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The title of a Coldplay song I used to be able to play on a keyboard. But thats not the issue. As anyone from the UK might know a few days ago(Saturday I believe,early Sunday really) the clocks went back an hour. Asides from the usual pointless discussion over wether it is correct to do this or not there was some Teletext related news. Ceefax apparntly forgot to chnage the clocks. I say "forgot", heres a rather tedious article inw hich the BBC are at pains to point out they didn't forget:http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16313351&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=bbc-get-ticking-off-for-clock--name_page.html. No, of course not. There equitments just a steaming pile of shit.

You'd think no-one would care, but they do. Videoplus, a number-based video recording, er, thing uses Ceefax as their clock. Somehow. So a bunch of people didn't see what they wanted to tape at 2 AM on a Sunday morning. Does beg the question, what were they watching?

Videoplus is screwed come 2012, when Teletext ceases to exsist, I suppose. No more news on that by the way. I assume those TV execs are still being givens classes to ease their confusion by Tessa "so many jobs, so little meaning" Jowell.

I may have missed one important teletext milestone (see last post)but I have noticed my own blog is approaching fifity posts. I probably not notice that etheir so I'd thought I'd mention it now. Theres some champagne n offer but only two glasses.