October 2007
The Archers
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The Archers →
I have a fond childhood memory where I’m sitting in my grandparents living room on a Sunday - watching television sitting in front of my grandads chair while he pokes the TV with a big stick to change the channel - his remote control.
Then the clock would turn and he would dissapear into the kitchen and the radio would sound “Dum di dum di dum di dum dum di dum di dum dum” and the Archers would...
I’ve changed my mind →
As with all things in life - a decision over who to vote for in a Liberal Democrat Leadership Election is open to change - and I’ve changed my mind.
Last Thursday I wrote a post called “Um… Leadership” where I said that I couldn’t decide who to vote for because I couldn’t get interested enough in the whole affair.
Then on Friday 19 October I wrote a post called To Nominate or Not? where I was in...
All for Clegg? →
I’ll be honest with you - I’m still bloody indifferent to the leadership election. I know my post yesterday suggested a leaning towards Chris Huhne - but it also included possibly the most idiotic statement ever made on a blog - and that’s saying something.
Nick may win us more members/voters but I’m not sure that is the best thing for the party
In hindsight this is idiotic - I think I still...
Where are the British shows?
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Um… Chris2Win →
OK as anyone that reads this blog regularly will know - I’ve been struggling to build up any enthusiasm for the leadership election - partly because I’m not sure about either of the candidates - and partly because I’m still not sure Ming was right to go.
But it’s happening and the ballot papers will be going out before I know what’s hit me - so I’ve decided to make a decision - or at least a...
Where are the British shows? →
DoctorVee had yet another interesting post, the last non-F1 post about television - specifically the new channels that are popping up and leaving every couple of days.
ABC1 has left and in its place we have DAVE (UKTVG2) and Virgin1 (FTN on steroids). The point Duncan made was that, although its nice to have these new high profile channels - why are they much of the same.
Dave is basically BBC...
Not to adblock?
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Oceana and Gerald Durrell
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Not to adblock? →
Every time I read the comments under a story, Digg post or forum thread that has even a small mention of adverts on web pages there is always at least one, but often MANY MORE, posts from people saying “I never see adverts” or “I use AdBlock so it doesn’t bother me” or annoyingly “what ads?”.
I can sympaphise with people that block ads, some websites go well over the top with the flashy, noisy,...
Watching the Rugger
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To nominate or not? →
I, as I’m sure have many other LibDem members, have been e-mailed by the Chris Huhne Campaign team and asked if I’d nominate him for the leadership election.
The e-mail basically says - I’ve got the Parliamentary Party Members to nominate me but still need 200 names from 20 at least 20 constituencies.
I personally don’t see how that would be a problem, after all I doubt there will be more than...
Watching the Rugger →
I’m not much of a sports fan and if you ever see me in person you’ll guess that straight away - but I do enjoy watching rugby every now and then - partly because I played it a little while at school but mainly because it IS fun to watch.
Unlike football which is just a bunch of blokes running up and down a field chasing after a bit of of circular leather.
With rugby something is happening most...
Um… leadership →
I’ve opened Wordpress several times in the last couple of days and started to write a blog post about who I think should be the leader of the Liberal Democrats (basically who will get my first choice).
Every time I get to the first few words, click save and leave it for another day - today I intend to finish it but first I had to work out why I haven’t been able to finish the post.
The only...
Top Gear is back
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Miss you Ming →
I have to admit that I’m feeling a bit of a lemon after comments a few days ago calling for the Liberal Democrats to get behind Sir Ming and support him as party leader. This is what I posted:
I think I’m proud to say that I’m for Ming. But he does need to try and do something about the fact that there WILL be constant press speculation over the party leadership - and that can only be damaging.
...
Clarkson is top wit, Dave! →
At the start of the year I wrote a blog post called “The Big Guns” - the goal of the post was to try and find the one person in a series of areas of expertise that I would most like to have write for my dream magazine.
The list I came up with (so far) included:
Stephen Fry on EVERYTHING because he is GOD!
Charlie Brooker on TV
Jeremy Clarkson on Cars
Mark Kermode on Film
Jeremy Paxman on...
Old Time Radio →
I was having a discussion with my boss the other day and he was telling me about Old Time Radio or radio shows that have entered the public domain, mainly due to American Radio Networks not registering copyright in the 1950s/60s.
When I got back from the pub I decided to have a look and see if I could actually find any for download online - I found a couple of really good sites with a massive...
The tabloid mail →
We all know the Daily Mail is a tabloid rag and aimed straight at ‘middle England’ with its bitter, twisted attitude to the world and anyone not like them - but up until recently it hasn’t really bothered me as it knows what it is, knows what it likes and gets on with it - and that’s cool with me.
But the other day I was reading an article on the site (via Digg) and saw a banner for a piece on...
To Ming or Not To Ming →
I’ve had a ‘reserve’ post about Sir Ming for a while but have avoided posting it - I’ve felt there was enough debate over whether he is right to lead the party or not without me adding to it.
But a post by Duncan Borrowman made me change my mind. I think this is a debate that not only need to be had but needs to come out in the open and to be resolved for the sake of the party.
I personally...
Fixed term elections →
On the 25 September I wrote a blog post about the possibility of a snap election and I finished the post with a mini rant about the fact that if Parliament had a fixed term then this wouldn’t be an issue.
Here’s what I wrote:
If there was a fixed election date, say nearest Friday to 3 May every four years then it wouldn’t matter how well anybody was doing in the polls - the date would be...
Time for money? →
There was a piece on BBC Breakfast this morning about calls from the CBI for companies to allow staff an hour a month of ‘work time’ to sort out their finances - hmmm.
Now don’t get me wrong, I think people should spend time sorting out their finances as much as the next guy who’s crap at sorting out his finances - but I don’t think time should be scheduled and given by the company you work for.
...
Up, Up and Away! →
While watching Newsnight and browsing the Newsnight website late last night I came across the story of a petition on the number 10 website that had just sixty odd signatures attached to it.
The petition was a call for an election in 2007 - I wrote about it last night as well.
Basically Gordon Brown mentioned it in the House of Commons and made a great deal out of the lack of signatures - he...
Pegg is Scotty →
Looks like Simon Pegg is going to be playing the engineering legend on the Starship Enterprise when it next leaves Earth in 2008. Star Trek XI goes back to the shows roots and is based on the same Enterprise as captained by James T Kirk.
In fact it will feature James T Kirk (not yet cast), Spock (the guy who plays Sylar in Heroes), Scotty (Simon Pegg) and the rest of the gang - not sure Pegg is...
Yes it is an allergy →
A fair while ago there was an article on the Times website about allergies - basically from some woman saying stop whinging, don’t be rude and just eat whatever I put in front of you when I serve dinner - which was nice.
Actually it made a fairly well reasoned argument that far too many people jump on the allergy bandwagon just because they don’t like a food, become slightly bloated after eating...
Peggy is Scotty →
Sometimes you read things and have to make a double take and then read the whole thing again - then you still have no idea what its all about and need to go and find somewhere else on the web saying the same thing.
Thats just happened to me - apparently Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz star Simon Pegg, is to play Scotty in the new Star Trek film set to start filming next month and be...
Top Gear is back →
Sorry posting has been a bit thin on the ground recently - three reasons for this 1) Mad busy at work with the Jersey Marathon (thousands of photos and HOURS of video to sort through) 2) Top Gear is back and I’ve been hitting the Final Gear Forums pretty hard and 3) I’ve been trying to write my own theme for Up Your Ego from scratch after not finding a theme that did exactly what I want.
Well I’m...
Election Petition →
There’s a petition on the Number 10 site, an idea that’s bound to lead to embarrassment for the very department that runs it - eventually.
Well Gordon Brown made a comment about General Election fever and the lack of it - he commented that on the petition site there was a petition to hold a general election in 2007 and it had just 67 (actual number might be wrong) signatures.
The thing is -...
Kerplunk to go to Five
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Kerplunk to go to Five →
One of the closest things Britain has to the American news megastar - the god awful Natasha Kerplunk - is to leave the BBC for Five after five years terrorising the BBC.
Finally we can put an end to stories like “There was a lightblub blown in the TV Centre Newsroom for six months - it couldn’t be fixed until Natasha Kaplinsky was available to cut the ribbon that opened the ladder.”
The sharp...
It’s all american →
According to BBC News just 17% of Childrens Television broadcast in the UK is actually produced in the UK - which is nice.
Ok so I know the PC thing to say right now is that children shouldn’t be watching too much television anyway and so if only 17% of hundreds of hours of programming a week is produced in the UK then that should be enough.
But thats just bollocks.
I have two young children, a...
My New Look →
OK It’s still a little bit of a work in progress but what do you think of the new look 5tracks? Content will still be the same mindless drivel but hopefully more of the same mindless drivel - just coming to you with a less threatening skin.
I’ve been planning a re-design for a while but this comment from Cathy Keir spurred me into action.
Hi - have just found your blog and it’s very interesting...