Category Archives: media

Twitter ye not

Posted on February 27, 2008 by blogmywiki

I’ve just had an invitation to Twitter. Nooooooooooooooooo. Just before I left Facebook I’d taken to trying to subvert the status thingy by typing in the names of any songs on my iPod that fitted the phrase “Giles Booth is…”. … Continue reading →

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Ha ha ha he he he

Posted on February 22, 2008 by blogmywiki

I’m still not quite sure about Ashes to Ashes, but as I had an idea for a prequel to Life on Mars – set in the 1960s, to be called The Laughing Gnome – I was pleased to see lots … Continue reading →

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Pass the paracetamol

Posted on February 16, 2008 by blogmywiki

I’m not sure which depresses me more; this, or this? The former shows how many colour printers secretly print yellow dots to tell The Man the serial number of your printer and the time and date of printing. In the … Continue reading →

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Is it wrong to wish on space hardware?

Posted on February 9, 2008 by blogmywiki

…in the words of Mr William Bragg. We were walking home tonight and saw an amazingly bright satellite tracking across the sky, far brighter than any I’ve seen before. And I’ve seen a few – I love watching bits of … Continue reading →

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Flawless logic

Posted on January 12, 2008 by blogmywiki

My eldest son, 8, had picked up a bit on the TV show Smart being pulled off CBBC and the Mark Speight case and asked me about it – I said vague things about him just being in the wrong … Continue reading →

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