Andy's Blog

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I have a daily schedule of news catching up, this usually involves the following;

• Listen to BBC Radio 4 whilst driving to work. I usually find that the ‘Today‘ programme is a few days ahead of the mainstream news.
• Read the BBC News website, to catch up on current events.
• Catch up on some blogs, such as Slices Of A Digital Life and Random Acts Of Reality, to see how blogs should actually be written!
• Read my monthly ‘Time‘ magazone to see how our American cousins view the world.
• Skim through my Digg Feed so that my nerdiness is kept in its peak physical condition (the comments in there are also a joy to read, sometimes more than the article they link to)

However, every so often you read something that makes you wince and wish you hadn’t taken the time to click on a link that made you think “what the heck is that?!”. THIS is definitely an Eeeek! moment and one that has made me walk funny in sympathy.

Happy reading…

When’s the time you would usually use a service like the BBC’s iPlayer? A service that lets you view TV shows shown over the past 7 days? Answer: When you are away and not able to view your usual favourite progs.

…and what has the BBC gone and done? They’ve gone and stopped me ‘cos I am in a country with some ‘Johnny Foreigners’! Don’t get me wrong, Spanish TV is not that bad, but the adverts between can be longer than the program in total.

Time to have words methinks and remind them who pays their wages! I already have had to do this once when they launched the iPlayer and insisted I use Micro$oft Windows instead of my beloved Linux.

Just before I flew out to Madrid for Christmas with the in-laws I got myself a little early Christmas present. As some of you will know I am an avid gadget freak and my latest toy is the Nokia N810, which is the latest version of Nokia’s Internet Tablets (which I now have a full suite of).

Well colour me impressed! I haven’t put the damn thing down all Christmas, much to the annoyance of the wife, and am now fully mobile after installing some of my must have apps;

• Pidgin
• Skype
• XChat
• GPE Calendar with Google Calendar Sync
• Canola

Throw into the mix the pre-installed RSS Reader, which is currently downloading all my BBC podcasts, plus the Internet Radio streaming – you find yourself with one happy Troozers

In fact this article was written using the N810! Which brings me to the new habit… actually updating this ste on a more regular basis. Now I have the ability to do this from anywhere, let’s see if I can keep this particular New Years resolution (and try and update it at least as often as Mr Fitchett!)

Happy New Year Y’awl!