September 2007
Beeb go pod happy
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Beeb go pod happy →
I’ve just been reading on the BBC Radio 4 site that the News Quiz with Sandi Toksvig, Alan Coren, Jeremy Hardy and Andy Hamilton is going to be published as a podcast - this can only be a good thing.
I love what the BBC is doing for podcasting and the fact that they’ve accepted and embraced it as the ‘completely’ new medium it actually is and not just seen it as an extension of the web.
In fact...
Tracks for 10p?
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Tracks for 10p? →
How much does it cost you to send an SMS message? 10p, 15p - 20p at most?
Or even less if you have a big chunck of free texts because you went crazy and ended up paying over the odds for a service you don’t need to get a better ‘free’ phone.
Now you can use one of those free texts to get yourself a ‘free’ song from the iTunes music store and it apparently also applies to the 99p DRM free tracks...
To me - to you - to me
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Are we ready for an election? →
Well I’ve just got off the phone with my old home council to make sure my postal vote is set up just in case old Gordie decides to call a snap election - after all given Labours current poll position it would make sense.
As I live in Jersey at the moment I need to register as an Overseas Elector and set up a postal vote - something I need to do on an annual basis and as I’ve moved house this year...
Monster Looney Conference →
Allow me to take a moment away from Liberal Democrat blogging and address the Monster Raving Looney Party - the mother of all protest votes.
As Labour and the Liberal Democrat conferences are put to one side and the Conservatives get set to start - another British political institution is getting set to launch their annual party get together.
The Monster Raving Looney Party are holding their...
To me - to you - to me →
I was shocked this morning to hear a story about the legendary Chuckle Brothers on BBC News 24 - not so much because a ‘News’ service has a story about a pair of childrens entertainers - I’m used to that - but because of the point of the story.
The Chuckle Brothers have been going for 20 years, well the Chuckle Brothers have probably been going a lot longer but Chucklevision, their most famous...
My new look
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Political comedy →
I’ll be honest with you - I don’t really listen to the sort of radio shows or watch the sort of television programmes expected of somebody ‘into’ politics and specifically the British political system.
For the most part I’m bored silly by the News, and yes that includes Channel 4 News and the Today programme and I have every intention of watching Newsnight but never get beyond ten minutes before...
My new look →
As regular readers, who don’t read through the RSS feed, might have noticed Up Your Ego has changed, and excuse me as I paraphrase the almighty magacian Paul Daniels here - it’s changed a bit, not a lot, but a bit.
And that is exactly what I’ve gone for - the layout, link positions and page structure is exactly the same as before - all that’s changed is the colour scheme and top banner.
I was...
Ask Not…
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Just given my blog a slight tweek. I was going to go for a whole new theme to announce I’m blogging again but a tweek seemed better.
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1 hour, 14 minutes ago in St Helier, Jersey.
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Ask Not… →
Ask not what you can do for your search engine but what your search engine can do for you. Appologies to any John F Kennedy fans for the bastardisation and reversing of that famous quote.
Here is the full quote in full as an apology:
“And so, my fellow americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America...
A snap election? →
All this recent talk of snap elections in October got me thinking about the nonsense of the incumbent being allowed to set the election date.
I was born in 1981 and since then there have been just four Prime Ministers and six elections. That works out at an average of one election every four to five years which is about right.
But, the problem I’ve got is that - at the moment - the current Prime...
The first Virgin
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The first Virgin →
No this isn’t a religious post, did you really expect a religious post? Sorry to disappoint you. No this is a post about the new Virgin 1 channel from … well Virgin Media.
Is it just me or am I the only one R E A L L Y not particularly excited (sarcasm doesn’t come across well typed out so I’m not going to bother) by the prospect of YET ANOTHER channel full of American shows?
If commercial...
Spam Spam Spam Spam
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Is it really worth blogging when you get so much spam the only way to deal with it is to disable comments?
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15 minutes ago in BBC Newcastle.
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Spam Spam Spam Spam →
Spam for lunch, spam for dinner, spam for tea and spam for pudding.
Spam in my inbox, spam in my outbox, spam in my deleted files and spam on my head.
Spam, spam, spam, spam and more sodding arsing bollocking piece of hairy arse spam!
I’m sick of sodding spam - not only do I get it by e-mail but I also get so much of it through my blog that I’m on the verge of calling it a day - or at the very...
Political comedy →
I’ll be honest with you - I don’t really listen to the sort of radio shows or watch the sort of television programmes expected of somebody ‘into’ politics and specifically the British political system.
For the most part I’m bored silly by the News, and yes that includes Channel 4 News and the Today programme and I have every intention of watching Newsnight but never get beyond ten minutes before...
How did that happen? →
Hello boys and girls - yes I am still alive and yes I still have all my fingers, an internet connection and just about enough of a brain to type the odd word or two.
So I guess you’re wondering, or in fact probably not, why I haven’t been around much - no reason other than a loss of inspiration and drive for political blogging and a supreme lack of time.
Basically my last ‘real’ post was an odd...
Don’t blog enough
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Don’t blog enough →
When I first started this blogging thing about three years ago (not in this form) I would blog several times a day with the frequency of posts never getting below one-a-day.
However, for the past few months I’ve been so busy that blogging has been an afterthought and so blog posts will either come in the form of four in one day and nothing for a week or, possibly worse, one every three or four...
Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla
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Full Time for RSS →
Duncan has an interesting post on his blog, DoctorVee, about the futility of partial RSS feeds and why everybody should be publishing in full.
I completely agree with his argument - for blogs - but don’t think it’s completely necessary for news sites or even for blogs with a more news style.
I prefer full feeds for blogs and partial feeds for news sites - not that I’m a big rss reader though -...
Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla →
One of my favourite ways of spending an afternoon is to head to Jersey Zoo sorry Durell in Trinity, Jersey to wander around the park and look at the animals - the majority of which are from heavily endangered species.
My favourite, by a very long way, is the West Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla) I could stand there for hours watching them get on with their every day lives.
We went to...
I know it’s colder up north than in the south but the difference in temp between Jersey and Newcastle is nuts.
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18 minutes ago in BBC Newcastle.
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Just finished filming a hairdressers aimed at students with a bar for my video journalism training package.
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53 minutes ago in BBC Newcastle.
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upyourego: I was in Jersey Telecom yesterday and they have a big display showing the iPhone saying it’s coming soon and offering demos.
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iPhone in Jersey?
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After hours of sitting around the flight was AWFUL - I was sat between the biggest men you’ll ever meet and one of them had a wind problem.
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39 minutes ago in Hotel Room, Newcastle.
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I know the results on Google are a lot better but I’m a big fan of Ask.com and the way it displays results.
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8 minutes ago in Southampton Airport (Departures).
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I’ve only got another 30 minutes or so to wait until my flight leaves for Newcastle - thank god for the net and my heavily packed iPod!
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9 minutes ago in Southampton Airport (Departures).
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OK so this is getting worse - not only is Flickr blocked but so is Technorati!
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12 minutes ago in Southampton Airport (Departures).
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upyourego: Should I get an iPhone with an expensive network (JT) or an iPod Touch and another phone on a cheaper network? (via Twitter / upyourego)
Do I get an iPod Touch and a ‘normal’ mobile phone or switch to an expensive network (Jersey Telecom) and get an iPhone?
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30 minutes ago in Southampton Airport (Departures).
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I was in Jersey Telecom yesterday and they have a big display showing off the iPhone saying it will be coming soon and offering demos.
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49 minutes ago in Southampton Airport (Departures).
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Flickr is blocked by the damn internet terminal I’m currently using - what’s wrong with Flickr?!!
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55 minutes ago in Southampton Airport (Departures).
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I have another hour to wait until my flight to Newcastle leaves - I’ve been travelling since 2 and have another 2 hours to go.
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1 hour ago in Southampton Airport (Departures).
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Currently sitting at a net terminal in Southampton Airport and it’s the SLOWEST connection I’ve ever seen.
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1 hour, 1 minute ago in Work.
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Spam gone mad
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Spam gone mad →
OK so I’m currently sitting in Southampton Airport waiting for a connecting flight to Newcastle that doesn’t leave until 6.30 - it’s only about 4.30 now.
This wouldn’t be such a big deal if it wasn’t for the fact that I started my journey at 2pm and don’t land in Newcastle until 8pm - then I have a 30 minute taxi ride to my hotel.
I’ve only travelled about 200 miles but it’s going to have taken...
iPhone in Jersey? →
As I have little more to pass time and occupy my mind than browse the internet on the slowest connection in the world in a browser with NO TABS - I thought I’d blog about something I saw the other day and forgot about.
I was just reading a story on the The Register about the iPhone coming to the UK very soon and probably through O2 - which is nice for people living in England who happen to want...
upyourego: I was in Jersey Telecom yesterday and they have a big display showing the iPhone saying it’s coming soon and offering demos. (via Twitter / upyourego)
Getting ready to leave
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