Posts Tagged as ‘UK’

July 15, 2008

Video Archive: Next Week On The Tube 1985

var __p = new SWFObject(’http://v.wordpress.com/iybX7Sr8/fmt_std’, ‘video-0′,’400′, ‘358′, ‘7′ );
__p.addParam(’allowfullscreen’, ‘true’);
__p.addParam(’allowscriptaccess’, ‘always’);
__p.addParam(’seamlesstabbing’, ‘true’);
__p.addParam(’overstretch’, ‘true’);
__p.addVariable(’javascriptid’, ‘video-0′);
__p.addVariable(’blog_domain’, ‘http://stuffem.wordpress.com’);
__p.addVariable(’width’, ‘400′);
__p.addVariable(’height’, ‘358′);
__p.write(’x-video-0′);
__p = undefined;

A little snippet previewing next weeks acts on The Tube from sometime in 1985.Shame I don’t have next weeks show eh.

July 5, 2008

Do The Juicing

var __p = new SWFObject(’http://v.wordpress.com/K75jzriQ/flv’, ‘video-1′,’400′, ‘251′, ‘7′ );
__p.addParam(’allowfullscreen’, ‘true’);
__p.addParam(’allowscriptaccess’, ‘always’);
__p.addParam(’seamlesstabbing’, ‘true’);
__p.addParam(’overstretch’, ‘true’);
__p.addVariable(’javascriptid’, ‘video-1′);
__p.addVariable(’blog_domain’, ‘http://stuffem.wordpress.com’);
__p.addVariable(’width’, ‘400′);
__p.addVariable(’height’, ‘251′);
__p.write(’x-video-1′);
__p = undefined;

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Much as I abhore the whoring of music in the name of pushing a commercial product I am partial to this little 30 second ditty used in the name of a [...]

June 20, 2008

Get Down To Cycle Town

Image by David_Reverchon via Flickr

Forgive me if the announcement of Britain’s first 11 cycling towns leaves me a little nonplussed as I know that most of those towns picked will have got on the list as they will have presented themselves as  most able to meet certain criteria. I am disappointed that mostly it will [...]

June 19, 2008

A Fool For Fuel?

Yesterday’s projected 40% rise in the cost of UK domestic gas and electricity is probably not as great a surprise considering the uncompetitive state of our privatised energy suppliers, the effect that speculative activities is having on the cost of raw materials and how much we in the UK  now rely on imported energy particularly [...]

June 15, 2008

Allo John Got Fuel For Ya Motor?

Another succinct HYS comment summing up the growing shortage of fuel caused by a combination of the tanker drivers strike and media duelled panic buying that is probably producing a very predictable outcome.

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