Here is something to look forward to – an African channel for satellite TV. Its going live in the US soon and is supposed to reach here sometime next year. Please let it be a free channel! In the meantime, I have been listening to a few internet radio stations (isn’t broadband wonderful) for African […]
Entries from September 14th, 2005
African music on tap
September 14th, 2005 · Comments Off on African music on tap · Music
Tags: World music
49 Up
September 14th, 2005 · Comments Off on 49 Up · Politics
Today’s Guardian carried a piece about the programme ’49 Up’ showing on ITV tomorrow. 49 Up is the follow-up to the original 7 Up documentary and its 7-yearly visits to a group of people born in 1956 (if my maths is right) One quote in there struck a chord as it fitted in well with […]
Tags: Sure Start·TV
Sure Start
September 14th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Politics
First of all there was the story itself about the findings of a report into the effectiveness of the government’s Sure Start programme. The part of it which grabs the attention is that it shows no overall improvement in areas covered by the scheme. However, I have to agree with comments made that we should […]
Tags: Broadfield·Sure Start
Cut shaving
September 14th, 2005 · Comments Off on Cut shaving · Life
Hows this for a shaving wound? I really can't wait until I lose my hair and can stop accidentally mutilating myself. I don't even know how I managed to do this. I was hoping that the first photo from my new camera I posted here would be something better. Like this maybe…
Interesting but misleading
September 13th, 2005 · Comments Off on Interesting but misleading · Life
There is a site called world66.com which is a travel site still at the beta stage. One thing you can do on it is generate a map of where you have been. Here is mine: It makes me look a lot more well-travelled than I actually am, mainly because China, Australia and the US are […]
Tags: Links
Its a funny old world…
September 13th, 2005 · Comments Off on Its a funny old world… · Life
I think my life is now complete. Someone found this place after doing a Yahoo search for “royal bowel movements”. It doesn’t get any better than this, surely. (By the way, this blog gives the only hit on Yahoo, but is disappointingly only 2nd out of 5 hits on Google.)
Just desserts
September 13th, 2005 · Comments Off on Just desserts · Life
Last week we committed the shameful act of gloating at someone else’s misfortune, but I feel it was entirely justified, and the person suffering the misfortune brought it on himself. This little family celebration happened last week. I was reading through our local paper and there was a story about someone in our street being […]
I love statistics
September 13th, 2005 · Comments Off on I love statistics · Life, Technology
Sometimes statistics bring out the inner nerd in me. I can spend hours on Football365 looking at the various ways they slice the data to present Crawley Town’s position in the Conference league, let alone the Hammers’ Premiership performances. Some of my happiest times at work have been when I was faced with masses of […]
Tags: Football·Internet·Maths·Statistics
A great day for sport in Britain
September 12th, 2005 · Comments Off on A great day for sport in Britain · Life
4 goals, three points, a clean sheet, and up to 8 in the Premier League. Thats two places above Arsenal. A hat-trick for Marlon ‘golden boots’ Harewood, a well-deserved goal for Yossi Benayoun, and the whole team played Aston Villa off the park. I hear there was some cricket game on today as well.
New toy
September 12th, 2005 · Comments Off on New toy · Technology
The new camera arrived today, but I have not had a chance to use it yet. After work I went straight from the station to Tilgate to meet up with some colleagues and deliver Labour leaflets. By the time I got home, and charged the camera up it was too dark, and I haven’t read […]
Tags: Gadgets
