Red's Ramblings v.2

BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Uefa Cup fans clash with police I had planned going into town to soak up the atmosphere but it appears that if I had done just that then the afternoon was the time to go. I really can’t believe some of the comments posted in that article. But [...]

World of Warcraft Europe: The Molten Core 10 out of 10 for effort Xbox 360 Spring First Look 1 out of 10 for effort

BBC NEWS | Education | Three Little Pigs ‘too offensive’ “A story based on the Three Little Pigs has been turned down from a government agency’s annual awards because the subject matter could offend Muslims.” Again they are confusing the image of a pig being offensive to Muslims with the eating of its flesh. There [...]

I kind of think that the BBC miss the point of covering football matches having sat through Aston Villa v Manchester United on Match of the Day last night. Through much of the match we were constantly reminded that it wasn’t the best of matches by John Motson and Mark Lawrenson spitting their dummies out [...]

Following on from my posts regarding the lack of Mac support offered by the BBC with their iPlayer I engaged in a round of email correspondence with the editor of MacFormat Magazine. The September issue dropped through my letter box this morning. I flicked through it while munching on my Cornflakes hoping to see some [...]

BBC NEWS | Technology | BBC online video service launches   “At first the iPlayer will only be available on PCs running Windows XP but the BBC says it is committed to making it available on all platforms. The BBC Trust says it will keep a close eye on how this is progressing. All BBC catch-up [...]

Not wanting to be outdone with all the flooding in the south I let the water out of the kids pool. It was looking a bit green anyway. Result… our very own flood. Yay!, now Sky News can come round and film an sensationalist and exaggerated “end of the world™” report. Disclaimer: No Guinea Pigs [...]

“Manchester is thought to be England’s second most important city ahead of Birmingham, a BBC survey has found.” Manchester tops second city poll I always thought as Manchester being the second city anyway. But then again I am biased

Its reminiscent of that South Park Episode that I made reference to in my last post. Sensational reporting on a bit of snow. I think that they are just trying to justify the airtime they gave to last night reports of impending doom. I know that the south has more snow than us up north [...]

Its cold tonight which makes me wonder whether we have global warming or my theory of a shifting calendar.. or something. I’ve not put too much thought in it but it just seems that we are perpetually 2-3 months adrift and increasing. I can’t really say that its getting warmer, or colder, but its just [...]