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Archive for January 4th, 2007

You shouldn’t laugh…

January 04th, 2007 | Category: Amusements, Political Correctness

But I bet you will.

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St. Elmo’s Fire

January 04th, 2007 | Category: Video

Now that’s entertainment! And this, and this.

Warning: Sounds. Also, judging by the comment threads at YouTube, some people seem to find it disturbing:

jaathan

This was suppose to be a fun toy for kids. You retards. Go get a life.

xcountryflyer

Utterly horrible!

Twis7ed

How was this funny at all? Are you all immature boys that didn’t mature?

the blog québécois

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Free dating…

January 04th, 2007 | Category: Amusements

Well of the online kind that is, this site does not even require a credit card. We all know lots of people who are trying Online Dating, some of whom have probably paid through the nose for little result. The site is pretty straight forward and to the point…always free. So if you want to try online dating why not give the site a go. It wont cost you anything. This post is sponsored by Just Say Hi.

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BBC whinges about settlement

January 04th, 2007 | Category: The Media/BBC idiocies

BEEB BOSS DISAPPOINTED AT REPORTED LICENCE FEE SETTLEMENT In an email to BBC staff sent out just before Christmas, and reported in Broadcast magazine, the Corporation’s top man Mark Thompson has expressed his disappointment in the licence fee rises that the government is now expected to announce. The BBC has been lobbying for a rise in its licence fee for some time, with bosses there hoping to get the go ahead to raise the fee each year by 1.8% above inflation. However, reports that surfaced in mid-December suggest that the Beeb will not get a rise linked to and above inflation – rather it can expect a 3% increase this year and next, and then a 2% rise each year for the next three years. Although media minister Tessa Jowell won’t officially announce her decision on licence fee rises until next week, Thompson has said that the source of those leaked proposals is “credible”. He added that the news was a “real disappointment”. Assuming the leaked figures are correct, it is not clear what impact the approved licence fees will have on the BBC, who obviously were banking on their income increasing somewhat more than it now will. The NUJ is already predicting that the lower licence fee settlement will lead to further job cuts at the Corporation.

I found this bit of news via CMU.

Needless to say they are whingeing even louder now, the DT is not impressed. The governors are now claiming this will lead the UK to have a TV market “like the US”. You mean the source of most of the programming on British television today? All of which was not paid for by taxpayers but by advertisers.

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Dish Network

January 04th, 2007 | Category: Technology

I have been fairly impressed with Dish Network for quite a while now. My father has had it for quite some time and I have been using whenever I am at home. What has really impressed me is the rather easy to use favourites function which allows me to set up my own list of favoured channels. Unlike some similar system updates to the system have not meant that I have had to redo them. It is nice to turn on the satillite and have all my fave channels right there to hand not having to search for them. The system seems to please him overall as well, the dish being pretty good at working even in the worst of weather. My parents live in the coast so wind is always a factor to be sure. Anyway are you interested in a Dish Network Deal? This post is sponsored by Dish Network.

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