Saturday’s ram-raiding of Glasgow Airport might seem like just the sort of thing which 24-hour news stations were invented for, but having watched BBC News 24‘s coverage I think they are at their best when there is nothing happening. I had the TV on and tuned into the news when the first reports came in […]
Entries Tagged as 'Sky'
Like a Virgin
May 8th, 2007 · Comments Off on Like a Virgin · Technology
It was a tough decision, whether to throw money at Murdoch or Branson, but today we had Sky disconnected and Virgin Media’s digital TV installed. I will still have the dish and I am led to believe that my old box will still pick up a load of free to view channels, so I am […]
Tags: Sky·TV·Virgin Media
TVOD
May 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Technology
Back in the 80s when Daniel Miller (AKA The Normal) sang about TVOD he was referring to television overdose, but now it is more likely to mean television on-demand which could end up being the same thing. Its on my mind at the moment for a few reasons. First of all its now one week […]
Tags: Photos·Sky·Tilgate·TV·Virgin Media
Elections
March 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
Don’t tell anyone but I have to admit that I really dislike elections, and not just because I usually lose them. I do like knocking on doors and talking to people, thats the best part for me (can’t stand telephone canvassing though), but once a campaign starts and all the bickering kicks in it just […]
Lucky, Lucky Oxford
September 19th, 2006 · Comments Off on Lucky, Lucky Oxford · Life
Not content with thrashing Crawley in the top 100 Labour bloggers league, Oxford inflicted another body blow on Crawley tonight when Oxford United stole three points from Crawley Town live on Sky Sports. I think this is about the third time that Crawley Town have been on Sky Sports, but I still can’t get used […]
Tags: Broadfield·Crawley Town·Football·Sky·TV
Have you voted yet?
April 25th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Politics
Not in the local elections, but in the Sky News poll on whether the BNP have a place in British politics. At the moment 57% say they have.
Thanks Marlon, Pards, and the rest
April 25th, 2006 · 7 Comments · Life
Being the only Hammers fan in the building, it was great to come into work on a Monday morning and not have everyone taking the piss, but congratulating me for a change – as if I somehow did more than sit on the sofa watching Sky Sports for 90 minutes, then sit on the edge […]
Scrap 0-0 draws
March 5th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
That is the headline in a story from today’s Observer. It seems that the French TV executives, having forked out a fortune to show football games, feel that too many goal-less games is not going to pull in the viewers. Some of the suggestions are to give more points for score draws than for a […]
Local Tories
April 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Local Tories · Politics
I forgot to mention that I had the Tories knocking on my door this afternoon. Obviously the ‘vote Labour’ poster in the bedroom window is not large or prominent enough. I shall have to dig out the large placard from whichever cupboard it is in. The bloke who actually rang the bell was Richard Quirk, […]
Tags: Canvassing·Elections·Sky·Tories
Snowbound
February 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on Snowbound · Life
What a good day for Crawley, and especially Broadfield! I doubt if broadfield has ever been mentioned so many times on TV in one day, even if it was only Sky Sports. Crawley Town played their first ever match to be televised live this evening. They put on a good show, won 2-1 and moved […]
Tags: Broadfield·Crawley Town·Railways·Sky·TV
