Author Archives: adrian
Fox News in “ignorant bilge” shocker
It’s easy for fans of the BBC, such as myself, to be smug at times like these. Especially when you see what Rupert Murdoch’s money is being used for. Watch this little piece of ignorance from Fox News… ‘My Word’ … Continue reading
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Subtitling vs Dubbing
A few days ago I mentioned (or rather hinted at) my preference for subtitling foreign-language films, rather than dubbing them. Maybe it’s because my interests lie more with sound than vision, I dunno, but sound is an important aspect of … Continue reading
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Hutton washes whiter
In the wake of the Hutton report, there isn’t much to laugh about, other than to wish Lord Hutton a good time on the Costa Del Sol. This little spoof made me laugh, though, despite the chilling feeling of inevitability … Continue reading
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Take the train to Swamp Bottom…
Now, as regular readers will know, I’m a pretty easy-going kind of guy. I wouldn’t normally go so far as to tell you to do something. But I will now. Go and see ‘Spirited Away’. That *is* an order. Maybe … Continue reading
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Rebranding the Football League
Football violence and related controversy must have hit a seasonal low, because they’re banging on about ways of rebranding the league again. The premise seems to be the same as when the Premier League was formed… we’re the best teams … Continue reading
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Brief snippets
Snippet #1: There’s going to be a redesign. Nothing structurally (yet)… just a few cosmetic issues. Snippet #2: There’s also going to be some maintenance work over at s f o c a t a, but not of a cosmetic … Continue reading
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BPI vs CD Wow!
The record industry has long since passed the point of actually caring whether it makes any friends. The latest episode in a PR catalogue of disasters is the successful out-of-court settlement with low-price online CD retailer CD WOW whereby the … Continue reading
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The right to run over
And then… seeing padraig’s comment on the previous post reminded me of an entry on his old blog. Rather than paraphrasing, I’ll quote directly (working links included)… There are also fucking idiots who want to drive too fast and are … Continue reading
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The right to offend
But seriously… the Kilroy thing annoyed me in one particular way. It’s not the first time he’s made seriously prejudiced comments in the press, but so what? A failed MP, low-grade journalist and irrelevant daytime TV presenter? No biggie. The … Continue reading
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Slow start to the year
So, yeah, anyway… did the Christmas and New Year thing, came back home, found that my hideous uselessness had made me forget to do loads of things, so spent the first week of normality desperately trying to do them. Still … Continue reading
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