Dive into the archives.
- Gervais back on Guardian Unlimited
Ricky Gervais, who blew Guardian Unlimited into the podcast world a year or so ago, returns to the network tomorrow. You can sign up here (iTunes link).
- YouTube’s death by a thousand cuts
As a consumer, it’s faintly depressing to see Comedy Central insist that Daily Show clips are removed from YouTube - those clips were how I first got into the show, and it seems a daft thing to do when I can’t imagine those clips have done anything but win viewers. They were also among the [...]
- New job
I’m jolly excited: after two and a half years explaining to people what, exactly, an assistant editor does (”you assist the editor, right? Doing what, exactly?”) I’m delighted to say I’ve been promoted, to head of editorial development at Guardian Unlimited.
I’m thrilled - aside from having a more descriptive title, it’s going to be [...]
- LA Times: I’m confused
It would be glib, not to say wrong, to say that all the US newspaper industry’s woes are encapsulated in the astonishing LA Times front page, right. But at least some of them are on show, no?
The amazing thing about this page, grabbed from the wonderful newsdesigner.com, is that it’s a redesign, first unveiled [...]
- Canada troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants
Sure they were ten feet tall. Hoookay. Rilly.
- Philips pain episode IV
In the latest gripping episode of my TV heartache, you’ll be enthralled to learn that my faulty Philips TV has finally been picked up, after only 15 days’ wait and an aggregate hour and a half on hold in a call queue, waiting to talk to Philips customer “service” people. I now get to wait [...]
- The neighbours stop renting
Interesting to see my neighbours, Crystal Palace, have managed to buy their home.
I hear that Crystal Palace fans plan to turn up to Saturday’s game against Cardiff showing their appreciation for their perma-tanned chairman, Simon Jordan, who did the quick-witted deal to secure the ground. They’re planning to wear Orange, with the theme: “The future’s [...]
- My favourite comment of the week, so far
We get huge numbers of comments across Guardian Unlimited’s blogs these days and - contrary, perhaps, to many people think - the standard is often very high. But one comment, appended to the sports blog post introducing the latest edition of Football Weekly (now Britain’s top sports podcast - we’re very pleased) takes the biscuit. [...]
- Philips pain episode III
It was, I guess, almost inevitable that after last week’s hassles trying to get Philips service to collect - for a fee - my broken TV on a Saturday, they should get it wrong.
And so it came to pass: stepping off the train in Farringdon this morning, my phone rings. It’s the driver coming to [...]
- Scotland 1 France 0
Scotland are clearly the best team in the world now they’ve beaten the World Cup finalists.
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