I am an Australian who loves F1. I attend the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne each year and am there for every minute of every session. Practice 1 on Friday is my favourite session of the year. As the Australian Grand Prix has been the first race of the season for many years, I get to see the new driver / team combinations for the first time live, rather than on tv, which is very exciting.…
Archive for the category: Television
why I don’t contribute to Wikipedia
I’ve been a Doctor Who fan since childhood. Last year I became intrigued with the complex storyline the show’s writers were creating around the new character River Song, who is intimately acquainted with the Doctor. I compiled a diagram showing the timeline of their relationship based on information provided in the show.…
quiet on set
Gertrude St businesses including Sonido and Radio were being used as sets during the week, presumably for Offspring. When walking by in the morning you can see the immense amount of equipment used and the huge number of people required to capture a few moments.…
the relationship between River Song and Doctor Who
I don’t think I have previously mentioned my lifelong obsession with Doctor Who. The revived BBC has been wonderful and I am so excited by the excellent performances of Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Karen Gillan as his companion Amy Pond.…
where my heart lies – favourite British actresses
I was accosted, almost berated really, by a friend the other night who demanded to know why I have not written anything about beautiful actresses recently. How appalling I thought, I must make redress immediately. My contribution to the ‘where my heart lies – 20 favourite actresses‘ meme was popular, so I thought I would follow a similar format to write a new post.…
the pretentious life of us
In October last year I reported on a tv show filming outside the Black Cat on Brunswick St. I was told by someone that it was for the police action drama Rush, but someone commented that it was for a show called Offspring.…
BBC F1 news = fail
Last year I wrote about the failure of ITV to cater for international audiences with their F1 news. Now that the BBC is the official F1 broadcaster again, I hoped they would be more aware of their international audience. But I was naive.…
Formula 1 Management and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation censor spectator videos
Update 27 April 2009: I won this case – read the full story here.
The flaccid corporate pricks at the Australian Grand Prix Corporation (AGPC) and / or Formula 1 Management (FOM) have forced Youtube to remove the two videos of the 2009 Australian Grand Prix I posted yesterday, along with the videos posted by many other fans.…
Posh Nosh in Perth
The absurdity of this is too good to ignore. A customer complained about the high cost of beer and chips in a Perth bar restaurant recently. While most attention has focused on the prices, I’m focused on the chips. It’s a very architectural stack of chips in the photo below (from the above linked story).…