YouTube is one of my favourite pastimes. I was just browsing through some videos looking for something interesting to watch. One jumped out at me. It looked a bit like clickbait, but I decided to watch it anyway. The title was: Why We Might Use Different Numbers in the Future … Continue reading
Just about my favourite podcast and YouTube channel is Vox Tox. It’s hosted by Sandy Toksvig, born in Denmark but a British resident for most of her life. Although only 4 feet 11 inches tall (yes, heightist) she’s had a remarkable career. But I won’t dwell on that. Instead I’ll … Continue reading
Can you teach me Beethoven’s 5th symphony by Tuesday week? Click the link below to play the track. .
The original Ghost Busters (1984) was a great success, so of course Hollywood did what it does best: it capitalised on the success by releasing a sequel, Ghostbusters II, in 1989. Time passed. Lots of it. In fact 25 years or so before Hollywood had another great idea. What about Ghostbusters 3? But … Continue reading
Before I talk about Plex, I’ll tell you what led me to look at it. I listened some time ago to one of the excellent Alive 90.5 podcasts by Peter Fowler in which he touched on Google’s Chromecast. It sounded rather interesting. Then in another podcast on November 13, Peter talked about a … Continue reading
Brian Lankow and I have been talking about putting together a one-hour folk music program for quite a while now, but I’ve never had the time due to my IT-support commitments at our community radio station Alive 90.5. But now Rajiv Chaudhri is taking over some of that role and … Continue reading
Twenty three years ago (1990) Twin Peaks was a huge TV hit, and quickly gained cult status. For some reason I always believed I had watched it, but now I know that was not the case. The true fact is that I only remember the haunting theme from the series. … Continue reading
Australia has a new digital news service provider called The New Daily. It went online this week (today?) and draws its news from a number of sources including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Financial backing is from not-for-profit industry super funds. The New Daily is headed by Former Age and Herald … Continue reading
Enjoy listening to podcasts? Enjoy science but never thought it could be funny? Well here’s a podcast you might like to subscribe to: The Infinite Monkey Cage. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/timc
Although I’m a technology junkie, I’ve never really been interested in games on the computer, with one exception: Microsoft Flight Simulator. Perhaps it’s because it’s more than a game – it’s an experience. I get to imagine what it’s really like to fly a plane, with the controls, the instruments … Continue reading
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