Archive for 2007
Wii Shoulder 30 Dec 2007
I have invented a term which describes a condition affecting several members of my close family along the lines of tennis elbow, it is called Wii Shoulder. My little sister received a Wii as a Christmas present and now those of us who indulged in a little too much bowling, were too zealous at tennis [...]
Discovering New Music 25 Nov 2007
There’s an interesting article on the San Francisco Chronicle site about how TV adverts can launch a song, it also mentions the shrinking options for launching a new band into the limelight: Further complicating the matter is a decline in overall band exposure. For the most part, radio has been unwilling to break the Top [...]
The Government and Data Protection 21 Nov 2007
Only yesterday was I watching a programme featuring a story about how Customs and Revenue were doing things like assigning National Insurance numbers to people despite them already being used and sending out someone’s complete history of confidential details to the wrong person and getting outraged about their incompetence (I’ve worked for two branches of [...]
Pratchett at Waterloo 19 Nov 2007
Ironically, after writing a post about Terry Pratchett, I walked past someone who I believe was he today at Waterloo. I’m not positive, but he had the trademark hat and beard. I couldn’t stop and confirm (I had one minute to catch my train), besides, I don’t stop to pester celebrities, I’m British.
Pratchett on Fantasy and Sci-Fi 14 Nov 2007
After finishing Hogfather recently I was hunting on You Tube for clips from the Hogfather special that Sky showed last year to see whether it was worth buying it (I probably will, but a cheaper single-disc version seems to be due later this month so I’ll wait). Anyway, I stumbled across a BBC interview with [...]
The UK in Space 4 Nov 2007
There’s was an article on BBC Online recently which had an interview with Alan Thirkettle, who is a Brit working for the European Space Agency (Esa), where he says the UK urgently needs to get into manned space flight. I, personally, think that space developments are one of several strands of research that will massively [...]
High-Altitude Cooking 2 Nov 2007
I was reading the recipe on the back of a packet of cake mix my mum bought the other day (I was calling out the ingredients she needed) and found that it had a separate set of instructions for people living over 3,500 feet above sea-level. I thought this was odd but when I mentioned [...]
LocateTV 13 Oct 2007
OK, so I’ve given in to the charms of Lotte over at LocateTV. I was contacted a couple of weeks ago to see if I wanted to have a go at their limited beta and provide some feedback. Shortly thereafter it went into public beta anyway. Obviously the aim is to get as many people [...]
The Shelf Life of Music 11 Oct 2007
Does anyone else find it a bit odd that when you first hear a song, while it may not strike a chord immediately, once you like a song you can listen to a song over and over and it still sounds good and, for want of a better word, energises you, then slowly it becomes [...]
PC Noise Ratings 29 Sep 2007
PC manufacturers give a lot of info about their PCs; weight, height, how many frames the graphics cards can do, how many watts the PSU kicks out, how many fans there are, how big they are and how fast the turn. Do you know the one thing they all leave out is? The noise they [...]