Making MP4 files stream

Mp4/H.264 files give great quality for online video in web players such as the free Flowplayer. But they must ‘stream’. In other words they need to start playing before the whole file has loaded (which may take several minutes).

My 18x internet speed increase

About ten days from now I should have a much-improved internet connection. For a number of years I’ve been on 1Mb broadband with UKOnline and have paid just under £10 per month. As I live in Manchester city centre, far faster broadband has been available to me for some time.

Hazel Must Go: exclusive Martin Bell interview and full speech (video)

Veteran BBC war reporter Martin Bell was the guest speaker at a ‘Hazel Must Go‘ meeting held in Eccles last night. Watch my exclusive interview in which Martin Bell reveals whether he will stand against local Member of Parliament Hazel Blears at the coming General Election.

The future of Ancoats (video)

Updated: 24 October 2009 (video added) I see this old building has disappeared from Tariff Street (the photos are from 2004).

Lou takes me to task

Lou has written about some of my criticism of Manchester Pride, the Lesbian and Gay Foundation and what she describes as my ‘legitimisation of the BNP’: When Pride is a Protest G7’s legitimisation of the BNP G7 v LGF I’ve posted some comments.