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$10 microscope on a chip from caltech

A very nice project by Changhuei Yang of Caltech.

snip

"Our research is motivated by the fact that microscopes have been around since the 16th century, and yet their basic design has undergone very little change and has proven prohibitively expensive to miniaturize. Our new design operates on a different principle and allows us to do away with lenses and bulky optical elements," says Yang.

The fabrication of the microscopic chip is disarmingly simple. A layer of metal is coated onto a grid of charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor (the same sensors that are used in digital cameras). Then, a line of tiny holes, less than one-millionth of a meter in diameter, is punched into the metal, spaced five micrometers apart. Each hole corresponds to one pixel on the sensor array. A microfluidic channel, through which the liquid containing the sample to be analyzed will flow, is added on top of the metal and sensor array. The entire chip is illuminated from above; sunlight is sufficient.

When the sample is added, it flows--either by the simple force of gravity or drawn by an electric charge--horizontally across the line of holes in the metal. As cells or small organisms cross over the holes, one hole after another, the objects block the passage of light from above onto the sensor below. This produces a series of images, consisting of light and shadow, akin to the output of a pinhole camera.

physics tv?

How do you portray science on TV? (it is almost always wrong)

A TV writer and physicist talk about interactions of a most strange kind (QT movie)

when society says jump, we say pass the salt

There is some TV so bad that it is good. The Tick had incredibly strange lines and a barely B-grade movie plot. The sort of thing you watch with corn chips and Dr Pepper.

Sukie notes it exists on Hulu

Roof pig! Most unexpected.

You know, when a tomato grows out of your forehead, it gets you thinking. What do we know about anything? Life is just a big, wild, crazy tossed salad. But you don't eat it, no sir, you LIVE it. Isn't it great?! Isn't it GREAT?!

hulu

for the tv addict - hulu seems to be up

I'm afraid I'm not a target, but some of you may like it. Why have a tv?

green set top boxes

they aren't (pdf)

The designs are poor (having looked at several) ... put it on a switch and use it

fandoms and the battlestar galactica wiki

BSG has a connection with its fanbase and the wiki is noted here

(Lynn and Sukie may be interested ... oddly enough a Suki is mentioned)

not the daily show

:-)

good tv?

creature comforts looks promising... (watch the trailer)

(I didn't realize this was on - tells you what i know about tv... I'd be happier if it was just a stream of downloadable video clips)

the post rocketboom amanda congdon

Amanda has moved on after the bitter Rocketboom breakup and is doing something for ABC (and at least one other project)

Sadly the ABC piece is extremely lame.. (not a terrible surprise).

I'll stick with Rocketboom an Joanne ... probably not as good as it was with Amanda at her best, but much better than the ABC stuff..

new monitor for photography and art?

I like LCD monitors for most purposes - no flicker, thin/flat screen, low power consumption and decreasing prices... but accurate color is an issue as monitors don't cover the full color space (gamut).

Speciality CRTs have been built and they saw some use in the art/photographic world, but LCDs have been replacing them and people have been punting on the color space issue. But Samsung may change that if this their new XL20 is as good as the press release suggests:

Samsung Press Release

20” LED BLU Monitor Features Up To 114 Percent Of NTSC Color Gamut - New 20-inch monitor designed for users with demanding color needs

IRVINE, Calif. - Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a world-leading manufacturer of professional LCD and PDP display products, today introduced the SyncMaster XL20, a 20-inch Light Emitting Diode (LED) Back Light Unit (BLU) monitor that features up to 114 percent of the National Television System Committee (NTSC) color gamut. Designed for color critical applications, desktop publishers, video and photography editors and graphic designers, the XL20 supports users that demand extremely accurate color temperature, linearly color tracking, brightness uniformity and color reproduction. Traditional LCD screens typically cover only 82 percent of the NTSC standard color gamut (CRT covers 76 percent), while the new XL20 utilizes a unique light emitting diode back light unit (LED BLU), increasing the color gamut up to 114 percent of the NTSC color gamut. The LED BLU increases the ability to create significantly enhanced images producing a more natural range of color, and covering the full Adobe RGB natural color space / gamut. The LED backlight also lacks mercury or halogen.

"Samsung is unwavering in its commitment to innovation, and with the XL20 Samsung once again sets the standard for superior image quality, great performance and attractive design,” said Andrew Weis, product marketing manager, display products, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. “This product is a good choice for individuals seeking a high level of color reproduction and quality.”

The XL20 is further enhanced by a Color Management System (CMS) that helps provide vivid and precise color. The CMS includes color calibration, which enables more accurate quality control, and Image Viewer, an intuitive tool that corrects color differences between monitors and printers. The XL20 is also equipped with Natural Color Expert software, which allows users to calibrate the monitor’s color profile to fit their specific color requirements.

In addition to its ultra-wide color gamut and innovative color performance, the XL20 offers other notable specifications, including an impressive 1000:1 contrast ratio, a wide 178 degree viewing angle, a fast 8ms (GTG) response time and high resolution of 1600 x 1200.

In addition to its quality specifications, the XL20 is designed to support a comfortable, yet stylish work environment. It is equipped with a height adjustable stand and pivot capabilities for increased comfort, and comes complete with an attractive detachable hood. The hood allows users to appreciate the professional image quality and accurate color representation, by blocking unwanted surrounding ambient light, and producing a pure color temperature.

Competitively priced at $1,999 MSRP, the XL20 is currently available through Samsung resellers and distribution channels, which can be located by calling 1-800-SAMSUNG or by visiting http://www.samsung.com. Samsung Power Partners receive special promotions, lead referrals, training and technical support, as well as collateral and marketing materials. To find out more about becoming a Samsung Power Partner visit http://www.samsungpartner.com.

All Samsung displays are backed by a three-year parts and labor warranty, including the backlight, as well as toll-free technical support for the life of the display.

About Samsung’s Information Technology Division
Samsung’s Information Technology Division (ITD), located in Irvine, Calif., is a division of Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA), a U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. (SEC). ITD markets a complete line of award-winning LCD and PDP display products, color and monochrome laser printers, fax machines and multifunction devices for professional, corporate and SOHO users. ITD also markets large-screen plasma displays designed specifically for the professional and commercial markets. Please visit http://www.samsung.com for more information.

100% of the Adobe RGB gamut is something of a holy grail. $2k for a 20 inch LCD may seem like a lot, but this is really cheap for critical color work. Large screens are nice, but if this works I'd take one over a conventional 30 inch lcd in an eyeblink.

1080i vs 1080p

C|net comments on HD TV screen resolution...

I've had a bit of experience here - not at home with our own ancient analog TV, but with various HD monitors, two 2k and one 4k digital projector in laboratory settings. To first order most people will not have ideal viewing conditions at home - the distance to screen will be inappropriate, screen angle bad, lighting bad, etc... People also adapt quickly to what they have. Digital artifacts are very annoying, but few people will notice the difference between 1080i and 1080p ... in fact many people won't care about the difference (I didn't say notice) between 1080p and 720p.

People do care about other things - the article mentions the Imaging Science Foundation's comments on perceived quality ... namely that what people care about is contrast ratio, color saturation, color accuracy and screen resolution -- in that order. If I was to add a high quality sound system, I would place it between color accuracy and screen resolution in importance.

My ordered list is

• freedom from digital artifacts (high quality signal)
• contrast ratio
• color saturation
• color accuracy
• sound quality
• screen resolution

(of course price, size, room size, off-axis performance and available content are also important issues...)

This is the Stereo Review effect. In the sixties and seventies Stereo Review measured commercial audio equipment with very simplistic tests and published the numbers. A few flavors of distortion, along with watts output, became benchmarks and people (mostly male) would purchase based on the numbers rather than actually trying to listen critically.

Anyone seriously interested in HD should watch a variety of sets at about the distance they would use in their home under similar lighting conditions. Compare units side by side if possible. Be aware that sets with dramatically improved contrast will become available in 12 to 18 months, so buying now may not be ideal.

Another issue is HD content .. some of what arrives over cable (and that which will arrive over DSL in some areas) may be highly compressed and filled with digital artifacts. Check with friends and neighbors about service quality in your area.

I don't think there are compelling reasons for buying this year with so much change in the near-term pipeline.

battlestar galactica podcast

Ron Moore, the executive producer of Battlestar Galactica, offers commentary about each episode. He is careful to avoid spoilers and talks about backplot, plot issues, the craft of writing. I recommend the podcast to anyone who is following the series.

Last year several people convinced me to give the show a try. It may be the best scifi I've seen on tv.

I wouldn't recommend just turning it on and watching as none of the episodes (except for the first:-) are stand-alone. Watch the free "Story So Far" available on iTunes to get up to speed.

homemade stirling engines

very low end and it looks like great fun!

you have no heart if this doesn't make you desire one

who?

why yes...

Fandom

(some of you are into the study of fandoms and others are into Dr Who)

part one

part two

(from Henry Jenkins)

alternatives to passive entertainment

Recently I saw a report aimed at the upper management of one of the larger tv/phone/internet providers. The message was that people loved to be entertained and, by providing them with entertainment everywhere, profits will be wonderful. There were details about securing the paths to the viewers (oddly enough IPTV is seen as making the viewers "active" rather than "passive") and making sure upstream datapaths from households are small, but the big message was "content is king" and there will be a revolution in content delivery.

I don't buy it. Content has never been king - communication has been more important historically (nods in the general direction of Andy). People have limits - most won't happily pay more than $200 a month to have "convenient" movies available on their TVs, cellphone and computers. $2 songs on their mobile phones aren't going to cut it.

What encourages me is the growth of amateur activity

am·a·teur (ăm'ə-tûr', -tər, -chʊr', -chər, -tyʊr') n.

A person who engages in an art, science, study, or athletic activity as a pastime rather than as a profession.

I would modify this ... A person who passionately engages ...

Many (most) of those around me have some amateur activity where they actively grow. I was tempted to make a list, but I would miss too many people - I'm really impressed with much of the work I've seen. Photography is common, music for some, art for others and even amateur science (Sukie is a well respected amateur ferret medical expert). One person makes computer numerically controlled machines that are used to make more exotic machines, yet another makes guitars from scratch. Several are passionate about cooking as an art, a few are serious skiers, some make short movies and one is a B-movie actress. The list goes on and on. If you fund yourself you can not only live a dream, but stick with it and your skills will improve. These are all fascinating people.

I relax by attempting digital art and music. Don't be impressed. I'm astonishingly bad, but I'm the only audience and have a low threshold for quality. With help from a few mentors I'm slowly improving and the act of creation has fundamentally changed how I hear and see things around me.

For those who use computers, the tools are better than ever. My little twelve inch laptop may not be the best platform for doing art, but my desktop machine is just fine. A few thousand dollars gives me the same tools used by some of the best artists on the planet. This is the same amount of money we would be sending to our TV provider in a few years if we opted for high end entertainment rather than "lifeline" TV service.

I recommend this sort of activity to almost anyone - I haven't found any TV shows that are as rewarding as my low quality artwork - at least to me. (I note it is the act of making the items that is important to me - I generally destroy the results)

There are a few great things on TV and one shouldn't abandon the medium, but all of you have something more in your creative souls than being able to laugh along with a sitcom. Perhaps you can get together with friends and create your own show. Look at the beginnings of Rocketboom or some of the early shows on Adult Swim -- or SouthPark for that matter.

The Fall TV season and the relative inactivity of Winter are approaching. Forget that new HDTV. Give thought to scaling back your cable bill. Give yourself some tools and lessons with the savings. Your consumption of media may drop a bit, but when people at the holiday party as what you are reading or what you thing about some hit show, you can talk about your artwork, musical arrangement, homemade cosmic ray telescope, or whatever ...

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I apologize for the soapboxing, but there are richer activities than being passively entertained.

superman

On this morning's walk I was listening to Studio 360's July 7^th podcast on, of all things, Superman.

Did you know about the comicbook's Jewish origins? lots of other stuff.

the audio link (it should play all of the show segments)

venture bros season 2

great stuff!

Adult Swim is putting material up right after the first playing of shows. Eventually it may make sense for them to abandon the cable channel.

tv show/movie commentary

Slashdot (oddly enough I think this is the first time in a month I've visited the site ...) notes fan and studio created commentary to accompany movies and tv shows. Much of it is in podcast format.

Check out sharecrow..

abc streaming tv

It works ... you can jump around, but when you cross a commercial boundary, you want to watch.

Too bad there isn't anything I want to watch. I would rather watch a few commercials than pay for an episode as I'm pretty good at ignoring commercials.

xm satellite video

Engadget has a rumor piece on video from XM.

It is clearly possible, but where is the additional bandwidth going to come from? I find channel selection on satellite radio to be poor - there is more variety than one gets in most areas, but it is insufficient to cover my tastes (classical radio is particularly weak).

So how is video accommodated? The video channels are about four times as big as standard audio channels - you can throw away some audio or you can use more compression. The audio is already compressed to the point where it is only really useful in noisy environments like cars.

(I am aware of the WCS acquisition, but we are still talking about small chunks of bandwidth)

dr who in america

Sukie will be happy

chilling

the coming iptvbomb

An interview with Ed Graczyk of Microsoft on their IPTV effort.

An interesting read, but I would bet quite a bit that we are talking about a failure - at least for the telcos who are deploying it. The numbers don't add up and the metrics my friend Pip uses for investment ... crisis and perceived difficulty of change ... are not favorable.

It should be noted that technology changes quickly, consumers change slowly and industry dogmas (and the TV and telecom industries are full of them) change slowest of all.

Streaming video isn't efficient ... faster than realtime file transfers are much better (this has been known for a couple of decades). p2p dominates audio and video transfers - one of the reasons is you can do it so easily. The telecom and TV industry don't seem to realize what is happening, just like the music industry didn't see another Internet created steam roller.

So p2p video file transfers are enable transfer to a variety of devices, allow for simple network and already dominate. Building meaningful interfaces for them will be easier than for an IPTV network.

It will be interesting to watch the game, but I doubt that investors will be amused a few years down the road. There are many areas these companies could be working on, but the siren call of media has caught them.

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There is a silver lining. If some of the providers upgrade their systems to the levels people in Northern Europe, Japan, Korea and Taiwan already have we all will win .... if the networks are open. The investors in the IPTV companies may well fund the next round of Internet buildout - for the wrong reason, but hey ...

more videos at itms

On Tuesday mornings I check the iTMS to see if the free track is interesting (generally it isn't) and to do a quick scan of new podcasts... Today they seem to have released more TV shows. I don't see the allure of paying $1.99 for a TV show at roughly NTSC broadcast quality (or a bit worse) - particularly a series where the price is similar to a DVD, but I'm not an average viewer. It will be very interesting to see if this is ultimately perceived to be a good value.

$15 tv

really basic... and probably adequate for some uses.

more comments on apple and video

The half VGA (240 by 320) size that Apple is using for the video store is VHS to sub VHS (I would argue the later). As such you probably won't see them make any inroads on movies, but TV is another matter. I wonder what would happen if they started distributing shows before they aired? One can imagine people paying for other content - shows aired in other countries (the new Dr Who comes to mind) and, of course, the unmentionable that Apple will not carry. And then there are the TV shows with small rabid fan bases - $1.99 an episode may be enough to support some of them.

It is also interesting to note that iTunes will play H.264 that has been compressed elsewhere. It is very easy to compress the DVDs you own (full size - not this half VGA silliness) and add them to iTunes. Of course you will want quite a bit of disk space to build a library, but I find compressing DVDs to about 500 MB per hour of content with H.264 gives amazingly better results than DivX compressions to similar file sizes. If you compress at around 700 MB per hour you probably can't see the difference between the original.

If/when people start doing this, we will probably see .mp4 files (H.264) in p2p exchanges and DVD-R trades. While Apple won't condone this, it would increase the popularity of Quicktime and the iTunes player.

An hour ago I was watching a H.264 copy of a DVD we own on my 20 inch LCD display through the iTunes player. The visual quality is much better than our 20 inch TV (the quality of the screen is much better and the compression level is not visually degrading the content).

the daily show after hours

hmmmm .... BitTorrent links for The Daily Show segments.

(thanks Jheri!)

current tv

Current- a new cable/satellite network aimed at airing user produced segments. A few things worth noting - Al Gore is directly involved and they are arranging creative training at the grass roots level.

Getting things like this to ignite has been difficult historically, but perhaps this one can make it.

I hope so...

tv from your phone company - and a call to arms

The local phone pseudo monopolies are excited about having you pay $40+ a money for television.

Hopefully their pipes will get large enough to handle this. Hopefully everyone's pipe will be a real connection to the real Internet. (when you talk to people at the baby bells these days the term "wall garden" keeps floating to the surface).

What happens when the television networks and some cable networks decide to make their content available by a variety of mechanisms? Their business models are based on wide distribution of content and moving it in any way (as long as they have their commercial payloads or some surrogate) should be fine.

I'm going to claim the baby bells are going to have a much more difficult time than they have imagined. Telephony has become a commodity and taxation attempts may render the gains of PoIP (POTS over IP) nil. People value mobility, but the margins aren't great. Value added wall garden services generally pale when compared with open Internet-ish services and the differences will only accelerate.

There is also this little issue that the bells fundamentally don't understand content. It is astonishing talking to them in 2005 -- it is just like the 1990 days at AT&T.

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and the call to arms?

I have served on my township's cable committee. While doing so I learned that the cable companies (as part of my function I talked with similar groups in nearly 20 communities) used strong arm tactics to get what they wanted. The communities are expected to give valuable resources (including $40 + a month from average subscribers) in return for "service" with threats that the cable company would pull out if their increasing demands are met.

The cable committees share some of the blame. Most of them lack a technical representative and I have seen bribes and kickbacks (not ours, although offers were made by our incumbent cable company and another company that wanted to overbuild).

The towns actually have some power and could use it.

What we need is for people who care about keeping the Internet open and people who care about competition to get involved with their cable committees. The charters of these groups need to be changed to encompass Internet access and we need rich communication among these groups. When a baby bell wants to install fiber to the home (ripping up streets and lawns in the process) they should be required to ensure that certain technical and openness specifications will be met. The same thing needs to apply for cable tv license renewals. We need to define what raw "lifeline" service means. I would propose that any service must guarantee a certain upstream and downstream bitrate unmetered by the provider or anyone else. Specialized services like PoIP, television, radio or whatever can run on top of it, but every citizen of a town is entitled to a raw pipe as part of their citizenship in a town that is graciously providing its real estate to a provider.

So you say "this will never work, the cables and bells have bought the politicians..." This is true at the state and national level, but I would claim a few dozen organized hotbeds in many states would be sufficient to frighten the state and national politicians. Many serious bills rise or fall based on the passion of a few hundred people - sometimes over the will of lobbyists.

dalek voices

Someone brought up Dalek voices (from the old Dr Who) - a bit of searching locates a page on the subject.

Some years ago I read a piece on the BBC Radiophonic Lab which specifically mentioned how the sound effect was manufactured. This work dates from the dark ages of music synthesis when people played with some of the fundamental concepts by constructing circuits themselves. In this case it was a ring modulator (so named from the shape of how the diodes are usually laid out). Passive ring modulators are primitive wave to generate the sum and difference of the two input signals. With a bit of care this can sound very metallic

A likely implementation would have speech going into an input (x) with a second signal - probably a low frequency sine wave being used as a carrier and going into a second input (y). Early synthesizers were full of these things. I remember folklore that you must use really low spec germanium diodes rather than "modern" silicon devices to get the right sound.

do you hate your cable company?

Dewayne notes a site that gives antenna orientation and available channels at your location. Very slick.

The database isn't perfect ... a station in Sacramento, California shows up off the Jersey shore...

best tv scientists

Probably my choice too...

(thanks for the link Linda!)

quad hdtv

Recently people have been talking about a specialized television system with about four times the resolution of HDTV (actually one type of HDTV -- there are several). Anyway this one does 2160p or 2160i -- yikes! They stick with 16:9 and use 3840 x 2160 resolution.

Pretty impressive.

Several months ago NKH in Japan blew by this with a 7680 x 4320 test system called ultra high definition Video -- UHDV. My notes from an email describing some specs note they have a3.5 TB recorder that gives them 18 minutes of recording.

So an interesting question is how much resolution do people want/need and where? TVs are gaining resolution, but color rendition is an issue as is contrast ... of course there is 3d for real transparency.

About 15 years ago Bell Labs was involved in the HDTV game. I remember several demos and was impressed by the video, but was really blown away by the sound. Go figure...

policital messages to the electronic fireplace

Many have mentioned the archive of presidential campaign commercials form 1952 to the present, but the resource is so important that I'll make note of it for those who may have missed it.

the hydrogen economy - opportunities, costs and barriers

Calling hydrogen "freedom fuel" is naive (US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham uses that term as does his boss the President) and experts in the field are turning to a more sophisticated analysis of fuel use that examines costs at all points from production to consumption.

The National Academies Press offers an on-line version of The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities,Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs (2004) which should be required reading for anyone interested in the subject.

There are few short term breakthroughs that can change the world. While it is very useful to be working on R&D, it is also wrong to give the public false expectations. Worse than that it is wrong to not encourage shorter term solutions that could be helpful.

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Of course there are other issues apart from the efficiency of an energy system. In the case of transportation one needs to balance convenience, safety and other issues. Providing hybrid vehicles is a way to improve the total system with minor impact to the consumer. A year's worth of three dollar gasoline in the US might spark a real shift to more efficient, but still familiar vehicles (although it is unlikely that production could adjust on that time scale). It is interesting to speculate what would move people to even more efficient vehicles and behaviors.

How does one proceed in a developing market? How do you offer middle class transportation in oil-poor/coal-rich China?

portable video players and the near future

With CES and MacWorld both in full swing there is quite a bit of speculation in the press about portable video players. Some suggest that they are the portable convergence device and many are suggesting that Microsoft will show a prototype.

This is an area where one has to consider the device, its form factor, human factors and understand how these might be used. Work on the subject suggests that small movies and tv is not generally acceptable for the types of storytelling and news we have today. People fundamentally like to see details in faces and that tends to go away as screens drop below 8" in size.

I remember some work where people were given players of identical size that could play DVDs or CDs and given access to very large programming libraries. The screens on the players were about 6" - slightly larger than the width of a CD or DVD. After a few days of flirtation with DVDs, people used them as audio devices. Similar studies indicated that the size factor is important - pocket size is essential for anything portable. A 3" or smaller screen is probably very unacceptable.

There are a large number of portable DVD players available with screen sizes between 5" and 12" ... some can be had for $200. The sales numbers for larger screens (7" and above) are much greater than smaller screens, but none sell well and several manufacturers have exited the business. The idea that people might want a portable player for travel or play never caught on.

Sony and others have been building tiny TV screens for decades. Studies on their usage show none caught on - they might be used as novelty items, but usage only occurs when people have rather artificial needs (multitasking while you are at a sporting event).

There is an additional barrier of media conversion. Will people buy formats that won't play on their TVs (or will look worse than DVDs if they do)? Will they be willing to compress and archive their current material. What about DRM and piracy?

Novel projection methods have been demonstrated (direct viewing glasses, etc), but all of these are a long way from perfection.

I just don't see this being a successful product area. I think many companies will go there as it is technically possible, but I would worry about the ultimate sales and usage of any product I can imagine at this time.

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In summary (and I could be wrong), I expect Microsoft and many others to introduce units this year with high hopes (the Microsoft units will probably be reference designs for others to make as is the style of MS). I don't expect Apple to be that dumb. While they don't seem to do formal ethnographic studies these days, their CEO and other people in charge of design, seem to have a handle on how people consume media.

good television

There has been a few good shows ... one of them may be staging a comeback.

Sukie will be happy.

the return of dr who

Sukie will be excited by this news.

From the release:

Lorraine Heggessey, Controller of BBC One, has confirmed that all rights issues regarding Doctor Who have been resolved and has green-lit scripts from writer Russell T Davies.

The statement notes that it is far too early in the day to discuss possible storylines, characters, villains or who might play the Doctor. It also states that it is unlikely anything will be on screen for at least two years.

It will be a family show, but no details are available on when it will be scheduled.

Doctor Who will be produced by BBC Wales in conjunction with Mal Young, Controller of BBC Continuing Series. The executive producers will be Mal Young, Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner, Head of Drama BBC Wales. Russell T. Davies's writing credits include Bob and Rose, Queer as Folk, The Second Coming, Touching Evil (with Paul Abbott) and The Grand.

(and more)...

The strange thing is that I was surfing for some information on an early Dr Who show - the BBC Cult site has a nice Dr Who section.

cbc archives

A few days ago we noted the BBC was going to make its archives available online. It turns out the Canadians (hi Monica, Peter, Chong and Mike!) have been doing this for some time with the growing CBC archive.

My main beef is the use of Media Player, but that is a minor issue as some amazing content exists. In particular check out the David Suzuki section.

For fun take a look at this view of the future in the late 70s... and going back to the culture of the 60s ...

that's all for this morning. There is so much here.

dr who on demand

The BBC Creative Archive

Wow - full access to the BBC's archives.

Wow...