Sky, in their infinite wisdom, have rolled out an update to Sky+ boxes to put them into standby mode automatically if they aren't "used" (Sky's term is "no activity", i.e. pushing a button on the remote) for two hours between 11pm and 4am. This is all in the name of saving electricity, lowering carbon footprints, […]
Danish model Maria Gregersen frolics in the rain and spins around in the street to the tune of Tom Jones' 1971 hit "She's a Lady". This is the TV ad for Lacoste 's new fragrance for women: Lacoste Inspiration . Yeah, yeah, I thought as I idly watched, another ad with a bouncy model showing […]
I really can't tell if this is planned, or due to my arsiness, but Sky appear to have stopped playing the minutes-long Phill Jupitus voiceover espousing how great the next Star Wars movie they're showing will be. They're now playing a 20-30 second voiceover by a regular Sky continuity person reminding you a Star Wars […]
Sent to Sky and Phill Jupitus a couple of minutes ago: To: phill.6music@bbc.co.uk, skydigital@bskyb.com Hi Phill / Sky, I'd like to complain about the ridiculous voice overs being used during the credits of movies on Sky Movies. I understand you want to promote the showing of all six Star Wars movies on the Sky movie […]
Here's a neat trick for anyone who has just blagged themselves a Telewest TVDrive PVR, has set the output mode to HDMI and can't get it to reset or go back to SCART: Hit the RESET button Press and hold the STOP and PLAY buttons on the front panel, until BOOT appears on the panel […]
I really should have been sleeping, but I got sucked into watching US President Bush's 2006 State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Bush's manner of speech really irritates the hell out of me; he speaks in, short burst sentences, not always making it clear, where the sentence is going, to […]
Top Gear: Gran Turismo 4's Laguna Seca in a Honda NSX versus Real Life — watch Jeremy Clarkson put in a respectable time on the PlayStation2, then completely fail to match it in real life.
TiVo Series 3 has landed. How sweet — and expandable — does this DVR look? If only a UK release would happen again ...