http://www.bengamblin.com Blog of Ben Gamblin http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/512/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2010-08-07/server-failure-and-repair/ I went on holiday for a few days last week and as is really quite typical, it was during this holiday that my server decided to fail. What made this particularly annoying was I had intended to use my server as remote storage for my photographs. Consider... Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:04:31 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/511/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2010-07-30/samsung-n210/ Last Wednesday I added to my collection of computers by purchasing a Samsung N210 netbook - a small, low-power, long-life laptop computer. My primary reason for purchasing such a machine was for a forthcoming holiday, allowing me to backup photographs, v... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:36:59 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/510/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2010-07-07/mis-information-over-the-digital-future-of-radio/ Today seems to be a day of negative digital radio news - and not necessarily entirely accurate news at that. Be warned, I'm going to ramble on for a bit. If you can't be bothered to read it all, I sum up my point at the end. An Open Letter to Rt. Hon. ... Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:49:35 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/509/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2010-07-05/long-live-6-music/ Following last weeks reports that BBC 6 Music had been given a stay of execution whilst further reviews are carried out; the BBC Trust announced its findings following the strategic review today. The news is good: "The Trust does not think a convin... Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:50:42 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/508/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2010-06-30/6-music-reprieve/ It looks as though the BBC Trust are granting 6 Music a 'stay of execution' whilst further reviews of the service are undertaken. This is good news. It means that the Trust are not simply going to rubber-stamp Thompson's proposal to close the station wh... Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:00:57 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/507/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2010-06-11/end-of-the-road-for-nme-radio/ Media Guardian reports today that digital radio station NME Radio will close in it's existing form on all platforms; Sky, Virgin Media, Freesat and DAB. The brand will continue solely as an online music stream. This is bad news for UK radio and DAB in p... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:13:15 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/505/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2010-06-09/rights-of-photographers/ Law In Action, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday 8 June 2010 at 4pm, was quite interesting for both amateur and professional photographers. The issue of taking pictures in a public space - be that of people or buildings - is raised in terms of the Data... Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:40:24 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/504/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2010-05-07/general-election-2010_the-aftermath/ Almost every single seat has now been declared. Just two are outstanding, one of which doesn't go to the polls until 27 May, so the makeup of the House of Commons is effectively known. Throughout the afternoon, all leaders have made statements to the ca... Fri, 07 May 2010 16:05:26 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/503/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2010-05-07/general-election-2010_the-results/ There are still some seats left to declare, but it is certain now that we have the first hung parliament since 1974. The polls closed at 10pm last night and immediately the results and analysis coverage started on the BBC and other channels. I have been... Fri, 07 May 2010 09:37:59 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/502/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2010-05-06/general-election-2010/ Today is polling day for what is being described as a historic general election. For the last month, the media has been dominated by campaign events, opinion polls, talk of a hung parliament and - for the first time ever - televised debates between the l... Thu, 06 May 2010 15:46:51 +0100