E-Voting could improve on our 100 year old system

Fin.

It’s been on the cards for a while now - a couple of days ago I wrote that my blogging wouldn’t be sustainable, and it’s with a heavy heart that I must emigrate from the blogosphere, after five years as a resident.  Conflicts of interest (such as writing in public about the BBC) have...

News at When-I-Want-It

It’s the worst kept secret in TV-land - reviving the News at Ten is the sort of thing the new boss of ITV was expected to do to usher back in the heyday associated with it. The scheduling and audience problems associated with bringing it back have been summed up nicely by Organ Grinder.  To my...

A sad day, possibly

You can’t help but to have seen the news about the BBC’s cuts and the restructuring within News, it’s well documented. However, it’s felt almost painful not to be able to write about them and air my views. But the powers that be tell us we shouldn’t have an opinion.  I’ve...

Quiet descends…

For the moment I’m without internet at home, so until I figure out how to post on here using my blackberry, it’s going to be a little quiet for a couple of weeks. Sorry!

“Any minute now, my ship is coming in…

…I’m waiting for real life to begin” After professing to all and sundry that the last place I’d ever want to work, let alone live, was London, I now find myself packing boxes preparing to move into my new home in that very city. The past few months have seen a lot of changes in...

Normal service nearly resumed

As you might have noticed, it’s been quiet here. I’ve been having server issues which should be rectified this week, when I’ll be back to my normal self (too many visitors apparently, yes, I was surprised as well!).

To Beta or not to Beta

Matt raised an interesting counter-argument to my rantings on the BBC iPlayer. However, I have to disagree about the iPlayer not being a full release (because it’s still called iPlayer beta). The BBC’s given this product’s release a lot of hype and only a small proportion of users will...

BBC Why-player

The BBC’s new lemon iPlayer launched yesterday and I’m one of the first folk to be using it. Privileged? I don’t think so. Whoever created this piece of rubbish should be ashamed of themselves. The obvious lack of bookmarking or series-stacking feature has been well documented, but...

“Inept, dated and stereotypical”

Never before have I felt so impassioned about a programme on television. And perhaps that’s what Channel 4 wanted, but viewers outside of the gay community looking in have been betrayed. This post is a departure from what I normally write about, so hopefully you’ll indulge me while I climb...