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RAJAR Q3 2026
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New York Times Article Unavailable in the UK
If you read a story like this one on Mediaguardian explaining how the New York Times has prevented internet users in the UK from reading a specific article it has published online, what’s your natural inclination? To find a way to read the article of course! According to the Mediaguardian piece and another piece on…
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Idea for Amazon Feature
Unless I’m missing something, there’s a feature that I’d love Amazon to add to its service. I’d like them to let me know when one of my favourite authors has a new book upcoming. For example, I like John Le Carré’s novels, but if it wasn’t for the fact that I otherwise knew to look…
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Love Island Washed Away
A paltry 3.8m viewers for the final should ensure that ITV never again brings back [Celebrity] Love Island. I do look forward to reading Executive Producer Natalka Znak’s thoughts on the series’ end on the Mediaguardian blog. Previous choice titbits from her contributions have included: “We have a great show that is funny and full…
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Chip My Bin or Chip Me
Is it me, or does it seem that chipped bins (RFID, I assume) are causing more anxiety in middle England than ID cards? “You can chip me all you like, but I draw the line at my dustbin,” seems to be the unspoken sentiment.
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Ad Funded Free Downloads?
So how is SprialFrog going to make money exactly? According to a piece in today’s FT (read it quick before it costs you), Universal Music is backing the service which will offer free downloads based on users experiencing ads. Unless we’re going to have to watch a whole series of ads, I can’t see how…
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“Ultimate Play The Game” T-Shirts
Inspired by Makezine, I tried out my new Speedart Fabric Screen Printing kit this weekend to make an “Ultimate Play The Game” T-shirt. I’m sure Rare will be delighted (You do remember Ultimate Play the Game don’t you? They made some groundbreaking games for the ZX Spectrum like Jetpac, Atic Atac and Sabre Wulf in…
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Geotagging in Flickr
The new geotagging feature in Flickr is very nice, but it does show up the shortcomings of Yahoo Maps in the UK. The maps really are poor compared with Google Maps. In particular, the whereabouts of railway lines is really off-kilter.
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All Star Cup
The All Star Cup on ITV, and more particularly ITV2, offers a somewhat better streaming service than Time Team. But then it’s real golf coverage – albeit that some of it is decidedly average. The US team seems a little short of star names, although any actor in television worth his or her salt will…
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Swans on the River
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Wottakers
My local Ottakers has completed its transformation into a Waterstones.
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Time Team Live – Big Royal Dig
Have you caught any of Time Team Live this weekend? They’re conducting excavations at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Holyrood House Palace. What’s really strange is the More 4 live coverage. More 4 is doing a sort of streaming service which just shows you shots of the dig underway during the day with no commentary…
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Writely Post This is
Writely Post This is a bit of test to copy to check that I can send this from Writely. Minutes later… Well that seems to work OK. Lots of ways of getting stuff onto this site now.
Hadrian’s Wall
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