In the first of a new series of blog posts, I recall my early days and the circumstances that gave me a passion for radio — beginning with the pirate stations of the 1960s … On Monday the 14th of August 1967, at just after three o’clock in the afternoon, I sat alone in my [...]
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Selected Tweets – Week Ending 2010-09-05
Monday 30th August 2010 BBC News – UN climate change panel to face Himalaya error verdict http://bbc.in/cb3iVD # BBC News – Double meteorite strike caused dinosaur extinction http://bbc.in/cw5Tmc <Like buses – none for ages, then two come along at once! # BBC News – Dry weather reveals archaeological 'cropmarks' in fields http://bbc.in/cu3FFk # Walk Pic [...]
Selected Tweets – Week Ending 2010-08-29
BBC News – Why the US keeps minting coins people hate and won't use http://bit.ly/9cBkZf #onlyinamerica # BBC News – Rice yields falling under global warming http://bit.ly/bbdhPt # BBC News – BBC staff lose laptops and mobiles worth £240k http://bit.ly/aW1rwC < Good heavens! Get a grip, Beeb! # BBC News – New search in Worcestershire [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-09
@Corrina1203 Hi Poppet! Yup, a good week away – dodged most showers! Wheely bin the worst for us – got to get car out to drag it out! lol in reply to Corrina1203 # BBC News – ITV to launch HD channels on Sky http://bit.ly/c8G0DG # @llamakevin This is true – you'd better get it [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-02
@HappyHippyMum We're staying for the week at Penrhos Golf & Country Club, Llanrhystud – in a static caravan, using it as a base in reply to HappyHippyMum # Morning all! Hey, not raining here as I expected it to be – the day is looking up! # We're at Borth – in the rain! # [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-26
Fed up with dwindling interest rates on your savings? Join SAVE OUR SAVERS now! http://www.saveoursavers.co.uk/home.aspx @SaveOurSavers # BBC News – Savers join forces to fight the interest rate plunge http://bit.ly/ahqGU4 # BBC – dot.Rory: "Twitter and Scientology: Don't use the 'S'-word" ('stupid', that is) http://bit.ly/bnL3lv #stupidscientology # BT hikes call charges • The Register http://bit.ly/aBMVWw [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-19
@joonieb ALL MINE mrs bobski is away till Friday, I'm home alone … and therefore stuffing myself with forbidden fruits while I can in reply to joonieb # @davcar11 Ha, I didn't think you were a #bb11 watcher – if they keep on with this pointless arguing, I might not be for much longer! lol [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-12
Completed some more station idents for GaGa Radio Corfu! http://www.gagaradio.com/ #VO # The station idents I completed yesterday for Network North Devon are now live at http://www.network1radio.co.uk/player5.html #VO # Morning all! To Swanage, Dorset, on a coach trip today! Just leaving Weston – sun getting brighter as we go # Coffee time (@ Brimsmore Garden [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-05
@voiceovergirl Did you get your overnight rain? We did in reply to voiceovergirl # BBC Sport – F1 – European GP damages F1 credibility – Ferrari President http://bit.ly/b5HiT1 < Another pointless winge from Montezemolo! # @orphistic Italian passion combined with a deep sense of inferiority when not getting their way = Ferrari in reply to [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-28
Wow, my iPhone 3GS is even more funky with the iOS4 software upgrade! # @voiceovergirl Go here – http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/ – then scroll down to "learn more" (bearing in mind it's an iPhone 4 page!) in reply to voiceovergirl # @TitanUK Haven't seen or played with an Android, but I sure am still loving my iPhone! [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-21
Whoa! Just woken up, and what's happening here? Lots of tweets repeating themselves through my TweetDeck columns! Is it my eyes? # Whoa! Just woken up, and what's happening here? Lots of tweets repeating themselves through my TweetDeck columns! Is it my eyes? # @ceggsx @BR_McCarthy Aargh! Am being inundated with repeats! It's like British [...]
