I’m a huge fan of the Aardman Animation children’s TV series “Shaun the Sheep”. Although it’s nominally a children’s programme there is a lot in it for adults as well. I particularly like the references to things that not many children would be aware of. Here are a few that I’ve spotted. I’ll add more … Read more
In a discussion with my manager today I described a tendency I have to approach any new area of work by finding something in it that’s close to my previous work. Not only had my manager already noticed this problem, he’d given it a name – the Slartibartfast syndrome. It’s nice to work for someone … Read more
Over the years I’ve been at Kingswood Warren I’ve occasionally worked on projects that primarily benefit the BBC archives’ restoration work, the most successful of these being the transform PAL decoder. A while ago I was introduced to another possible restoration job – recovering colour from black & white film recordings. This is all explained … Read more
I’ve been mulling over an article from the Sunday Times for more than a week now, and I still don’t know what to make of it. It’s a report of an interview with Zarin Patel, the BBC’s director of finance, which says: “Patel will also examine the future of BBC’s research and innovation centre, which … Read more
Had an interesting day last Friday setting up machines in an outside broadcast van to record a dozen HD camera feeds of the 6 Nations England Wales rugby match on Saturday. This is for the iview project. This creates a moving 3D computer model from several camera views, which can then be rendered from (almost) … Read more