I’m not very happy with my online photo album. I’ve been thinking of rewriting it for some time. But then I saw that a lot of people had started using Flickr so I’m going to give that a try instead. Seems pretty good. Has all sorts of RSS/Atom goodness built in. And I can email… Continue reading Flickr
Author: Dave Cross
BBC News/Wikipedia Mashup
One of the best things about text on the web is the way you can link to other stuff. When I’m writing here I always try to link words and phrases to more in depth explaination or examples. Mainstream news sites like the BBC (see, there’s an example) don’t do that. The BBC often have… Continue reading BBC News/Wikipedia Mashup
Conservative Tastes
As every student knows, a liking for the Smiths, Radiohead and Pulp can be a badge of pride, confirmation of your status as a romantic intellectual loner. If you’re a Tory MP, however, it rather suggests that you’re either not listening to the lyrics properly – what do you make of all that stuff about… Continue reading Conservative Tastes
Sony Abandons Copy Protection on CDs
It’s on the BBC so it must be true. That’s good news. Only EMI, BMG and Universal to go now…
Top British Films
This month’s Total Film will feature the results of a poll to find the best British film of all time. Get Carter[1] came first. It’s good to see The Wicker Man doing well (it came 6th). [1] The original version. I hope that’s obvious.
Blair’s Third Term
I’ve just realised why Tony Blair is so determined to serve a complete third term. That would mean that he’d been in power longer than Thatcher. Wasn’t that also Francis Urquhart’s target in The Final Cut? “You may well think that…”
The State of British Politics
In today’s Guardian there’s an interesting piece about this week’s Hartlepool byelection. I particularly liked this paragraph which nicely sums up the state of British politics. On September 8, the byelection was called for the 30th. A tour of the offices up and down York Road that day felt like retracing a cycle of history.… Continue reading The State of British Politics
Guardian RSS Feeds
The Guardian have released a number of new RSS feeds. I think that these are probably based on some work I did when I was working there at the end of last year. If that’s the case, then it will be easy for them to add new feeds for any of their special report sections.… Continue reading Guardian RSS Feeds
Odeon Progress
I’m a bit slow here. This all happened a week ago. It seems that someone at the Odeon web site has a bit of a clue after all. There is now a version of the site which works on all browsers. You still can’t book tickets tho’ and you can’t access most of the info… Continue reading Odeon Progress
Smile
It’s thirty-seven years late, but the Beach Boys album Smile is finally released on Monday – although internal band politics mean that it’s now a Brian Wilson album. Still (very) long-awaited tho’. I’m reminded of the the excitement that surrounded the CD release of Pet Sounds in 1990. Hope this is as good. Update: I’ve… Continue reading Smile