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While writing a quick post about the Chuckle Brothers’ 20 years on television, I was reminded about some other British kids TV shows that I used to love. Some overstayed their welcome and became bland, others just died out and faded away, but they all deserve their place on British TV history. Continue reading ‘British Kids TV Shows That Time Forgot’
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I was amazed to read today on BBC News that the Chuckle Brothers have been offering their slapstick kids humour for two decades now!!! I would never have guessed that two guys that look like Yorkshire’s version of the Mario Brothers would have survived for so long, especially when their shows all seem the same (maybe the location changes!)
Anyway, its a winner with the kids (under-8’s in particular apparently) and
as Paul Chuckle says, “You can’t tell kids what is funny. They tell you.” I remember watching The Chucklehounds when I was a kid, and the emotion I’m left with is indifference. Maybe it’s improved with age!
Anyway, if you still have no idea who I’m on about or if you’re not from the UK, check out the YouTube clip to see these clowns in action.
Continue reading ‘The Chuckle Brothers - Been Going 20 Years! Really?!?’
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Just in case you weren’t aware, digg is currently unavailable…
Update:
Just found out that today digg is relaunching itself. As Pete Cashmore says:
As promised multiple times by founder Kevin Rose, the site is launching social networking features that will make the site a lot more personal: complete “MySpaceâ€-style social networking profiles with a comment section, and the ability to share stories with a group of friends, rather than banking on a homepage hit.
The move puts the site in competition with a range of link-sharing sites, including Twitter and Rose’s own project Pownce. The picture section isn’t part of the relaunch: that’s still coming in October, as promised. The recommendations feature, where stories are suggested based on your reading history, is also not part of this revision. The move is partly to snag some of the site’s passive readers, but it also seems like a move towards ad targeting: with more information about them, they can begin to categorize users more effectively.
As the gameplan stands, we can expect the picture section in a month or less, and personalization by the end of 2007.
Update 2:
As of 08:44 BST, digg is back up!
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