links for 2008-01-10
by Martin Belam, 10 January 2008
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"The first Airfix kit, ‘Welcome Aboard’ consists of a 1:12 scale TARDIS with figures of the Doctor and Martha, electronic lighting and sound effects. Included are all the paints, brushes and glue required to complete the model". A next UK trip must have.
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According to figures from HitWise, the average visit time for iPlayer is currently just 9 mins, compared to almost 20 mins on YouTube, but iPlayer apparently has a broader demographic reach.
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Which will come as a disappointment to those behind the rather spiteful coverage and comments over on Biased BBC about the death of Natasha Collins.
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"11-18 yr olds will have to 'touch in' with Oyster though they still travel free. This is to solve the problem of rowdy behaviour by youths on buses. The new rules are to prevent youths who are banned from boarding. Fine, except who's going to stop them?"
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Dave Gahan blags 2007 #1 single download spot on 7digital, but there appears to be a drum-playing gorilla lurking at #15. Meanwhile Kylie had best-selling album on the service, and Radiohead's strictly complete album-only downloads did a roaring trade.
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"This is the headline I'm expecting to read shortly, after three hysterical health-care stories in four days on BBC Online. So, I've written to to BBC Online to complain".
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Either way in this argument, it seems that the dinosaurs I grew up looking at in the 1970s are beginning to seem as innacurate as those in the Crystal Palace Dinosaur Park.
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"Young volunteers are being sought for a project to make charity websites more appealing. They will be asked to visit websites and give feedback on whether they are easy to navigate, use clear language and present the right image to attract young people".
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"Chipwrapper is a Google custom search engine encompassing the major UK broadsheets. It is actually pretty successful at finding articles that the newspapers own search engines fail at turning up. I've found that I've used it a fair bit since I found it".
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"A simple user managed to generate the biggest prank in the history of Facebook and the press bought it. Hilarious, ridiculous, but also worrying and sad for the French press whose credibility has been hit hard". Experience suggests not *that* hard.
I regularly watch the 6 o'clock News and have seen no report on the visit of his Holiness Pope Benedict this week. Why? are you afraid of upsetting the Government because Gordon Brown's visit is so little regarded in the U.S.A. or of annoying ethnic groups here? The B.B.C. has long been regarded as partial and this appears to confirm this opinion.