It’s about time I read The Golden Bough, but the problem is deciding which version to read. I’ve got a copy of the Wordsworth Classics version that I picked from from a second hand bookshop a few years ago, but it seems that this is a reprint of the 1922 edition and in that version,… Continue reading The Golden Bough
Corporate Email
Jeremy Zawodny speaks much sense about the dismal state of corporate email.
eBay Customer Service
Important Note: This site has no connection at all with Ebay. I cannot help you with any problems that you are having with Ebay customer support. I would have thought that this was obvious, but it seems that there are some very stupid people out there. Customer service is one of those things that it’s… Continue reading eBay Customer Service
Podblasting
Podblasting hits the mainstream. Or, at least, Ben Hammersley writes about it in the Guardian – which in my limited view of the world amounts to much the same thing. Update: I should point out that I consider “podblasting” and its derivatives to be non-words. This is because they carry implications that all listening to… Continue reading Podblasting
Mrs Windsor
Welsh Assembly member Leanne Wood was ordered out of the assembly chamber yesterday after she called the queen “Mrs Windsor” in the debate. I can understand why people got so upset with her. It’s clear that the correct term of address should be “Mrs Mountbatten-Windsor”.
Evening Standard
Last night the Evening Standard was nicely angry about Ken Livingstone’s plans to raise the congestion charge. The Standard has been firmly against the charge ever since it was introduced. but as far as I can see the Standard is massively out of step with the majority of Londoners who seem pretty much in favour… Continue reading Evening Standard
TOTP Sidelined
Last year’s much-fêted Top of the Pops revamp seems to have been a disaster as the programme is about to move from BBC1 to BBC2 for the first time in its 40-year history. I don’t think it’s been the same since it moved from Thursdays to Fridays. Thursday evening watching Tomorrow’s World and Top of… Continue reading TOTP Sidelined
BBC Real Audio
The BBC makes a lot of its output available as Real Audio streams on its web site, both as a programme is being broadcast and also for (usually) a week later. The BBC techs have done a lot of work to make this all nice and seamless. There’s a BBC Radio Player web application that… Continue reading BBC Real Audio
Pogues
Fifteen years ago I certainly wouldn’t have taken bets on Shane MacGowan still being alive now. But he is and he’s being interviewed by the Guardian about the forthcoming Pogues revival. The classic Pogues line-up (yes, including Cait O’Riordan) are back together for the first time in almost twenty years and they’re playing gigs next… Continue reading Pogues
Condoms
This morning there were women standing outside Tottenham Court Road tube station thrusting free condoms into the hands of anyone who walked past them. Is it national safe sex day or something like that?