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Upgrading to MT4.25
So there was a fanfare and loads of excitement promised, and what am I left with? Well the layout has changed without me doing anything, as you can see. It was thin-wide-thin, now it’s gone wide-thin-thin without my permission. FFS, If I wanted this much hassle with my non-office setup I would have bought a…
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Testing podcasting with MT4
I’m thinking of doing some podcasting, so I thought I’d better try something with the in-built stuff in Movable Type. This is an interview I did with BBC London Radio about the Smithfield Nocturne in 2007. Spot review: Any my discovery is that it seems to be fine for linking out to a published podcast…
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Bromyard House: Hot water problem with bath/shower mixer tap
I’ve been investigating the temperamental hot water from the bath/shower mixed tap. A few people have been reporting that the hot water coming out of the bath/shower mixer isn’t properly hot while the water from kitchen and basin taps still is. The good news is that it isn’t necessarily a plumber’s job. I spoke to…
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Shooting with small handhelds
Yesterday I was at Beebcamp2 and put up a session on shooting video with small handheld devices. We discussed devices in use by people producing everything from news packages (Stephen Chittenden on Operation Longreach) to documentaries and even stuff to be screened in a cinema (Shoot The Summer). I thought I’d jot down some of…
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Love spotify collaborative playlist
A friend recently sent me an invite for Spotify, a streaming music service that it seems folks I know and who know music are quite excited about. For the sake of accuracy I will admit I may have begged for an invite out of curiousity and because we all want to be in with the…