Category: TV & Music

  • I need some recommendations of good upbeat music! Most of my collection is chillout stuff, which is great for curling up on the sofa and reading a good book, but doesn’t help much when I need energy to be productive!…

  • I have to smile and stop to watch for a minute every time that show is on. It’s such a feel-good show! They build amazing houses in so little time and with the help of so many people, it’s crazy!…

  • The BBC Magazine brings up an issue that has been bobbing around quite a bit recently… Advertising has creeped into every part of our life. We don’t even blink anymore when a movie’s plot is centered around a commercial product.…

  • Following Jamie’s School Dinners tv series, the British government is finally reacting to the needs for better food in school cafeterias. Chef Jamie Oliver has welcomed the government’s extra £280m to tackle the school meals “crisis” in England. At least…

  • Today feels like the most amazing day. I’ve taken it as holiday so I could relax at home a bit and do some much needed clearing up. My song of the day is the Super Preachers’ I Feel Happy. Yes,…

  • I posted a link to the fantastic Golf GTI ad the other day, and now the BBC goes behind the scenes. Finally, an explanation on how they created the ad!

  • It’s the beginning of the campfest! Tonight, it’s time for Britain to decide who’s going to represent the country at the Eurovision contest in May. It’ll be interesting if Jordan… no sorry, Katie makes it through and performs for Britain.…

  • Jamie’s School Dinners shows the junk food culture in schools and the unbelievable lack of education kids have towards food and health. Most of them didn’t manage to recognize rhubarb, a leek or an asparagus. They ate Turkey Twizzlers and…

  • We left Friday night and made it down to Brighton in record time, considering everyone expected the snow to cause traveling to grind to a halt. It was a nice chilled out evening in with Lisa, Stu and the cats……

  • GenieLab‘s music recommendation system is the answer to my constant whining that I don’t have enough music, and don’t know what new material to add to my collection. You rate your favourite artists and get recommendations through the system’s predictions…