What makes you happy ?

The entry here where I said she should be shot is #1 (Nikki. Big Brother) or #3 (Big Brother. Nikki) on Google which explains the recent number of visits. Not having seen much of the show due to it being full of muppets tonight I watched the bit where she was told she was leaving and then her interview. J and P said she was a wonderful person. And a very very funny person too. Hmm…
I’m not convinced she is the full ticket. There’s nothing wrong with that of course and I’m sure she’s a nice person (when warm, rested and calm) but some of the antics….. if they were for real – and they sure as hell looked it – then it’s just another nail in the coffin of BB surely? Anyone remember the first BB that Craig ‘the incredible sleeping man’ won? It was a gameshow to them. It was fun, interesting and challenging (because they had real challenges – the unicycle, the 100 faces) but now the producers seem to be wanting to challenge Fraggle Rock for… uniqueness.

Why pick someone you know will throw tantrums, then poke them and prod them to have those tantrums and then try to defend the show and it’s values? It’s less about the human condition than voyeurism of the worst kind.

There was something she said though while lying by the pool. It was like “I was born to have money, I just don’t have any”. I hope she gets more than her fair share from the media :)

She should be shot. Sooner would be better.
Thanks.

(And I don’t watch it – J has it on in the bg as I’m here working. That whinging screech…… jeez)

BB was on in the background (honest!) and the girl with the stupid boyfriend gets into the house. She's the Golden Girl. BB says that she must sleep in the Golden bedroom, wear Golden shoes and must have Golden showers. Urolagnia on Big Bro? They must be taking the p*** ;)

Newsnight piece on Net neutrality / Bram Cohen / Bit torrent. In the middle of that is this:

TO HEAR BRAM COHEN INTERVIEWED DIGG THIS ARTICLE

and that’s a Digg link. Ignore the fact that at the top right of that page are two yellow download buttons. (Neither of which say what they actually DO – it’s assumed that people will know…)
If you get to Digg the author of the BBC piece is there (the digger?) and clicking his name shows 3 other BBC stories that he has dugg.

1. Why is the BBC into this Digg thing?
2. Do they actually know? Does it matter?
3. Isn’t it a bit off to link with a ‘Hear the interview’ when there are already two perfectly decent links on the originating page? That would seem to be duping people especially when they get to the Digg page and see this:
   

   For extra audio of the interview, BBC Newsnight podcast dated 26 May at: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=136697142&s=143444

   so they cannot hear it at all unless they have iTunes in which case they will know what the yellow Podcast button on the originating page was.

Why is this Adam Livingstone using the BBC as a prop to his … ‘career’ ?
I feel a complaint coming on…

Came across a link at the BBC for ‘hi-res film downloads’ which seemed rather neat. Clicking around finds that I need IE to get it, WMP to play it, a ‘small download’ to get it too and just to be sure I won’t burst my HD it’ll delete the programs for me. How considerate! Keep reading …. it’s a download using a program called Kontiki. If you google ‘Kontiki DRM’ you will get “Gamespot’s “Download Manager” Hides Spyware, DRM” as #1. How reassuring! Reading around some more, it seems Sky have already tried this and effectively used paying customers bandwidth as a distribution mechanism – and some will not have known. How economic! And just to put the tin lid on it, if you want to get rid of the software, the BBC accept no responsibility at all if the nukes your computer even though they say you must have it to get the films. How …
So, would I like to download these short films? Yes. Will I? Not a chance. Will I keep an eye on the right places for a way to strip Kontiki’s DRM from these films? Hell yes. And would I then tell anyone about it? You can bet on it.

This is bloody marvellous!
(/me waves to Jo)
(src: http://www.linkbunnies.org)

Bottom of the Barrel?
What a bunch of IQ-free goons this lot are .. maybe it’ll be compelling viewing in ‘car crash’ type of way? Or maybe it’ll just be total garbage.
Again.

This how fast to miss the flash clip from the superb Top Gear epitomises so much of the “Boys Toys” and “It’s a bloke thing” and “Hmm… I wonder” that I love about the program. The last sentence is just excellent. (src: linkbunnies)

One link lead to another and at the end of the chain was the BBC page documenting The Crystal Maze. I’m fairly sure this image is from the later Tudor-Pole series but I didn’t mind either – I really enjoyed the whole lot and I wish someone would bring something similar back. But then could they ? It’s one of those “could it be as good” things. Like Creme Eggs being smaller these days, and Wagon Wheels not being as chunky, and sweets not being sold in a ‘quarter’ (I could go on a huge roll about this “When I was younger” stuff – I shall try hard to resist). So yes, while it would be nice and I’d love it to come back I’m equally sure I’d probably criticise it. I suppose some things are best left where they were.
There was something quite satisfying about that game though. When you saw who was nominated for a room and just knew they would screw it up. Or when the host said “They cannot hear you” but the people outside still yelled directions. And the very few times when the team actually did win the big prizes you knew they really had worked for it. Good program. Bring it back.

Kaplinsky gets evening news role

Looks like the viewing figures for Channel 4 news will be rising then.