yellowbag's posterous http://blog.theroomwhere.com where stuff happens posterous.com Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:19:00 -0800 Rev http://blog.theroomwhere.com/rev http://blog.theroomwhere.com/rev

There's a programme on television called Rev that stars Tom Hollander that is getting lots of positive reviews in the press. People seem to love this programme. It's about a CoE Vicar called The Reverend Adam Smallbone and all the humorous things that he gets up to. Apparently it's irreverent, thought provoking, challenging and most of all hilarious. So the other evening when I was in on my own I decided to give it a go. I lasted about fifteen minutes. 

I have no idea whether the reviewers are watching a different programme called Rev or whether they have just got it horribly wrong. Basically the programme is the worst kind of British BBC sitcom. It's been pressed out of the same mould as that other one with Robert Lindsay, My Family and the other one with Hugh Dennis, Outnumbered. 

These are supposed to be cuttingly observational and insightful and... hilarious. Nah, sorry they are none of these things. Rev for example is full of clichés and stereotypes and very bad writing. The script writers should have a look at some re-runs of Friends or 30 Rock etc. to see how comic timing is really supposed to work. The episode I watched featured a bloke who's friend is a Buddhist. When we meet this person guess what? Yes, he's kind of oriental, shaven headed and wearing an orange coloured robe like jump suit. Ah an oriental, bald, orange robed person - I get it he's a Buddhist. This 'joke' did not seem to go anywhere else.

More hilariously the Vicar's wife invites some friends round for drinks and fags and guess what? One of them is black so what happens? Hilarious, they stay up till 3AM and end up dancing to... reggae music. It's not the 1970's! 

Rev is just lowest common denominator rubbish that seems to appeal to certain people and the reviewers don't have the guts to actually say what they probably really think about it. Needless to say I won't be watching it - or any of it's stable mates again.

Rev...

I don't like you.

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:59:14 -0800 Nasa ready to launch Mars rover http://blog.theroomwhere.com/nasa-ready-to-launch-mars-rover http://blog.theroomwhere.com/nasa-ready-to-launch-mars-rover
Nasa ready to launch Mars rover http://bbc.in/sajk7o

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:59:00 -0700 Google+ http://blog.theroomwhere.com/google http://blog.theroomwhere.com/google

I’m looking forward to Google’s new adventure in social network technology, Google+. I’ve recently closed (again) my Facebook account, well actually nobody can really close their Facebook account one can only suspend it. Facebook seems to expect that everyone who closes their account will eventually (inevitably?) return like the prodigal “weak tie”. Anyway, Google+ yes a new social network so why bother with another social network and why am I looking forward to it? Well for one, it’s not Facebook so does not (yet) come with a bunch of constantly changing privacy terms and conditions. The main thing is Google+ will be delivered as part of one’s normal Google experience so will be just another button on the Google web toolbar. Google has been keen for a long while to incorporate some kind of social network into it’s standard range of products and Gmail is just one step away from being expanded into this kind of product. Google has tried this before of course with Google Wave and Google Buzz. Wave was an interesting product and if one persevered it was actually a very good product. The problem of course was that one had to  persevere and quite hard at that. Once when I was abroad I did manage to use Wave with some relatives to exchange some photo’s and a threaded conversation. We eventually pulled in some other people but after I returned the impetus to use it quickly wore off. It seemed like something else to do on top of email. In fact the main problem was that there was so little difference between Wave and Gmail that we felt there was no need to use Wave. Buzz, I like Buzz there are some interesting people using Buzz. Well I seem to be connected to some interesting people. The main thing I like about Buzz is it’s not Twitter. Twitter has become like a sewer. Sometimes something interesting floats by but all in all it’s not worth waiting for. Also if one posts something on Twitter that mentions something that could be construed as a product the you are likely to be followed by hundreds of marketing bots. The only way I have found to avoid this is to make my account private. All a little tedious really. At least (for now) Buzz is relatively free of spammers and bots. Is this because not many people are using it? Another product that is worth looking into is Posterous. Posterous is a blogging platform who’s USP is to allow users to post from a simple email. Of course over time it’s got more sophisticated but it is an environment where one can find interesting writing. Back to Google+, I’m expecting from what I’ve read so far that it will be a core component within the Google family and will once again be aimed as an alternative or compliment to Gmail (email) especially with the sharing facility and all the mobile functionality. To be honest I don’t much care if Google+ is a hit or a miss. If it’s a miss all the better in some regards it’ll stay small (if it stays at all) and will remain free from spammers, junkers and other time wasters. Google+ come on where’s my invite?! 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:32:00 -0700 Blue supergiant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://blog.theroomwhere.com/blue-supergiant-wikipedia-the-free-encycloped http://blog.theroomwhere.com/blue-supergiant-wikipedia-the-free-encycloped

As used in Stargate Universe...

Blue supergiants (BSGs) are supergiant stars (luminosity class I) of spectral type O or B.

They are extremely hot and bright, with surface temperatures of 30,000-50,000 K. They typically have 10 to 50 solar masses on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, and can have radii up to about 25 solar radii. These rare and enigmatic stars are amongst the hottest and brightest in the known Universe.[1] Blue supergiants are commonly much smaller than their red counterparts.

Because of their extreme masses they have relatively short lifespans and are mainly observed in young cosmic structures such as open clusters, the arms of spiral galaxies, and in irregular galaxies. They are rarely observed in spiral galaxy cores, elliptical galaxies, or globular clusters, most of which are believed to be composed of older stars.

The best known example is Rigel, the brightest star in the constellation of Orion. Its mass is about 20 times that of the Sun, and its luminosity is more than 60,000 times greater. Despite their rarity and their short lives they are heavily represented among the stars visible to the naked eye; their inherent brightness trumps their scarcity.

Blue supergiants represent a slower burning phase in the death of a massive star. Due to core nuclear reactions being slightly slower, the star contracts and since very similar energy is coming from a much smaller area (photosphere) then the star's surface becomes much hotter. Red supergiants can become blue supergiants if their nuclear reactions slow for whatever reason and the reverse can also occur imploding into Pulsars.

While the stellar wind from a red supergiant is dense and slow, the wind from a blue supergiant is fast but sparse. When a red supergiant becomes a blue supergiant, by contracting, the faster wind it produces impacts the already emitted slow wind and causes the outflowing material to condense into a thin shell. Almost all blue supergiants observable have this shell of material surrounding them, suggesting that they all once were red supergiants.

via en.wikipedia.org

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:44:29 -0700 Datura's in Waterloo http://blog.theroomwhere.com/daturas-in-waterloo http://blog.theroomwhere.com/daturas-in-waterloo The Datura's are back in Waterloo and how lovely they are at this time of the year.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:53:56 -0700 Baby bird http://blog.theroomwhere.com/baby-bird http://blog.theroomwhere.com/baby-bird

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Teddy was out all night with some of his cat friends catching birds. This one was rescued this morning but can't fly.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:07:58 -0700 Boris bikes http://blog.theroomwhere.com/boris-bikes http://blog.theroomwhere.com/boris-bikes

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New Boris bikes just set up in Long Lane SE1. We'll see if any get used...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:47:53 -0700 Sunny Bermondsey http://blog.theroomwhere.com/sunny-bermondsey http://blog.theroomwhere.com/sunny-bermondsey

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:12:02 -0700 We are fed by machines http://blog.theroomwhere.com/we-are-fed-by-machines http://blog.theroomwhere.com/we-are-fed-by-machines
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Spitalfields Market used to be cool. Then the property speculators came and changed it into a massive chain restaurant food desert. Nothing exits any longer except pre-designed menus mostly with pictures of food and absolutely I mean absolutely no choice. Its clearly a huge success. The whole area is crammed with people voluntarily being force fed machine made pre packaged pre digested high calorie crap. Even the hippish Leon has fallen in line and gone with the same old same old menu. Our advertising gurus told us we needed more choice but what they really meant was controlled drip fed battery farmed choice.

Come to spitalfields for an experience that will be unique to only 5,000,000 people. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:52:00 -0700 Coffee on Lower Marsh Waterloo http://blog.theroomwhere.com/coffee-on-lower-marsh-waterloo http://blog.theroomwhere.com/coffee-on-lower-marsh-waterloo

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Today I'm having a flat white and slice of apple cake in the Vespa Scooter cafe on Lower Marsh. Its a really cool laid back place to spend time in. The music played is good too. Being here made me think of the old TV series Friends and the coffee shop the characters used to meet in Central Perk. The one thing that dates Friends is that nobody was ever seen in that coffee place using a laptop. Today even in the little place I'm in there is one guy with an Apple Mac. Be Interesting to see what people will be using in fifteen years time. Hey by the way I suppose the forerunner of the coffee shop on TV was the series Ellen where Ellen worked in a book shop that had a coffee area. I remember my first trip to Borders and visiting the coffee shop INSIDE the booshop. Nowdays coffee in bookshops is as normal as seeing Heinz Baked Beans in a supermarket. Oh progress how we love you...

Ps they are playing Waterloo Sunset in here at the moment how appropriate.
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Mon, 31 May 2010 06:52:06 -0700 Medieval street at the V&A http://blog.theroomwhere.com/medieval-street-at-the-vanda http://blog.theroomwhere.com/medieval-street-at-the-vanda
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The new medieval galleries at the V&A are stunning. A street has been put together based on European medieval street scenes. At the end is this building on stilts with trees growing from the roof. Its a really amazing sight as you walk around the corner. Its still under construction but worth a visit in the mean time. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Sun, 16 May 2010 04:50:00 -0700 First out cafe http://blog.theroomwhere.com/first-out-cafe http://blog.theroomwhere.com/first-out-cafe

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Yes first out cafe is open on Sundays.
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Sun, 16 May 2010 03:18:00 -0700 Setting up a custom DNS on Posterous http://blog.theroomwhere.com/setting-up-a-custom-dns-on-posterous http://blog.theroomwhere.com/setting-up-a-custom-dns-on-posterous

I just changed my Posterous settings so that my site address is now http://blog.theroomwhere.com It was quite easy to setup. You need to go to your hosting control panel (CPanel in my case) and then go to Create new A Record. Then add the Posterous domain name - blog and the Posterous IP address 67.207.139.81, then save.

If all goes well you should be able to use the http://blog.yourdomainname.com.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:46:00 -0800 Has England joined back to France? http://blog.theroomwhere.com/has-england-joined-back-to-france http://blog.theroomwhere.com/has-england-joined-back-to-france
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During the current cold spell there is a rumour going around that an ice bridge has formed across the narrowest point of the English Channel thereby re-joining England to France. This view has been supported by recent photo's taken from space by Nasa’s Terra satellite on 7 January. The photograph definitely indicates what looks like a frozen pathway between the two countries. It's likely that the breakdown of the Eurostar rail link between France and England was part of a conspiracy between the UK Government and road builder AMEC . We should be able to see in the spring whether a permanent road bridge has been constructed over the ice...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:15:40 -0800 Rooks nests http://blog.theroomwhere.com/rooks-nests http://blog.theroomwhere.com/rooks-nests
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Rooks nests in trees at Bentley station Hampshire. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:53:23 -0800 Old technology http://blog.theroomwhere.com/old-technology-4 http://blog.theroomwhere.com/old-technology-4
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Try making one of these today. This one is about 50000 years old. I don't think your Apple tech etc. will still be around in another 50000 years. This stone axe really does have a life long guarantee!
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:16:48 -0800 Cold and crisp in London http://blog.theroomwhere.com/cold-and-crisp-in-london http://blog.theroomwhere.com/cold-and-crisp-in-london
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:38:15 -0800 Out having dinner http://blog.theroomwhere.com/out-having-dinner http://blog.theroomwhere.com/out-having-dinner
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Trying the new restaurant near where we live.
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:02:38 -0800 Teddy drinking water http://blog.theroomwhere.com/teddy-drinking-water http://blog.theroomwhere.com/teddy-drinking-water
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Here is a video of Teddy drinking water.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1283447/DSC_0002.JPG http://posterous.com/users/eMBy1QR1S1 Jonathan Tanner yellowbag Jonathan Tanner Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:27:29 -0800 Shard of glass http://blog.theroomwhere.com/shard-of-glass http://blog.theroomwhere.com/shard-of-glass The London Bridge Shard of Glass is starting to rise above ground level.
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