links for 2008-03-27
by Martin Belam, 27 March 2008
Hmmm, had to upload these by hand again today, which is about as much fun as watching re-runs of Stu Francis-era Crackerjack. Anybody else having trouble with their del.icio.us link posting at the moment?
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"Attempts by Greek state run TV to ignore then play down protest by 3 French reporters at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony proved ineffective when footage, aired on channels such as CNN & the BBC, made its way onto Greek private channels and blogs."
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#26 - Make lists that other bloggers who are interested in the science of blogging will be unable to resist bookmarking...
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"Seven Czech artists who faked a nuclear explosion in a stunt broadcast live on national television were acquitted yesterday of spreading false information, escaping a potential prison term of up to three years". Great piece of hacking
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Darn, I must have been at #26 again...
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"The emails from people looking to bring a blogger on board asking for a list of requirements still come in. Here are the top traits a blogger should have".
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"Finally, don’t waste money on so-called SEIO specialists. Search engines are very quick to penalize sites that try to trick their filtering techniques, and once your site has been put on Google’s blacklist, it will take forever to get off".
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"A little over a year ago, TorrentSpy.com was still the most visited BitTorrent site, but times have changed. After an expensive two year battle with the MPAA, TorrentSpy decided to throw in the towel and the site has now shut down permanently".
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I suspect the comments will shortly degenerate into 'The font is too big/small/purple', but Jonathan Hassell puts across what the BBC claims to have done for accessible access to their whizzy new homepage.
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"Luke Hollands, from the Medway Messenger, was doing a routine check on John Ward's online blog when he saw the Tory's call for parents on benefits with more than one child to be sterilised".