links for 2008-03-22

"You have to scroll way down the the Daily Mail's latest story to discover this: Rebecca says: 'I did blame Pete Tong at first, though now I realise that it was internet social networking that is the real culprit'". Not DJs, its the internetz stupid.

"Here is a list of ministers who campaigned against Post Office closures but then voted in favour of them in the Commons. You really have to have contempt for your constituents to stand next to them at protests knowing you'll vote against what they want".

"The designer was new to the BBC and like many designers at that time, had come from a print background. Even if I hadn’t have known, little things would have given it away such as questions like 'Could you just reduce the font kerning a little'".

"Problem is, if you provide proper seating then people won’t shop as much. I don’t know if the plan for Terminal 5 has changed since last year, but the lack of seating is a pretty cynical design strategy".

"Here are all the recordings from Webstock 08 and Webstock06. Recordings from Webstock Minis are located here". Oooh, goodies

"Man Utd footballer Rio Ferdinand has been brainstorming with a TV company about producing a hip-hop reality show which would see celebrities cover hip-hop classics in front of a judging panel, raising money for anti-gun crime charities". Make. It. STOP.

"Unlike the McCanns, who obtained front-page apologies, the Standard published no apology, refused to print our letter, and waited 10 days to bury the PCC ruling inside the paper on the day the McCanns story broke".

"Ask anyone sitting in front of a computer to find information for you on any topic. While most might turn first to Google, many others will turn to Wikipedia". And if they try Google, they'll most likely get Wikipedia between #3 and #5 anyway...