I wasn’t going to post anything about Michael Jackson’s sudden death, because there’s saturation coverage on all media as it is. But he’s one of the huge cultural pegs on which I hang my own life history. I can’t not. Instead of yet more tiresome prose, here are two videos by way of memorial. The [...]

What’s the future of television? OK, let’s debate. I’ll give multiple choice examples (including product links for example quick clicks, but you’re not being asked to buy nuffink) and you choose. So. Is the future of television: (A) High quality drama recouping its enormous budget with global syndication and DVD sales? (e.g. House Season 5 [...]

Think Blogworld is a fluffy, cuddly place full of passionate idealists pioneering the way to a new media democracy? Think again. Adam Curtis, maker of films like The Power of Nightmares and The Century of the Self, previously told The Register that bloggers are “bullies” without lives, whose input – rather than opening up conversation [...]

Your host has been dabbling with different websites – and web aliases – for a few years now. Today, I had a trawl through my old stats. Which has been the most popular site of all, I wondered? And it’s the one that has been defunct since mid-2006. Even now, I get a fair few [...]