June 2009
Just secured a safe house in Shanghai, PRC. #spymaster http://bit.ly/playspy
I have a renewed respect for sports journos after trying to write four pars of copy from a single results!
I posted about doing my daughters homework for her. Well she did it herself in the end and it was better than mine! http://gtfa.eu/d/ssd.doc
Do you ever feel you have a few to many balls floating in the air at the same time and if that clown faced git throws another you’ll scream?
If anyone really cares here is what I wrote for her that my wife is giving me a hard time over. http://bit.ly/46XeA
My wife just told me off for writing my daughters homework for her.
OK so I did mean to just write a few notes for her to work from. But I got carried away with the story.
RT: @ig09 Anthem for the Island Games: Never Gonna Beat the Beans by Hedley Le Maistre. http://bit.ly/18IhmG
FollowFriday - keep up to date with the Island Games with the BBC team in Aland on Twitter @ig09
RT: Take a look behind the scenes of the 2009 Island Games host - Aland with BBC Jersey. http://bit.ly/DDn1u
Follow the Island Games with the BBC in Jersey http://bbc.co.uk/islandgames
Car alarms should be banned as a menace to society. Neighbours kept me up all night and now one is going off outside the office!!!
Great headline: Stoned wallabies make crop circles http://bit.ly/MiuuT
I have a massive backlog of podcasts, audibooks and radio shows on my iPod because I’ve started walking and reading at the same time!
The BBC Archive is really coming into its own. HOURS of entertainment http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/collections.shtml
Is wondering when the new Torchwood radio plays will be on air.
Jersey bus fare notice: “Children under three years of age, when accompanied by an adult, may travel free but they must not occupy a seat.”
The Gruffalo is going to be turned into a christmas special animation for BBC this year. James Corden, Rob Brydon and Helena Bonham Carter.
Oh and #gruffalo - as well as Corden, Brydon and Boham Carter - Robbie Coltrane will play the Gruffalo!
Loving the new (is it new?) 404 not found screen. Scary clown alert http://www.bbc.co.uk/arghgh
Just written up a piece on civil service expenses - fun.
Tuesday morning and I find myself writing about a dance competition and people turning baths into boats. What fun.
Has anyone else seen Waybuloo? It’s a wonderful pre-school show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/waybuloo/
Going to be in Ariel, BBC in-house mag, in the next couple of days about my Jersey beach guide.
iPlayer Pick: ISIHAC →
This weeks iPlayer pick comes from radio and is the second episode of the new series of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue - fronted by the ever wonderful Stephen Fry.
This is Stephen Fry’s…
Top Gear 100: Missed it →
Previously on my Top Gear obsessed blog - I wrote suggestions for Top Gear 100 - that was last series and it came and then went away.
Not that the Top Gear team noticed - Andy Wilman,…
Beach Guide: Introduction →
Anyone that works for, has ever visited, or knows somebody that works for the BBC will have heard of Ariel, the corporations in house magazine that goes out to everyone that works for Aunty.
Get iPlayer embed code http://upyourego.com/pip/
So anyway - will there be a #topgear (or maybe #tg) tag for Twitter talk during the broadcast tomorrow night?
Somebody remind me why MPs need a house in London? Surely we could buy a luxury apartment building and rent one to each MP? #bbcqt
Turning away in droves to smaller parties? Based on a handful of people voting in the Euro elections that few care about? Hmm #bbcqt
Can’t twitter introduce a change to keep @ replies and # tags outside of the 140 char limit? Please.
How about anyone at BA on over 100k works at the average wage for three months instead of everyone going free? #bbcqt
RT @DavidMackay BA chariman gives up months salary hold off buying new Porche. BA cleaner gives up months salary can’t eat for month #bbcqt
Working for nothing to save a company? Hmmm. If all MPs worked for nothing for a month how much would we save? #bbcqt
‘we are sorry’? #bbcqt
Am I the only one who fast forwards boring bits (read action sequence) in TV shows and skims past dull bits in books?
Ooo Ooo and more Torchwood first week of July on TV - and a series of Torchwood Radio Plays as well http://bit.ly/PX6v5
This sound like it could be fun - and working in BBC Local the big footing thing unsurprisingly familiar :) http://bit.ly/WvqRw
Warning: if you get an e mail with the words swine flu or pork luncheon meat in the text just treat it as spam.
I made an animated map today for TV but I don’t think it made it to air. http://bit.ly/Gjoyx
Reading an alt history book that includes a nasty little politician that becomes control freak dictator in Confederate States Hmmm #bbcqt
Wow didn’t realise how much more fun question time is when watching socially through twitter. Cheers #bbcqt
