When I was a kid, one of the stand-out moments of the week was getting to watch an awesome American action-adventure serial on TV. Airwolf, Street Hawk, Manimal, Automan, The A-Team, Quantum Leap, Star Trek, The Fall Guy, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Knight Rider, even Blue Thunder. What drove me to keep watching […]
(With apologies to Monty Python) Four well-dressed men sitting together at a LUG meeting, surrounding a laptop running Ubuntu 9.04. First Yorkshireman (1Y): Ahh ... Very passable, this, very passable. Second Yorkshireman (2Y): Nothing like a good install of Ubuntu Jaunty, eh Gessiah? Third Yorkshireman (3Y): You're right there, Obediah. Fourth Yorkshireman (4Y): Who'd a […]
The BBC, along with BSkyB, have decided not to air an advertisement for DEC 's Gaza appeal, asking for donations to go towards essential aid from thirteen charities for those affected by the Israeli offensive in Gaza. Not only have they linked to the bloody DEC website in a news story about how they won't […]
Tony Hart has died , as has Patrick McGoohan and Richardo Montalban . I'm always stunned at how poignant it can be hearing a celebrity you remember most from when you were a kid has died, even though you've likely had only a very peripheral attachment to them, perhaps seeing them on TV or in […]
I woke up this morning to find Barack Obama has been elected to become the next President of the United States . And what has struck me the most was the way the supporters reacted when the name of the opponent was mentioned by each candidate in their speeches. McCain addressed his supporters in his […]
Is it just me, or has this furore over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross prank calling Andrew Sachs' answerphone on a radio show been blown out of all proportion? Both men involved have apologised to Sachs, and that should be the end of it. Instead, they are now suspended from their BBC broadcasts, and Sachs' […]
I was flicking through the iTunes Store this morning and noticed something odd ... some words in reviews and track titles had asterisks in them as though they were swear words (e.g. 'b*ll*cks'). But they didn't appear to be swear words. iTunes uses allmusic for the bulk of their album and single reviews, so luckily […]
The first rule of Lunch Club is you do not talk about Lunch Club The second rule of Lunch Club is you do not talk about Lunch Club Third rule: If someone says "nachos!", orders a garlic bread, or eats with their fingers, the lunch is over Fourth rule: Only one plate to a person […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0EGpuu45Mo] Ahhh, Christmas Tapes ...