Astro & Premier League Story Takes a New Turn
Posted on November 3, 2008 - Filed Under Gripes, Rants & Raves | Leave a Comment
Well, you could have blown me down with a feather.
Back in August, I uploaded a personal note on Astro Nusantara after they dropped the British Premier League without so much as a by your leave (see Astro sucks if you’re not short on time and have no particular place to go).
Last week, I received an [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Read More..>>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 [...]
Getting Rid of Hunger
Posted on June 3, 2008 - Filed Under Gripes, Rants & Raves | Leave a Comment
I read a few interesting news articles today… I’m not sure if there was just more ‘news’ or if I’m in just a more interested frame of mind.
Probably — no, definitely not important.
The most thought-provoking story was about the international summit on food and the plan to eliminate hunger (Reuters via Yahoo News, article [...]
Excommunication is a funny old game
Posted on May 30, 2008 - Filed Under Gripes, Rants & Raves | Leave a Comment
I had thought, up until this morning, that the Roman Catholic church was pretty much done with excommunication. I had assumed it to be outdated.
I was wrong. It is, apparently, back in fashion. Particularly for Women would-be Priests and the Bishops that try to ordain them.
So, in case anyone was wondering how to get themselves [...]
Sharon Stone — the New Face of Karma
Posted on May 27, 2008 - Filed Under Gripes, Rants & Raves | Leave a Comment
It’s not often that an entertainment news article jumps out of me but Sharon Stone’s “karma” story is just one of those times.
From Yahoo News this morning (you can click here to read the Yahoo News article), Stone’s movies are facing a ban from a cinema chain because the owner is annoyed at the actress [...]
Misunderstood Features in Microsoft Vista
Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under Gripes, Rants & Raves | Leave a Comment
I’ve been catching this story out of the corner of my eye over the past week or two.
Apparently, an apologetical missive from the mavens at Microsoft on how the most annoying aspects of the we-hope-it’s-soon-to-be-doomed Vista are actually features (that used to be a joke back from the 98 Second Edition days, “It’s not a [...]
Telkomsel Speedy
Posted on May 7, 2008 - Filed Under Gripes, Rants & Raves | Leave a Comment
My speed test result from Speedy net (by Telkomsel).
This is my high speed internet supplier at a cost of about US$120.00 per month…
…good Grief, you can cut the irony with a knife.
Every day, they start out well fluffing around the 300k mark… ok, maybe not ‘well’… more middling and then just as you start [...]
The Sun hits the Sky… in England?
Posted on April 4, 2008 - Filed Under Gripes, Rants & Raves | 1 Comment
For the past few months (although it seems longer… like… forever), Bali has been bombarded by the recent VisitBritain campaign.
Visually pretty and fun (I’ve been back to Britain twice in the last ten years) but one thing grabs me by the… throat and shakes me every time: the damn theme song.
What nutter came up [...]
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