Probability and The UK Super Casino

The news that a Las Vegas style super casino has been confirmed as being in Manchester leads me to recall one of the most accurate quotes about the Nevada City I have ever heard. It was from Ben Metcalfe and it was (roughly): “I hate this place. Do you know why? I understand probability.”
No matter [...]

Kidnapped for TPN Rock Takeover!

It’s Monday, must be time for another guest host on TPN Rock. As always the breif to the hosts is to play the opening theme music, the closing theme music, and then do their own thing in the intervening 30 mintues. Lynette Young (of lynetteradio.com and scrapcast.com) took the whole Takeover moniker a little bit [...]

UK ‘Opt Out’ Of Discrimination Laws, Catholic Adoption, and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster


BBC World Service - Second Life Discussion

A quick heads up for those watching the feed, I’ll be on the BBC World Service’s World Have Your Say at 1800 GMT this evening. I’ll be discussing Second Life (along with, I believe, Nicole Simon), and I understand you can phone in to the program to join the discussion.
Postscript: Well that was interesting - [...]

Richard Vobes in the TPN Rock Chair

Those of you listening to TPN Rock regularly (and it’s not as if I haven’t mentioned by ‘podsafe’ Rock Music Podcast on this blog before). The reactions to the second show have been, as expected, amazing. I mentioned last week that I was hoping the hosts would run with the initial starting point and go [...]

New York, New York, I”m Coming To Get You

Decision made.
After I finish at SXSW, I’m hopping up to New York from Monday 19th to Friday 23rd, and then I’ll head over to the West Coast Bay Area for the weekend before the final destination of San Diego. All of this is of course for The Tech Confernece Show, so naturally I’m looking at [...]

Reilly… Gervais… Curry… The Podfather

Nothing like passing on the crown - can we have an official ceremony for Ricky Gervais to hand over the Mario Puzo embossed certifiate to The Podcast Network’s Cameron Reilly?

After all, Gervais was sent a gilt edge business card and contract from Adam Curry when the ever so inventive mainstream media in Australlia (where the [...]

If My Life Was a Movie, What Would the Soundtrack Be? (Yes, more Blog Tag).

So it’s Blog Tag version two. CC Chapman got this one in the email, and he’s decided to break cover, post it on the blog and get it rolling. Although rather than tag me by a link (and google juice) I just get an email instead. G’ah. Okay, over to Mr C to explain:
Open [...]

Leith FM Warming Up The Transmitters for Five Year Broadcast

Yes, you read that right. No more four week long restricted service licence from Ofcom, the local community radio station here in North Edinburgh recieved the new five year licence from the regulators. Everything is almsot in place, and we’ll be on air by teh end of March.
I say we as I am involved in [...]

This Cheered Me Up A Little

Senator Barack Obama is taking the first step towards a White House run, raising the possibility the US will get its first black president. Mr Obama, a Democrat, said on his website he had formed an exploratory committee, which would allow him to raise money and hire staff for the run.
Link: BBC News

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