Posted in tubed on Dec 17th, 2007
It’s freezing outside, though unfortunately snow’s not mentioned in the forecast. Still, for those of use who remember Aled Jones wailing about through the film of The Snowman, this advert for Irn Bru should warm the heart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfiqrkV_ZqI
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Posted in bbc, programming, tubed on Dec 14th, 2007
The BBC has just released Flash streaming for iPlayer’s 7 Day Catch-Up feature. This is just about the best news to come out of the fiasco that is iPlayer, and for those of us unwilling or unable to install the bandwidth-destroying Kontiki client it’s the only way we can get our on-demand BBC programming.
Unfortunately, the […]
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Posted in comics, programming on Dec 10th, 2007
I’m somewhat of a fan of Python, using it as I do for almost everything I do in programming, so it’s great to see other people appreciating the language.
Randall Munroe, however, might be getting a little… carried away:
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Posted in rants on Dec 10th, 2007
A couple of days ago I wrote an opinion piece on why I feel that being forced to duplicate existing software projects due to an antiquated and limited infrastructure is a large part of the reason the BBC is falling far behind the rest of the industry in its internet offerings.
To put this in context, […]
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Posted in tubed on Dec 7th, 2007
Not as we know it, this cover comes from somebody who has their finger on the button.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3CmXGKXOmk
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