web tv

The BBC has some interesting online articles on the future of television, and I got onto the Galacticast website which has some amusing SF material. Worth a look.

the new gadget!

I bit the bullet and got on the digital radio bandwagon today, with the acquisition of a Pure One DAB receiver. I'm not sure why, but it seems that designers of DAB think that we all want to hear radio on a faux-fifties woodgrain finish tabletop unit. I think most of them look a bit crappy as a result, with just the higher-end Tivoli Table Radios getting away with it, albeit at a price. I did a bit of research into radio performance, and it seemed from internet opinion that the Pure One was the best cheap one to go for, and for me, the plain but modern styling helped sway my decision its way. It certainly works fine, and here in Poole it gets all the stations that I want to listen to with the antennae barely extended. The same can't be said for Freeview here, which is a no-go.