links for 2008-05-15

"Ten thousand may sound like a big number, but really it isn't. Boris's grand plan delivers just one tree per year for every 3000 London residents. It's a drop in the environmental ocean, and a mere 1% of what Ken was pledging."

This is how to use people's Flickr photographs properly - with a link back to their account and a named credit - not like the Daily Mail's 'fat dog' approach...

"Austrian politicians want to distance their country from the Fritzl case: literary historians find it harder".

Robot not as clever as first appearance suggests - "Unable to respond to the musicians, last night's performance was a case of elaborate 'baton-synching', mimicking the actions of a conductor who had been videotaped before."

"ITV's offering beat the iPlayer to market, launching a 30 day catch-up service back in June, so why has the BBC overtaken it so quickly? Let's take a closer look at the two services to find out..."