Category Archives: TV

One Minute on Boxee

Last year I submitted a small RSS application to Boxee for inclusion in their library to publish my podcast One Minute for Boxee users. At the time, the application process was frozen so I completely forgot about this. Today I … Continue reading

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Hell’s Kitchen

I do enjoy this program, but it is a little repetitive and focuses on the negative. I really wish they would spend more time on the food and how to cook it. Of course, towards the end it becomes a … Continue reading

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The Apprentice part 5

About to watch the first episode – let’s see what the quality of candidates Sir Alan has managed to get this time. “I know the words to Candle in the wind – don’t make me Elton John.” — Alan Sugar

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BBC iPlayer

iPlayer is now available on the Mac, via Adobe’s Air platform. It works for me. However it irritatingly decides to start at boot time with no obvious way to turn it off from within the application (one can turn it … Continue reading

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Bottom marks for Sky

…who have disturbed me twice in the evenings after 2000 and this morning twice before 1030 to give me a rubbish sales pitch and be sarcastic to me. It turns out that they have tried to contact me 10 times … Continue reading

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Star Trek HD

Last night I went to see Star Trek: The Menagerie in HD. Despite leaving my glasses at home (**duh**), I was able to appreciate the HD glory. However there was a flicker on the screen throughout the showing which was … Continue reading

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BBC Petition

This petition needs to be signed by you if you want the BBC’s video service to be supported on non-Windows platforms. Many other OS (!= Windows) out there have Linux emulation and having a Linux player would open the service … Continue reading

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Hell’s kitchen

Rather than seeing the petty childish arguments, can we just see the cooking please?

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Tycoon

Despite bad reviews, I think Tycoon is quite good. Reviewers are saying it is too much like the Apprentice – no doubt it is in some ways. Reviewers are also saying that Peter Jones is trying too hard to emulate … Continue reading

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Hard time?

So after quitting the Apprentice, guess who turns up on 8 of out 10 cats tonight?

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