The Media | Joe's Jottings https://joepritchard.me.uk Being the homepage and blog of Joe... Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:38:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 It’s a dangerous world…. https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/11/its-a-dangerous-world/ Wed, 23 Nov 2016 08:14:05 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7840 The Advertising Standards Authority managed to drag a wry smile out of me this morning as I read the news that they’d banned an advert for Heinz Baked Beans because it might encourage children to hurt themselves. The story is here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38073866 and the advert is based around playing the rhythm of a song on full […]

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]]> The knees…a Friday afternoon design…. https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/11/the-knees-a-friday-afternoon-design/ Tue, 22 Nov 2016 08:01:32 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7835 When I started coding, over 30 years ago, the backup and restore code in one version of Microsoft DOS was quite grim.  In particular, it would allow you to backup your massive 10Mb hard disc (yes, 10 MEGAbyte) onto multiple floppies….and then fail when you tried to restore somewhere around disc 12 or 13.  After […]

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]]> Dandelion Breaks and how to avoid them https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/11/dandelion-breaks-and-how-to-avoid-them/ Fri, 18 Nov 2016 08:08:33 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=1586 I have always been a great fan of Berke Breathed’s cartoon strip ‘Bloom County’. For those of you whose life is as yet incomplete, lacking reporting from the strange world of Bloom County, I refer you to https://www.facebook.com/berkeleybreathed/ where the current ongoing daily adventures of the characters can be found. Originally Bloom County stopped being published […]

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]]> He’s not the Messiah…. https://joepritchard.me.uk/2012/08/hes-not-the-messiah/ Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:54:42 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=1570 And so the Left and progressive movement in the UK and further afield rip themselves apart over Julian Assange.  I’d repeatedly said to myself ‘Don’t blog on this, you’ll annoy people, get your blood pressure up, and waste a good hour of your life’.  But, I can’t help it, after seeing ‘old heroes’ of the […]

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]]> Whoops…no Apocalypse! https://joepritchard.me.uk/2012/08/whoops-no-apocalypse/ Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:24:15 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=1562 So, all you Olympic / Illuminati / Alien Conspiracy theorists….how’s that ‘The 2012 Olympics will herald the end of the world with nukes, interdimensional portals and alien invaders’ idea hanging this morning? A few weeks ago I posted this item – https://joepritchard.me.uk/2012/07/oops-apocalypse-or-get-a-friggin-grip/ – and as we’ve now crashed back to earth on the Monday after the Olympic […]

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]]> How Danny Boyle accidentally saved the Coalition https://joepritchard.me.uk/2012/07/how-danny-boyle-accidentally-saved-the-coalition/ Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:27:37 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=1548 On Friday, 16th November, 2012 the General Election results reflected what had been the mood of much of the country since July of that year; increased support and continued mandate for the Coalition Government of David Cameron.  The early election had been called in early September by the 2/3 majority in the House of Commons […]

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]]> Running with the hares and hunting with the hounds…. https://joepritchard.me.uk/2012/06/running-with-the-hares-and-hunting-with-the-hounds/ Wed, 27 Jun 2012 06:39:14 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=1516 The title of this piece alludes to an old English saying; to ‘run with the hares and hunt with the hounds’ is a way of saying that someone attempts to benefit from both sides in a dispute. This saying was bought very much to my mind last week by the actions of two entertainers whose […]

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]]> The obligatory Facebook IPO post….or…Hey! Zuckerberg! You’re my bitch! https://joepritchard.me.uk/2012/05/the-obligatory-facebook-ipo-post-or-hey-zuckerberg-youre-my-bitch/ Sat, 19 May 2012 08:33:35 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=1487 Well, despite the state of the world economy, Facebook finally managed it’s IPO today and ended the day at roughly the same level as it launched at, having had a high point of about $42 and a start point of $38.  Now, when I were a lad we did IPOs differently – take the VA […]

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]]> “I heard the news today, oh boy…” https://joepritchard.me.uk/2011/10/i-heard-the-news-today-oh-boy/ Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:52:41 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=1346 …which many will recognise as the opening line of the Beatles song, “A Day in the Life”.  Unfortunately, I had to change the next line to ‘…and was as angry as Hell’ rather than ‘About a lucky man who made the grade’. Today, on Westminster Bridge in London, people protesting against Government Plans to ‘reform’ […]

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]]> Just one more thing…. https://joepritchard.me.uk/2011/06/just-one-more-thing/ Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:56:14 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=1321 Yesterday, Peter Falk died.  The 83 year old veteran actor had had dementia for a few years – an ironic end for a man who will always be known as Columbo, the dishevelled homicide detective with the razor sharp mind. Enough will be (rightly) written about Mr Falk over the next few days, and I’m […]

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