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YouTube shows its hand
19 August 2026Love it or hate it, YouTube is now the largest and most popular video on demand platform on the internet.
A large and ever-growing percentage of the population now turn to YouTube of an evening while plonked in front of the family TV in preference to either broadcast media or the likes of Netflix.
What is it that makes YouTube so popular?
Perhaps it's the fact that it can be watched for free, albeit with annoying ads.
More likely, it's because of the range and diversity of material you'll find there.
Forums are Down
Damn, why is it so hard to keep any reliable forum capability going these days?
I'll be working to get the forums up again but it seems that it might not be a simple task. The hosting company has obviously changed something but now it's up to me to try and get PHPBB working with their new configuration :-/
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