Talking of unintelligent design, I finally got round to trying to make iPlayer work today. Waste of time. First of all, I tried opening it in Firefox, only to have it inform me that it only works on IE. Then I opened it on IE, only to be told it only works with Media Player,… Continue reading iPlayer redux
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Kitsch piracy
Paul Walter blogs about the brief return of Radio Caroline, which was also discussed on the Today programme today. One thing that seems to have been forgotten about the pirate radio controversy in the 60s is that the Minister in charge of shutting them down was one Anthony Wedgewood Benn. These days, both Benn and… Continue reading Kitsch piracy
The froth has started
Have you noticed how, since Gordon Brown took over, politics has acquired something of an edge? Of course, there was the Ealing Southall silliness, in which the political blogosphere became obsessed with spin and counter-spin (mea culpa, feeble “I didn’t start it” excuses notwithstanding). Now, with the dead tree press’ traditional silly season in full… Continue reading The froth has started