Monthly Archives: March 2007

Flash Recorders

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Jon

I am a sound engineer by profession and so I get asked pretty frequently why on earth I’m still recording things with a titchy Sony minidisc machine rather than one of the fancy new Flash recorders. For those of you who … Continue reading →

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Alan Johnston

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Jon

“Whispering” Alan Johnston has gone missing in Gaza, he may have been kidnapped. He’s the BBC correspondent there but before that he was an editor on a World Service News programme, the World Today. When I was working as a … Continue reading →

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Grreat spam

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Jon

I just got this great spam: “Did you know obesity kills more and more people every year? We know you hate the extra pounds, the ugly look and the social stigmata attached to fat people.”

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Chicken RUN!

Posted on March 4, 2007 by Jon

So this is the blogosphere’s big chance. Big media has been muzzled by the courts and only the free press, the plucky political bloggers, are free to tell us the whole story. (I’m talking about the Cash for Honours story, … Continue reading →