Category Archives: media

Ha!

Posted on November 22, 2006 by blogmywiki

Originally uploaded by oliorchard. The comments on this photo on Flickr had me sniggering into my Waitrose Côtes du Rhone… (I found this when surfing for photos taken with a Fuji A607 – thanks to Euan I discovered you can … Continue reading →

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Shallow age

Posted on November 14, 2006 by blogmywiki

I’m pretty sure that when I watched the TV adaptation of the Iain Banks novel The Crow Road when it first aired in 1996, I fancied the intelligent, feisty Ashley Watt (played by Valerie Edmond). Watching it again tonight on … Continue reading →

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BNP vs BBC

Posted on November 11, 2006 by blogmywiki

So, the BNP two have been acquitted of inciting racial hatred. Some commentators have drawn comparisons between this and the case of Mizanur Rahman, who was recently found guilty of inciting racial hatred at a rally against the Danish cartoons. … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia: Written By Morons Like You ™

Posted on November 9, 2006 by blogmywiki

Finally someone has come up with a solution to the chief problem with Wikipedia – namely, that anyone, any stupid moronic fool (like you, like me) can edit stuff. And hence, just as people cannot resist scratching windows on public … Continue reading →

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Mitchell & Webb are Fry & Laurie for the Noughties. Discuss.

Posted on October 21, 2006 by blogmywiki

Just been watching series 1 of ‘A Bit of Fry and Laurie’ on DVD and it struck me how similar it is to ‘That Mitchell and Webb Look’, although Fry & Laurie was aired almost 20 years ago. There was … Continue reading →

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