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So the Olympics was watched on TV by around 92% of viewers, and if you look at the total minutes watched agaisnt minutes streamed online it’s over 99% (source TV Week)
I suspect that these are probably similar for most types of video material.
I know that I’m very atypical when it comes to TV. I almost [...]

I guess when you use many online services, and when many people in your online circle do too, you tend to be a little surprised when you find those that have never heard of it.
One example of this is Twitter.
I use Twitter daily, multiple times daily. What do I use it for? I keep in [...]

According to ZDNet, Internet advertising in the UK will overtake TV this year. I am not suprised really, it was almost bound to happen at some point.
Take myself. I watch very little television, mostly because I am not interested in much of the content;  secondly because on network television there are so many commercial breaks [...]

In my spare time, when I’m away from the computer, I like to relax with either a good book, or some good music.
Of course, one’s tastes in either are very subjective; I tend to prefer non-fiction, and science, history, and geography when reading; and my tastes in music are fairly wide, covering classical, country, folk, [...]

It’s said that the mind is a funny thing. Life is but a state of mind. After all, we’re all only here because of our consciousness; think about it.
Still, I have just listened to an interesting BBC radio story entitled The Man Whose Mind Exploded.
70 year old self-named Draka Oho Zaharzar lives in Brighton on [...]