is definitely ‘transparent’ screens for you Mac. It keeps popping up in multiple blogs on the aggregator. Take a look here or here for more info.
Stating the Obvious
Quote for the day: “the bible is essentially a book of writing” from a bishop on Breakfast TV (should have got his name but I was half asleep). I really must write and thank him for that revelation..I’d never quite realised it!
Doctor Casanova
Just realised that Russell T Davies has written both Casanova and the new Doctor Who. Interesting possibilities if the scripts had ever gotten mixed up 😉
The Old and the New
Old communication channels are embracing the new. There was a time in many countries where the church was the centre of a person’s community. This appears to be less so now, but religion is managing to use newer technology to get the message across. Godcasts are becoming one of the more popular flavours of podcasts; […]
Reading
I’ve finished the first book on my list (The Art of Intrusion). Some interesting stories, and I can relate to what happens (or not) at work. The next one is A Devil’s Chaplain, evolutionary essays by Richard Dawkins. And here’s this quote, in an essay about the general evolutionary process: ” Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. […]
Weddings and Websites
I think I may have given myself some work. For some reason, weddings seem to be on the cards with the team at work. One of the team is emigrating to the US and getting married later in the year. He’d pulled together a website to let the disparate family members know what is happening. […]
Stereotyping
Waiting for the train home at Waterloo today, I wandered into WHSmith. On the one side of the store were all the ‘female’ interest magazines, with the glossies, the home decorating, pets and the hobbies section. On the other side – male magazines, music, PCs, sports and gadgets. But they got one thing wrong – […]
Getting things together
Today, I finally got some news about some stuff that has been going on at work for a while. Blogging Policy When I started this, I asked at work about their policy for blogging. The answer – ‘what’s a blog?’ After explaining, the next reaction was no. No employee should blog at all, it wopuld […]
Flickr bought by Yahoo
I’ve only been using the service for a few months and only just beginning to explore what it can offer, but can share both the feeling of congratulations offered plus the worries expressed in the comments on the FlickrBlog. I’ve used Yahoo photos as well as their other services and whilst good, I don’t find […]
Photo trips
My parents and one of my sisters visited yesterday and we went into Richmond for lunch. A bit of food, a bit of shopping and a walk around on a wonderul warm spring day. We could not walk far as Jayne has jsut had an operation on her knee, but it was nice on the […]
More Flickr Tools
I like this tool from at Metaatem, pulling outimages of the letters #flickrWords .flickrImg { float: left; }
Budget
Hey, it looks like I’m going to be around £13 a month better off under the budget, according to this handy calculator. Now, what can I do with that? It’ll pay for a new album with a bit of change, a bottle of wine (or 2, or 3…) or a takeaway. Choices, choices!