"I didn’t know I was this geeky until I discovered the online world through my office’s 2400 baud modem back in ’93." Tag Archives for bbc
Sherlock 2.0, we have the technology
Odd. I can watch individual video’s as posted by the BBC on YouTube, but I can’t see their channel on it due to country restrictions. Dear BBC, I pay money to UPC cable which allows me to view BBC 1, … Continue reading
Doctor Who Jr
26-year-old Matt Smith has been named the new Doctor Who. He’ll be taking over from David Tennant in Spring 2010. Comments on Twitter went from ‘OMG he looks 12′, to ‘The new doctor is emo!’ and ‘Breaking news: Doctor Who … Continue reading
Bookmarks for November 23rd through November 24th
These are my links for November 23rd through November 24th: Shoemakers of distinction for men and women – BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Meet Britain’s biggest gigaholic – "So long as they've got quality gigs, I'll be making an effort. … Continue reading
Bookmarks for November 11th through November 13th
These are my links for November 11th through November 13th: BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US Elections 2008 | ‘Secret’ Obama code name revealed – But known as POTUS to the rest of us. e-solex – want BBC … Continue reading
Did I mention I loathed the 90s?
Anyone watch Pop on Trial, the 90′s with Stuart Maconie, Caitlin Moran, Goldie and Paolo Hewitt on BBC 4? Oh. My. God. The. Smug. Goldie’s the only one I didn’t want to throttle. He seemed a lot more interesting than … Continue reading
BBC beta homepage
I hadn’t visited the BBC homepage for a while and when I had a look this morning a largish button said: ‘Try out our new, customisable homepage’. So I went and did just that. On first glance, it certainly improves … Continue reading
Name that bands
Hate it when that happens, I’m watching the BBC’s coverage of the Reading and Leeds festivals and there was one song I liked by a band I didn’t recognise and I missed their introduction. They were joined by rappers (Dizzee … Continue reading
TV eye
UPC is changing its digital TV package and for once, it’s to my advantage. The (total) price is going down (no more separate bills for analog and digital) and I will be getting a few more channels, including (huzzah!) BBC … Continue reading
Going digital
More music. That’s the main reason why I’m ordering UPC digital TV, eventhough they don’t have the greatest range of channels. It ain’t Sky digital, that’s for sure. Still, it’s got 60 TV channels (pdf) and 55 music (radio) channels, … Continue reading
Progress
Ten years ago, when I built one of my first websites, it got mentioned first in the Irish Times, then in The Guardian. It was featured on the BBC, as well as appearing in most Internet magazines and books on … Continue reading
