links for 2008-01-10

• Doctor Who 'Welcome Aboard' - Scale Plastic Model Kits by Airfix
  "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.
  (tags: doctorwho bbcworldwide airfix)
• Visits to BBC iPlayer soar after relaunch and marketing campaign | Media | Guardian Unlimited
  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.
  (tags: bbc iplayer youtube hitwise guardian)
• Mark Speight no longer a murder suspect, say police | Media | Guardian Unlimited
  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.
  (tags: markspeight bbc biasedbbc)
• Livingstone - Don't Believe The Hype (no. 42) : selblog
  "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?"
  (tags: london oystercard tfl)
• 7Digital's 2007 Top Selling Albums and Tracks : Hypebot
  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.
  (tags: depechemode 7digital davegahan music charts radiohead)
• Energy-saving lightbulbs make you gay! - fanboygeeks
  "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".
  (tags: bbcnews complaints environment)
• Bald truth about dinosaur feathers - Telegraph
  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.
  (tags: dinosaurs)
• Charity appeal to teens - Telegraph
  "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".
  (tags: charity web usability telegraph)
• Search engine roundup » Enquiring Minds Want to Know
  "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".
  (tags: chipwrapper)
• French Press Falls For Major Facebook Prank - TechCrunch
  "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.
  (tags: facebook france funny techcrunch)

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