Google odd about Astro Satellite TV (Nusantara)

Posted on August 21, 2008 - Filed Under Gripes, Rants & Raves | Leave a Comment

A couple of days ago, I uploaded a short, angry note about Astro Nusantara to this blog and, later the same evening, while searching for a follow-up or news on Astro came across a link to my blog on Google and now it’s completely disappeared.
The original article is here: Astro Sucks.
I do wonder what the [...]

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Astro (Nusantara / Indonesia) Sucks… No Premier League

Posted on August 16, 2008 - Filed Under Gripes, Rants & Raves | 4 Comments

A year ago, I switched from Indovision partly because they dropped the Premier League Football coverage but also because they dropped the coverage with zero warning… in other words, right up until kickoff on the first Saturday of the season, I was still waiting for the games to begin… and stayed in front of the [...]

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Paris Hilton & John McCain

Posted on August 6, 2008 - Filed Under Gripes, Rants & Raves | Leave a Comment

Another one of those stories that happened to catch my eye this morning — story by Devlin Barrett (Associated Press via Yahoo News) — the headline reads:
Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad
Very cute: I was about to say, “Is Barrett implying that Paris Hilton is a tart?” but, in fact, I’ll have [...]

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Niggled to Wordpress 2.6

Posted on August 3, 2008 - Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

A quick note: I’ve just upgraded to the latest version of Wordpress (2.6) mainly because I keep getting this little note in the admin area telling me I need to upgrade… it’s niggling. And I don’t like to be niggled all the time.
On the other hand, if you find anything broken or troublesome, please drop [...]

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