Tag Archives: TV

Why you don’t space people in a closed ecosystem #The100

Having just watched the first episode of The 100, I felt the need to write about one flaw of the episode. Why are they spacing people they don’t like? It’s a waste of resources. I can see the rational for … Continue reading

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links for 2011-05-10

According to German TV, anti-Starfleet rebels helped take down Osama Bin Laden Last Thursday, German news channel N24 was discussing how the Navy’s SEAL Team Six participated in the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden. The report started out normal, … Continue reading

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A pink TV for the picking (photo)

A pink TV left outside a set of units in Pyrmont. Waiting to be collect by the local council, or any individual who fancy it caught.

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Who will dub Iron Chef Australia?

Popping up around Sydney at the moment are ads for a new Channel 7 show, Iron Chef Australia. From the poster I can see they have selected Neil Perry, Guy Grossi and Guillaume Brahimi as their Iron Chefs. I don’t … Continue reading

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Home Gruen

The Gruen Transfer started again on the ABC last Wednesday. As a result the Sydney Morning Herald had a number of articles on it. And reading Adversarial ad men (SMH, 17 March2009) confirmed a feeling that I got last year … Continue reading

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TiVo and EPG, a guide to TV programs in Australia

It was interesting to read Nick Miller’s article (SMH, 30 May 207) about TiVo being introduced to Australia in partnership with Seven Network*. ‘Time-shift’ free to air digital TV. But you need to know need to know when all the … Continue reading

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TV online in Australia, legal or otherwise

I noticed an article in the Sydney Morning Herald[1] suggesting that Apple iTunes will finally have downloadable TV shows in Australia. Apple is playing it down as just rumours, but iTunes 7.1 does add the ability to restrict downloaded shows … Continue reading

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