But should we get our hopes up? smileTV 😉 is, apparently, “for anyone who likes to smile.” I personally hate smiling — it makes my face hurt. That slogan doesn’t tell you very much about the content though. All we know is that it’s broadcasting from 1am–5am (part of UKTV History’s downtime) and its EPG […]
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FilmFour to launch on Freeview
FilmFour is to relaunch as a free-to-air service. This is fantastic news! Whilst there will no doubt have to be changes made to the channel (ie. the introduction of adverts mid-film), it is a much more useful way to use up a Freeview channel than More4+1.
UUUHHHGGG-rrrrRRR!
Chewbacca’s blog! (Via) This reminds me a lot of that blog that was supposed to be by somebody who was really ill and there was some big euthanasia hoo-ha about it. The blog consisted just of several posts saying “Nnghghghgh”…
7777777
Memes, as Noreen so aptly put it, are gh3y. They are usually reserved for LiveJournals and MySpaces, but this one is all over the British blogosphere like a rash. And snooo tagged me (as well as giving me a minor promotion). Phhhhhhhhh. Seven things to do before I die: 1. Get a job 2. Get […]
Mighty film
Is a film version of The Mighty Boosh on the way? (Via)
News websites fooled by Narnia
A hoax press release fooled top business websites into reporting that “the independent state of Narnia” stormed out of WTO talks. (Via)
Past ideas of the future
Nothing dates as quickly as our ideas of the future. Here is an interesting article about the predictions people have made in the past about new technologies. So just remember to keep your hat on about this internet thing. Bruce Bliven wrote about the radio in 1922: There will be only one orchestra left on […]
Grow up
‘Grow up’, Mullan tells SSP.
NOTICE: Feeds and URLs may change
I’m posting this in every single category to make sure everybody who might need this gets it. I’ve decided that my categories are a mess, and tomorrow I’m going to attempt to clean them up a bit. I’ll be creating new categories, deleting rubbish old ones, and changing where they go. Some posts might end […]
Second coming
Interview with Ricky Gervais in The Observer. (Via.)