The Bernie Keith Show?
Amongst all the spam of my danielgrabham.com email account was this epistle from a nice lady called Anna. I have deleted her surname as it's quite easy to email somebody at the BBC should you have their name.
Anyway, I didn't discover the mail until after the deadline. I'm sure Bernie Keith was disappointed not to have me on the show. But then, I doubt he (it has to be he, doesn't it?) even knew his producer was about to contact somebody who doesn't know an awful lot about YouTube to come on his show and talk about YouTube.
-----Original Message-----
From:
To:
Subject: BBC Northampton interview request
Hi Dan,
I produce the mid morning show at BBC Radio Northampton, and each Wednesday we do a feature on the show where we look at a particular aspect of the media industry.
I'm interested in doing a piece on YouTube this Wednesday (October 4th) - how it came about, how the site works, the massive impact the site has had on internet users, etc, and wondered if you could be free to comment?
Could you be available over the phone for 5 minutes at about 10.20am this Wednesday?
Thanks Dan, I look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes
Anna
Producer | The Bernie Keith Show
BBC Radio Northampton
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
More ramblings from Nick and Rich
Nick on Shanghai:
"If I were a tactful person I would say downtown Shanghai has a 'particular untoward odour'. I am not a tactful person. It smells of shit."
Needless to say, I think you should visit a site with such quality ramblings.
Oh, and Nick, if you ever read this - great piece about AFC on Footy Focus on Saturday.
"If I were a tactful person I would say downtown Shanghai has a 'particular untoward odour'. I am not a tactful person. It smells of shit."
Needless to say, I think you should visit a site with such quality ramblings.
Oh, and Nick, if you ever read this - great piece about AFC on Footy Focus on Saturday.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Check out your team's kits
This is a great site - thanks to Sam for sending it over. You can check out all your team's kits over the years. Definitely worth a look.
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
It's time...
...to post more. In recent weeks I have decided that I need to post more ramblings to the blog. Yes, I'll still litter it with inane links and embeds to videos hosted on the new Google-owned YouTube but I'll hope to proffer some thoughts alongside them.
Talking of last night's announcement, I've just written this piece for the Digital Home blog about Google's latest shopping spree.
My view:
It won't make much difference.
It might be easier to share videos via blogs.
It's a lot of money.
And to celebrate, here are my two favourite YouTube videos. Yes, they're 1980s TV ads. But watching the staples of the BBC's 1980s Saturday night TV schedules make fools of themselves? Priceless.
The Austin Rover ad is as funny as it is lame, but it's the Inter City ad that is my absolute favourite. Possibly because the Inter City 125 is even worse a service than it was then. The ad sells the fact the train is good for business travel ("a world you can work in"), then cuts to a man in a smoky carriage using a solar-powered calculator. Genius.
"I've got lots more cars to show you"
"An excitingly different world"
Talking of last night's announcement, I've just written this piece for the Digital Home blog about Google's latest shopping spree.
My view:
It won't make much difference.
It might be easier to share videos via blogs.
It's a lot of money.
And to celebrate, here are my two favourite YouTube videos. Yes, they're 1980s TV ads. But watching the staples of the BBC's 1980s Saturday night TV schedules make fools of themselves? Priceless.
The Austin Rover ad is as funny as it is lame, but it's the Inter City ad that is my absolute favourite. Possibly because the Inter City 125 is even worse a service than it was then. The ad sells the fact the train is good for business travel ("a world you can work in"), then cuts to a man in a smoky carriage using a solar-powered calculator. Genius.
"I've got lots more cars to show you"
"An excitingly different world"
Monday, October 09, 2006
Nick and Rich on the road
My good friends Nick and Rich of Brighton are out on the road at the moment exploring the good planet Earth. Sure makes a change from their usual habitat of the South Coast's premier drinking establishments. They also seem to have met the traditional Vodka-swilling Ozzie birds™. The way of DannyG No. 22: Stereotypes exist for a reason.
See:
http://nickrichexcellentadventure.blogspot.com
"We boarded our 6 day train destined for Beijing. There were...a lot
of little stations in the middle of miles of barron wasteland that
seemed to serve no purpose at all. Reminded us of Dilton Marsh."
http://nickrichexcellentadventure.blogspot.com
"We boarded our 6 day train destined for Beijing. There were...a lot
of little stations in the middle of miles of barron wasteland that
seemed to serve no purpose at all. Reminded us of Dilton Marsh."
Wow
This is from a US talent show. Worth watching. The link is direct, so
I can't remember how to embed it. Oh well.
http://www.youtube.com/v/RB-wUgnyGv0
Oh, actually...
I can't remember how to embed it. Oh well.
http://www.youtube.com/v/RB-wUgnyGv0
Oh, actually...
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Kieran and AfterShock
After Rob and I sampled the delights of the Wellington Carnival last
Saturday, we went to sample the rather different delights of Taunton.
Pictures here.
What is Mark doing?
http://www.dangrabham.com/pictures/kieran300906
HD DVD continues the fight
Next gen formats continue the war of attrition as the market waits for titles and PlayStation 3
Both HD DVD and Blu-ray have a problem. The stand-off between the two formats has resulted in the sworn enemy of every new technology; apathy. Despite the battle being the main focus of the recent IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, the European launch of new Blu-ray and HD DVD players – with models from big names including Samsung and Toshiba respectively - was greeted with relative nonchalance.
And, what’s more, everybody’s still sitting on the fence. But although Blu-ray had undoubtedly the stronger showing at IFA and has the better launch titles, there are several factors that could swing things HD DVD’s way.
A case of costs
Speaking at IFA, a senior source at Microsoft told me why it was a no-brainer for the company to come down on the side of HD DVD. “We think the technology is evolutionary and the costs will always be relatively lower.” And what of the attempts to foist Blu-ray on the market? “You can force the system to try to force the costs down…but at some point someone’s got to pay for it. The question is, how much money can you be prepared to lose?
There’s certainly no doubt that HD DVD has a definite lead in terms of price point and manufacturing cost. The discs are cheaper to make, while doubts also remain about Blu-ray’s durability – the recording layer is protected by a wafer-thin 0.1mm coating compared to 1.2mm for a CD and 0.6mm for a DVD, even if manufacturers such as TDK have given out assurances about the durability of their coatings.
Better price points
And then there’s the players. Tosh announced its low end HD-E1 player for the Euro market will be available at around the €599 - €699 mark. HD DVD also has the advantage that it’ll be available relatively cheaply as an add-on for the Xbox 360, while Blu-ray could yet be a costly millstone around the PlayStation 3’s neck.
“The wildcard remains the Chinese because they will do HD DVD players,” said our source. “Of course Toshiba will probably never make a dime out of this – they might make some money on the royalties, but once the Chinese get hold of it, they will force the price way down. And that’ll be an issue in terms of the price differential [between HD DVD and Blu-ray] on the mass market.”
Sony’s big white hope remains the new PlayStation. Of course, due to component shortages – specifically those blue laser diodes – Sony has delayed launch in the PAL region until next March.
“The big question for Blu-ray is whether it becomes the saviour or the anchor for PS3,” said our source. “Of course it depends on getting the product out there and how much Sony is prepared to bleed. Right now, they don’t have the time to bleed.”
Both HD DVD and Blu-ray have a problem. The stand-off between the two formats has resulted in the sworn enemy of every new technology; apathy. Despite the battle being the main focus of the recent IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, the European launch of new Blu-ray and HD DVD players – with models from big names including Samsung and Toshiba respectively - was greeted with relative nonchalance.
And, what’s more, everybody’s still sitting on the fence. But although Blu-ray had undoubtedly the stronger showing at IFA and has the better launch titles, there are several factors that could swing things HD DVD’s way.
A case of costs
Speaking at IFA, a senior source at Microsoft told me why it was a no-brainer for the company to come down on the side of HD DVD. “We think the technology is evolutionary and the costs will always be relatively lower.” And what of the attempts to foist Blu-ray on the market? “You can force the system to try to force the costs down…but at some point someone’s got to pay for it. The question is, how much money can you be prepared to lose?
There’s certainly no doubt that HD DVD has a definite lead in terms of price point and manufacturing cost. The discs are cheaper to make, while doubts also remain about Blu-ray’s durability – the recording layer is protected by a wafer-thin 0.1mm coating compared to 1.2mm for a CD and 0.6mm for a DVD, even if manufacturers such as TDK have given out assurances about the durability of their coatings.
Better price points
And then there’s the players. Tosh announced its low end HD-E1 player for the Euro market will be available at around the €599 - €699 mark. HD DVD also has the advantage that it’ll be available relatively cheaply as an add-on for the Xbox 360, while Blu-ray could yet be a costly millstone around the PlayStation 3’s neck.
“The wildcard remains the Chinese because they will do HD DVD players,” said our source. “Of course Toshiba will probably never make a dime out of this – they might make some money on the royalties, but once the Chinese get hold of it, they will force the price way down. And that’ll be an issue in terms of the price differential [between HD DVD and Blu-ray] on the mass market.”
Sony’s big white hope remains the new PlayStation. Of course, due to component shortages – specifically those blue laser diodes – Sony has delayed launch in the PAL region until next March.
“The big question for Blu-ray is whether it becomes the saviour or the anchor for PS3,” said our source. “Of course it depends on getting the product out there and how much Sony is prepared to bleed. Right now, they don’t have the time to bleed.”
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