September 2008
They’re changing Gear →
Actually that should be that they’re changing Top Gear - but the headline didn’t really work if I added the word Top before the Gear.
Basically the point of the post is that there will very soon be…
Growing a tash for charity Fetched from Up Your Ego 25 minutes ago.
I’m going to spend October with a mustache to raise money for prostate cancer. Anyone want to sponsor me? http://tinyurl.com/sponstash
Growing a tash for charity →
Throughout November (including while covering Jersey’s elections) I’m going to look like a bit of an idiot ;D
I’ve agreed to grow a mustache for a charity called Movember - it’s to raise money for…
Is it possible to get fed up of watching movies? I’m in the middle of a film festival and have watched 7 films in 3 days!
Confessions of a lunchtime gamer Fetched from Up Your Ego 7 minutes ago.
Confessions of a lunchtime gamer →
When I was a teenager at school in Hertfordshire, England there was a little bait shop just around the corner from the school grounds.
There was nothing particularly distinctive about the shop…
Films this weekend Fetched from Up Your Ego 1 hour, 6 minutes ago.
Man on Wire →
I went to see the brilliant Man on Wire last night - it’s the tale of Philippe Petit - the tight rope walker who crossed the Twin Towers in the 1970s on - well a tight rope.
Below isn’t…
Films this weekend →
As I’ve already mentioned a few times - I’m pretty busy at the moment - in fact I’m painfully busy. I’ve got so many things to do I’m contemplating time travel - if only!
Just to show you I’m still…
//jaiku.com/images/icons/fav-twitter.gif” class=”icon” alt=”Twitter / Up Your Ego”> upyourego: Every time I contribute to a message board I seem to kill off the thread. Anyone else feel they have the hand of comment death? Fetched from Twitter / Up Your Ego 24 minutes ago.
Every time I contribute to a message board I seem to kill off the thread. Anyone else feel they have the hand of comment death?
BBC Embedding Fetched from Up Your Ego 30 minutes ago.
BBC Embedding →
This will eventually become a full post about embedding video and audio files (on the BBC and off), what’s available to embedd and what … well isn’t.
But while I work on that - here’s a bit of…
//jaiku.com/images/icons/fav-twitter.gif” class=”icon” alt=”Twitter / Up Your Ego”> upyourego: I’ve had a go at putting together a list of all the BBC pages that have moved to the new layout. http://gtfa.eu/u/widebbc Fetched from Twitter / Up Your Ego 50 minutes ago.
BBC Radio 1 are offering a free Kings of Leon live mp3 for UK users. Go to http://gtfa.eu/u/kolmp3
I think I’m going to die. I’ve got man flu although I think it may be SARS or the ebola virus. Goodbye everybody;.
I’ve had a go at putting together a list of all the BBC pages that have moved to the new layout. http://gtfa.eu/u/widebbc
What I need from a TV site Fetched from Up Your Ego 8 minutes ago.
What I need from a TV site →
I want you to take a minute and think about something for me. It’s a simple question ‘what do you want from a TV channel website?’.
I’m not including children’s channels or news channel’s in this…
Wide BBC Pages Fetched from Up Your Ego 50 minutes ago.
//jaiku.com/images/icons/fav-twitter.gif” class=”icon” alt=”Twitter / Up Your Ego”> upyourego: The BBC Introducing site has added a link to my little Introducing show in Jersey. Nice :) http://gtfa.eu/u/introducing Fetched from Twitter / Up Your Ego 22 minutes ago.
Kryten Kryten Kryten Kryten →
I was going to write a post about one of my new favourite shows and it was going to be called ‘Love the Show - Hate the Player’. That isn’t the name of the show, just the name of…
Wide BBC Pages →
As more of the BBC website moves into the shiny wide format (it looks so much better than the old style) I thought I’d try and pull a fairly comprehensive list together.
If there is anything…
Get the Flip Away - You Fetched from Up Your Ego 21 minutes ago.
//jaiku.com/images/icons/fav-twitter.gif” class=”icon” alt=”Twitter / Up Your Ego”> upyourego: The tagline of my blog is ‘a guide to life in the 21st century’ and I’m thinking of launching a podcast along those lines. Fetched from Twitter / Up Your Ego 54 minutes ago.
Get the Flip Away - You →
Forget del.icio.us and Digg, put Facebook and MySpace aside - the real big hitter of the new social web is TinyURL and the various clones floating around the web.
Thanks to the massive success of…
//jaiku.com/images/icons/fav-twitter.gif” class=”icon” alt=”Twitter / Up Your Ego”> upyourego: Just 15 minutes until the Torchwood radio special on BBC Radio 4 kicks off. It will also be a free mp3 download as well - which is nice. Fetched from Twitter / Up Your Ego 32 minutes ago.
Just got a cool new domain name at gtfa.eu or Get the Flip Away You. ShortURL service at mo but might do more with it eventually. gtfa.eu By upyourego 33 minutes ago.
Just got a cool new domain name at gtfa.eu or Get the Flip Away You. ShortURL service at mo but might do more with it eventually. gtfa.eu
I’ve just launched a new short url site at gtfa.eu (or get the f… away) http://gtfa.eu/
I’m going to be growing a mustache in November for charity. Good help me. http://gtfa.eu/tash/
Has the Large Hadron Collider Destroyed the World Yet? http://tinyurl.com/deadyet
Tashing up for Movember Fetched from Up Your Ego 39 minutes ago.
Just 15 minutes until the Torchwood radio special on BBC Radio 4 kicks off. It will also be a free mp3 download as well - which is nice.
Trying to listen to Torchwood special on Radio 4 but with bloody Red Arrows flying past it’s hard to hear the radio.
Download big bang Torchwood →
Download the MP3 of Torchwood: Lost Souls
Martha Jones has travelled in time and space, saved the world (more than once) and is buddies with a Lord of Time. She is also a doctor for the UN…
Tashing up for Movember →
The moustache, once a beacon of gentlemanly authority, a guiding light that suggests power, intelligence and importance.
Now, like the cane – an icon of the alternative lifestyle, of something…
How not to live your life is one of the best shows on television in a VERY long time. Bloody hilarious.
Who am I? Fetched from Up Your Ego 28 minutes ago.
Cleaning out the drafts →
I have a pretty rigid routine for checking the web every morning. I always visit the same sites in more or less the same order - usually after checking my e-mail.
The routine basically…
Who am I? →
A friend asked me how I would rank the places and things that impact my identity the other day.
The concept behind it was to rank the things that make me who I am in order - starting with…
//jaiku.com/images/icons/fav-twitter.gif” class=”icon” alt=”Twitter / Up Your Ego”> upyourego: @bobbyllew - I’m watching it now on Demand5. You can catch it on demand at http://tinyurl.com/toptrumpsd5 Fetched from Twitter / Up Your Ego 33 minutes ago.
A lick of paint Fetched from Up Your Ego 1 minute ago.
//jaiku.com/images/icons/fav-twitter.gif” class=”icon” alt=”Twitter / Up Your Ego”> upyourego: Just written a new post on using social media to cover a music festival for BBC Jersey. http://ping.fm/eCHUU Fetched from Twitter / Up Your Ego 33 minutes ago.
iPlayer: High or Low →
I have Sky+ and I love it but I only have it in one room. Unfortunately my wife also loves Sky+ and as she is at home during the day - is able to fill it up with bloody soaps!
So I turn to the web…
Looking forward to the Branchage Film Festival in a couple of weeks. http://www.branchagefestival.com/films
Just given my blog a lick of paints. Thoughts? http://www.upyourego.com/blog/
2816095728_33066bd15a_b Fetched from Up Your Ego’s Photos 50 minutes ago.
Covering a film festival →
August, September and October are all pretty heavy months for me. August sees the Jersey Battle of Flowers, Rock in the Park, Outdoor Film Festival and a whole lot more.
In September…