40 years later, still flying. I never managed a high ranking on the ZS Spectrum growing up. I’ve managed higher with modern emulators. And for combat in elite Dangerous I’m just “Deadly”.

In The Boss’ own words:

“I don’t know exactly who’s in the crowd. But I know that my life was changed in an instant by something that people thought was purely junk – pop music records. And you can change someone’s life in three minutes with the right song.

"I still believe that to this day. You can bend the course of their development, what they think is important, of how vital and alive they feel. You can contextualise very, very difficult experiences. Songs are pretty good at that. So all these are the stakes that are laid out on the table when you come out at night. And I still take those stakes seriously after all that time, if not more so now, as the light grows slightly dimmer.”

This.

What to watch for in the first two hours after the UK polls close. As always not the inner, but the gains and losses on 2019.

The Civil Service never forgets.

Eric Lehman from Luxembourg started out as a Eurovision fan, attending his first contest in Birmingham, England, in 1998 after Katrina & the Waves claimed victory in 1997 with “Love Shine a Light.” Eventually, Lehman became a journalist, reporting for various outlets in his home country, even though the Grand Duchy dropped out of the contest in 1994.

I’m sorry, but how fast is that platformer running on the ZX Spectrum? 50 FPS? As Your Sinclair would say… blimey!

Some ephemera from my time at Edinburgh University’s SF Society

The Unabridged Story Behind The We’re Just Normal Men Meme - Woo

Eriiiiiiiic! … DENIED

I know. It’s not Conan. But this feels wrong

Steven Wright – Master of the One Liners | Carson Tonight Show

escinsight:

Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, BBC R&D’s Dave Martson And Eurovision’s Next Generation Audio

Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, BBC R&D’s Dave Martson And Eurovision’s Next Generation Audio

We talk a lot about the songs of the Eurovision Song Contest here, we look at how the Song Contest allows cultures to be shared, and how the Contest is used as a live environment for testing new broadcast technologies. It’s the latter that’s the subject of today’s Chat Over Coffee podcast.
Liverpool’s hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest was a golden opportunity for the BBC’s Research and…

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The Eurovision Song Contest is more than the songs. We talk about those a lot, and the cultural sharing, but what about the technology?

Liverpool 2023 saw a test of the Next Generation Audio codecs by the BBC RnD team. I chatted with Dave Marston on how it came about, the tests, and how they will impact TV broadcasts in the future.

Steve Wright tribute from LBC’s Iain Dale

The media megacorp continue to try and lock away podcasting, to hoover up all your listening data to the second in custom and exclusive apps siloed away… get podcasts remain “open” and “get them anywhere” properties. Long may it continue