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Speedy Pete's Internet DirectoryThu 25 Mar 2010 at 23:55
I've decided to take on Google and build Speedy Pete's Internet Directory. I heard Speedy Pete mentioned on the genius Aussie radio show, Hamish & Andy... like many others I searched the net looking for Pete's back to basic approach to search.
Sadly, in reality the site didn't exist. So, I researched hundreds of websites to come up with a modern and stylish design. I've read technical articles on the best way to run a search engine and I think I've found it.
At the moment we all use the phrase "Google it" but I predict that within three weeks will just say "Speedy hyphen Pete it!"
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I have to talk about it... ChatrouletteTue 16 Mar 2010 at 00:34
Chatroulette is the new internet phenomenon, it's a webcam chat site which connects you at random to another user. So you never know who you are going to get next or what you might see... which obviously means the site is NSFW.
Chatroulette destroys two social rules of interaction, which is why I find it quite interesting.
Firstly, when you are bored of chatting you can click 'next' and you are connected to a new randomer, that's if they don't next you first. Wouldn't it be great if it were that easy to end a conversation in the real world? It's the online equivalent of turning your back on someone mid-conversation and walking off.
Have you seen the latest Ricky Gervais movie, 'The Invention Of Lying'? In a world where no one can lie, people are brutally honest and they don't hold back in telling you what they REALLY think of you and that's the second social rule that Chatroulette smashes.
In the real world you chat to the girl who looks a bit like a man, the old fat bearded guy or the kid with the odd shaped head out of politeness and you certainly wouldn't comment on their look.
On Chatroulette the random strangers you encounter will be brutally honest with you and for the first time ever you will be exposed to the thoughts that go through people's heads when they glance at you for the first time.
Un-suprisinly, about 90% of users on the site are male, which means most people don't want to talk to me anyway and next me instantly. Very few people want to chat at all, people are basically just clicking through looking for the next hot girl or the next freak.
It's easy to waste a couple of hours just sitting their clicking next but the novelty soon wears off. I just wish I had bumped in to the guy in the video below on the site, this video really brought a smile to my beak.
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Hillman Day 2010Thu 11 Mar 2010 at 13:29
Dear ITV1,
As I’m sure you are aware, it is fast approaching the seven year anniversary of the tragic death of Richard Hillman.
As one of Coronation Street’s best loved, yet most misunderstood characters, I was hoping that you may be commissioning some special programming to commemorate Hillman’s impact on the street.
My friends and I often gather on March 14th to celebrate “Hillman Day” and each year we are sadden that ITV1, the birth place of Hillman, don’t join in with our celebrations.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Steve
ITV's reply
Dear Steve,
Thank you for your e-mail. I do wish we could help but commissioning of TV shows on ITV is up to the the Commissioning Editors at the ITV Network Centre not us here at Coronation Street however I will pass on your request to them. I wouldn't hold out much hope for this year as they need slightly more time than 3 days to produce at TV show.
Best Wishes,
David
Duty Officer - Coronation Street, Manchester Drama
Hmmm... may be I'll try for a 2013 ten year anniversary special.
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no commentsBRITs 2010: The worst BRITs ever?Wed 17 Feb 2010 at 07:50
I know it was the 30th BRITs and they were "celebrating their birthday", but isn't it their birthday every year?
If you were aging the show by its guests, you'd probably place it in any year other than 2010, may be the mid-late 90s with all that old Spice banging around?
Also, IS the BRITs 30 years old? I mean they said it was but Shirley Bassey said that she won the British Female Sole Artist Award in 1977... you do the actual math(s).
So the show opened with Lily Allen performing a song which was released ed a song which got its radio premiere in December 2008 and was release almost a month before LAST YEAR's BRITs! ...but she did a good job, flying in on some massive bomb.
Then the clunky show continued with a made up award for the Most Memorable Performance of the Last 30 Years (I hope next year they do an award for the last 31 years!)... and that's when the Spice Girls domination started.
Voice over Sam Fox (odd choice?) said "here's the nominations for BRITs Hits 30 Best Performance..." and they just played a clip of the Spice Girls, they ignored all the other nominations... and guess who won, The Spice Girls.
So a few of the girls headed up on stage to collect the award, then Mel B came back to dish out an award, then Gaga performed so Fearn Cotton spoke to Gerri to find out what she thought of it then it was FINALLY time for some new music...
The British Breakthrough Act, as voted for by the listeners of Radio 1... it was young fresh JLS that were chosen as the winner, so who do you get to present the award? May be Fearne Cotton or Chris Moyles? NO! Gerri Halliwell!
Jonathan Ross then had a proper Dad-gag moment when he came on stage to present Lady Gaga on of her three awards, he'd been blinged up by Dizzee Rascal and actually looked like a bad Harry Enfleld character... I think the whole thing
I was most looking forward to Lady Gaga and Beyonce performing the future No. 1 hit, 'Telephone' but I think Beyonce had better things to do, so instead Gaga just performed a song NO ONE KNEW!!
It wasn't all bad though, Liam Gallagher inject some rock and roll back in to the evening by chucking his award and microphone in to the audience. That was followed by Peter Kay (who did a good job) calling him a "knob head" and then during the ad break one of the show's organisers took to the stage to beg the crowed to hand the mic back as "the show couldn't go on without it".
The highlight was probably Robbie though, he's won more BRITs than anyone ever and this year was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award... and they even got rid of the Best Live Act category so Take That wouldn't win it for the Circus Tour and take away Robbie's limelight.
Robbie performed a medley of some of his hits and ended, like any good mobile disc-jokey does with 'Angels'... then over on ITV2 they had the worst TV show ever, BRITs Encore (presented by no one and someone) where Robbie sang actual Take That's 'Everything Changes'. That show also producer the second great Gallagher moment of the evening - "let's all go do some class A's."
...and that was the BRITs!