6 month ago
philgyford : BBC News | Magazine | Five consumer laws you really ought to know - A nice summary of some British consumer law.
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philgyford : BBC News | Magazine | What makes a truly great diary? - From last week, quoting me. Don't think I ended up saying anything embarrassing. Or particularly insightful.
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Rod Begbie : BBC - Changes to international pages - Genuinely bothersome news from Auntie Beeb. They've decided to stop letting people outside the US switch to viewing the News site from a UK focus. That was the whole reason why BBC News has been on my browser toolbar since 1998! Hoping this will be rev #
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philgyford : BBC News | Technology | Vacuum-powered rubbish disposal - "Britain's first vacuum-powered waste-disposal system." What, aside, for example, from Quarry Hill Flats in Leeds in the 1930s or the Barbican in the 1960s? BBC News mindlessly regurgitating press releases? Who'd have thought!
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Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | Runaway bull's supermarket sweep - Some great CCTV footage. The china shop must have closed early. [via] #
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Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | How to understand risk in 13 clicks - Handy explanation of one of the most common statistical tricks. #
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23 month ago
plasticbag : BBC News did a redesign a couple of days ago—and you know—it's fine, but I wonder... - Design patterns are now established. Probably people need to redesign less. So is it a bold new step, or is it a distraction from where the changes actually should be happening?
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27 month ago
plasticbag : Fascinating article on BBC News about the life that lives in tiny brine channels alongside ice crystals in the Arctic - And a really interesting tone of voice and more investigative stance for the piece as well than we normally see on the BBC's website. Really good. Classy. Worth supporting.
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28 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | 'Kill switch' dropped from Vista - "Microsoft says its efforts have seen a drop in piracy of its software." Alternatively, the fact that no-one *wants* Vista could be a factor. #
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28 month ago
plasticbag : BBC News story about the $100 laptop and the political problems that are stifling it - It's not by any means obvious that a laptop per child is the most urgent need in some countries, but it clearly could help some countries dramatically leapfrog their next generation. I for one hope it finds a market.
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32 month ago
philgyford : BBC News | Grammatical Triumphs - Needs more frequent updating, but otherwise splendid.
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32 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | Your Potter stories in 100 words - Harry Potter books 1-6 in 100 words or less. [via] #
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34 month ago
plasticbag : BBC News now appears to have a section called 'Also in the News' for 'surprising stories from around the world' - These stories include people who drive into underground stations and people meeting leopards. And people say editorial standards are slipping...
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35 month ago
plasticbag : This totally bizarre video meanders quite aimlessly around the place until the last ten seconds where it turns into Brass Eye... - I'm ... gobsmacked ...
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36 month ago
plasticbag : There's a sort of interesting article on BBC News about Global Warming and Al Gore... - I'm a bit puzzled by the responsibility of organisations like the BBC to report on 'critics' who disagree with the overwhelming climate change consensus. If it was a gay issue that I felt strongly about, I might feel differently I suppose...
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37 month ago
plasticbag : BBC News reports that the gene that allows most Westerners to consume cow milk effectively only appeared in the last few thousand years - Apparently it gave humans such an enormous advantage that it subsequently spread like wildfire through Western Europe.
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37 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | Technology | Net giant supports open ID scheme - BBC covers Open ID. Shame that the number of places you can sign up for an Open ID now outnumbers the number of places you can *log in with one* by about 10 to 1. #
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38 month ago
plasticbag : BoingBoing is being talked about on BBC News today because of the effect a blogger boycott can generate... - I'm not sure what I think of this stuff. Exactly the same tactics could be and can be used by people with very different, intolerant and mainstream beliefs. I'm not sure I like the idea of a boycott of people who don't approve of gay people, for example..
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39 month ago
Rod Begbie : Twitter / bbcnews - Handy -- BBC News's RSS feed being Twittered. [via] #
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41 month ago
plasticbag : The BBC reports on a think tank that reports the obvious - that you should legally be allowed to copy your CDs for personal use - It's absolutely fascinating to me that copyright law in the UK is so massively behind the day to day use of technology...
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41 month ago
Rod Begbie : News Sniffer - Revisionista - A Winer-Watcher for the BBC -- Tracking revisions to BBC News articles. [via] #
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42 month ago
plasticbag : Weird BBC puff piece for a new and rather unfunny Onion-rip-off - I'm a bit puzzled by this one. The BBC normally takes such enormous care to not be seen to be endorsing or advertising other people's products.
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44 month ago
plasticbag : Is the new Superman meant to be Jesus? - This must be one of the weirdest articles I've read in a while - on Superman Returns, Jesus, Christian parallels, Nazis, Jewish comic book creators and crystal from Krypton as metaphors for sin...
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45 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | Have Your Say: Where next for national identity? - Fascinating bitchfest on the BBC discussion site around Scottish folks not supporting England in international sporting events. Interestingly, most of the kneejerk racist comments are from the English, accusing Scots, amongst other things, of being "bitt #
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Rod Begbie : Fare comment! BBC interviews cabbie by mistake - This is just splendid in ways unimaginable. A cabdriver who was in the BBC's reception area was rushed onto air by mistaken producers, thinking he was an internet expert to talk about the Apple vs. Apple case. Full marks to the bloke for struggling thro [via] #
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