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Ashley's rants

The Daily Mail's Keith Waterhouse's priceless view of bloggers

Oh how I love the Daily Mail. What a splendid newspaper. No really. Its online offering is now very good to the point where a US-exiled liberal friend of mine confessed to me the other day that after the Gruniard,...more

Ashley's rants

So is YouTube the new MySpace for bands?

Here at Shiny we are obviously huge fans of both MySpace and YouTube. You can find our content all over both sites. Yet while it was obvious to all of us that MySpace was going to be huge the minute...more

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Where are all the British gadget blogs?

The other day I spent an hour or so looking for some British gadget blogs. This was kind of inspired by the odd break in posting (it went dark, as the Americans say, for two weeks) on the otherwise excellent...more

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Shiny Shiny not featured in gadgets for girls article shocker

Interesting to read an article in a national newspaper about gadgets for girls that doesn’t actually mention Shiny Shiny. Rebecca Armstrong, who is one of the Indie's games journos, wrote a piece in today's paper highlighting the growing trend of...more

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Name a British blogger - part two

Well Ed Caesar over at the Indie can name more than many journos. Yesterday he listed fifteen top blogs and managed to mention a grand total of three British ones. That’s better than some commentators who wibble on about blogs...more

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How many British blogs can you name?

How many British blogs can you name? Well if you have only been reading the UK papers and magazines recently not many. It seems that everyone has an opinion on blogging. In fact this week alone there have been features...more

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