links for 2008-02-15

"The BBC is to send 150 staff to the Beijing Olympics, according to the Telegraph. The plan costs £1m. Great Britain will be sending around 300 athletes. The BBC is sending one hack for every two British competitors. Your licence fee. Their junket…"

"On a service like Facebook some disgruntled customers set up a 'hate' group about your organisation. In among the rants appear some negative comments from one or two of your own employees! What do you do??". Good question...but doesn't suggest an answer

"Every 6 months I watch Horizon, the flagship science strand of the BBC. And then I like to shout into the the TV, 'JESUS F*$^ING CHRIST I REMEMBER WHEN THIS WAS A QUALITY SHOW THAT ACTUALLY CATERED TO PEOPLE WITH AN INTEREST IN SCIENCE'". Awesome rant.

"Phillips Economic Analog Computer, conceived by Bill Phillips. He designed the machine to demonstrate in a visual way the circular flow of money within the economy". Unclear from the picture if it has a button marked 'Northern Rock'

"What is outrageous is that the Mayor spent £1.4m on a consultation on this and has so far refused to publish the results". Good blog engagement - a Green Party officer provides a link to the report - but shouldn't Phil have been able to find it from TFL

"The power of the 'music mix' has been documented over the years. Reagan used one packed with U2 & Extreme to bring down the Berlin Wall. Prince Charles broke up with Diana with a bunch of Depeche Mode and Smiths tracks". Greg's choices are OK too.

"It seems that once again the BBC's pro-Israeli bias knows no bounds". Now, hang on a second here chappy, I thought it was a well documented fact that the BBC was anti-Israeli. Fancy anyone thinking the BBC could be biased the other way?

"This is very poor stuff from the normally very social-media-savvy Guardian. And the lesson to be learnt? You can't out-smart your readers. If you aren't being authentic, you will be found out by the crowd".