I took a week off to go to Birmingham and when I got back to the office I found that vox.com had been added to the list of sites blocked by my current client’s corporate firewall. So someone somewhere in the organisation has decided that vox.com is a nasty timewasting site (like myspace) and not… Continue reading Vox Blocked
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Bad Start To The Day
I’m not sure at what time of the night the fire alarm decided that its battery was too low and that it should really start beeping once a minute to remind us to change it. I do know that it was at 5:45am when the noise finally disturbed me enough that I woke up and… Continue reading Bad Start To The Day
“A Spin-Off Too Far”
Plans for a Doctor Who spin-off starring Billie Piper as Rose Tyler have been cancelled according to a story on the BBC. Plans for a Doctor Who spin-off show starring Billie Piper were scrapped at the last minute, series producer Russell T Davies has revealed. “It was actually commissioned by the controller of BBC One… Continue reading “A Spin-Off Too Far”
thirtysomething on More 4
This is why I love multi-channel TV. If you wait long enough everything gets repeated. I didn’t watch thirtysomething when it was first broadcast in the late 1980s (I was in a “I’m too cool to watch television” phase and didn’t even own a TV for a few years about then) but people whose opinion… Continue reading thirtysomething on More 4
UFOs Over Balham
There were some strange and spooky goings on in the skies last week, prompting one observer to eerily predict “I think there is something out there.” Stunned witnesses described how gobsmacked crowds were drawn out onto the streets to watch two sets of unidentified shining bright orange lights fly perfectly in formation through the skies… Continue reading UFOs Over Balham
Bizarre Wikipedia Categories
Currently heading my personal list of the strangest Wikipedia categories is Possibly Living People. I came across it because Tom Christiansen has been tagged that way. If there are any Perly Wikipedians around who have seen or spoken to Tom recently then perhaps they could move him to Living People.
Guilty Musical Pleasures
The BBC reports on Q Magazine’s list of “guilty pleasures” – those songs that you secretly love but would never admit to owning. So, go on, admit it. Which of their top ten is on your MP3 player? ELO – Livin’ Thing Boston – More Than A Feeling S Club 7 – Don’t Stop Movin’… Continue reading Guilty Musical Pleasures
Top Of The Pops
Top of the Pops So Top of the Pops finally finished on Sunday. It’ll be sadly missed. Though, of course, like everyone else I’ve discussed it with, I haven’t watched it for about twenty years. BBC Two celebrated on Sunday night with an evening of programmes (well, ok, two or three programmes) about the show.… Continue reading Top Of The Pops
The Play’s the Thing
Two Thousand Years Not sure why, but over the last few years we’ve got out of the habit of going to the theatre. So we’ve decided to do something about that. We have four trips to the theatre booked over the next few weeks. It all started off on Saturday when we went see Two… Continue reading The Play’s the Thing
Warning: Contains Language
Warning: Contains Mild Language UK film classifications have been getting silly over the last couple of years – ever since someone decided that the standard set of certificates didn’t contain enough information. So now, next to the actual certificates, posters will often have further descriptions of the content like “contains fantasy violence” or “contains one… Continue reading Warning: Contains Language