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Half a century ago, scientists were speculating about the possibility of planets outside our solar system. Since then we have discovered over 400 such extra-solar planets. But is there anything living on them and if so, is it intelligent? Sir Patrick Moore debates the question of life in the universe with today’s planet hunters and [...]

Chris Petit’s road movie is a meditative essay inspired by the trancelike state sometimes induced by the act of driving. With narrative provided by Hanns Zischler, the film is variously about memories of journeys, the impact of modern technology and the rise of the factory sheds which now line roads throughout the world. Recorded from [...]

What looks like a splash of sunshine to raise our winter-drenched spirits – with lush scenery and a buoyant soundtrack – has a serious undercurrent. Reminders of the island’s enslaved past are all around as we meet black, white, rich and poor Barbadians for whom horses are a way of life. Particularly engaging is knows-her-own-mind [...]

Dara O Briain presents a special show featuring unseen material and favourite bits from this series.

Recorded from BBC 2 England at 2010-03-09 23:00:00

There’s something very odd going on in space – something that shouldn’t be possible. It is as though vast swathes of the universe are being hoovered up by a vast and unseen celestial vacuum cleaner. The accidental discovery of what is ominously being called ‘dark flow’ not only has implications for the destinies of large [...]

Half a century ago, scientists were speculating about the possibility of planets outside our solar system. Since then we have discovered over 400 such extra-solar planets. But is there anything living on them and if so, is it intelligent? Sir Patrick Moore debates the question of life in the universe with today’s planet hunters and [...]

Kate Humble and Adam Henson bring you the latest news live from the Beavan family farm in Wales. With lambing comes a rollercoaster ride of sleepless nights, hope and heartbreak. Kate’s newfound shepherding skills are tested to the limit as she faces the reality of adopting an orphaned lamb onto a foster mum. Plus Adam [...]

Watching ‘Old School’ tonight – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302886/

I’ve been using Dropbox for our offsite backup solution for a while and its worked well , the only issue was that for total offsite security it relied upon another user managing their limited Dropbox storage space. So instead I am now uploading them to MegaUpload instead. RapidShare would work just as well and could also be [...]

Two hospitals hit the headlines when it emerged that hundreds of patients may have died unnecessarily, despite one hospital being rated as good and the other fair. Panorama investigates how many more hospitals may be failing the public while being allowed to assess themselves as good. Simon Boazman reports. Recorded from BBC 1 London at [...]

Kate Humble and Adam Henson bring you the latest live from the lambing sheds in Wales. With 300 expectant ewes they’ve got their work cut out. Kate discovers that pregnant sheep get ultrasounds too, while Adam looks at the history of sheep farming, from our most ancient breeds to the modern cross bred ‘mule’. Plus [...]

Just finished reading Linux and the Unix Philosophy on my kindle2.

Got Apache2 , Courier and Postfix all using the same ‘wildcard’ SSL certificates , been meaning to get that sorted for a while.
Cool – no more expired certificate warning messages in mutt now.

Using Aria2 to download ubuntu-9.10-server-powerpc.iso from 5 locations at once , using :- aria2c -c --allow-piece-length-change=true http://mirror1.ku.ac.th/karmic/ubuntu-9.10-server-powerpc.iso http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/9.10/release/ubuntu-9.10-server-powerpc.iso http://mirror.startoss.in.th/iso/karmic/ubuntu-9.10-server-powerpc.iso http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/9.10/release/ubuntu-9.10-server-powerpc.iso http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ubuntu-cdimage/ports/releases/karmic/release/ubuntu-9.10-server-powerpc.iso Its racing down :- Great , some comedian at Ubuntu has built the .iso image but its too large for an actual CD so I am now rebuilding it using this forum post [...]

Half a century ago, scientists were speculating about the possibility of planets outside our solar system. Since then we have discovered over 400 such extra-solar planets. But is there anything living on them and if so, is it intelligent? Sir Patrick Moore debates the question of life in the universe with today’s planet hunters and [...]

The radical comedian profiles the 18th century author and radical idealist. From September 1999. Episode 4 of 4.

Recorded from BBC Radio 7 at 2010-03-07 23:30:00

Dr Iain Stewart recently did a good job of blowing BBC2 viewers’ minds with an epic take on geology. Now Professor Brian Cox attempts the same trick with astrophysics. The idea is to build a picture of the solar system and our place in it using the familiar toolkit of “landmark television” – CGI, aerial [...]

After a shaky start, this series keeps getting better. You’d be hard-pressed to cram a more engaging, easy-on-the-eye account of what Britain was like in the 18th century into one hour of television. In scene after scene, David Dimbleby (or perhaps his all-knowing historical consultant) comes up with spot-on anecdotes and objects that conjure up [...]