links for 2009-06-29

Don't forget, tonight's Under 21 Final between England and Germany could be the first time we've seen an England football captain lift a major international trophey since we won the Tournoi de France 1997. What do you mean, you don't remember Le Tournoi? Or that I wouldn't care less about the Under 21 European Championship unless England stood a chance of winning it?

"I'm still in two minds about whether tonight's U-21 Euro Championship final between England and Germany is the most important event of the footballing year or a total irrelevance. I will be able to tell you after the final whistle depending on the scoreline". That makes two of us!

"Yes, in a world's first, they've turned keywords in the breadcrumb trail into clickable adverts. Words almost fail me. I know I said I couldn't conceive of something earlier. But really. Linking words in your breadcrumb trail to an advert ..." O. M. G.

The first of three Radio 4 Torchwood dramas starts 2:15 Wednesday this week, leading up to the TV mini-series starting the following week.

"An extraordinary day of breaking news on Thursday led to record-breaking traffic spikes as people searched online for information about the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and, especially, Michael Jackson. And just like their counterparts in traditional media, the news divisions of Google, Yahoo, and Bing responded with sometimes extraordinary measures to ensure they were giving searchers the most accurate and current news available."

'Ben' at #58? "BEN"? Are you sure?

Check out the comments - the journalist misinterprets fans cries of "Broooooooce" for boos, gets the release date of 'Born To Run' wrong, and fails to note that Springsteen very rarely plays 'Born In The USA' anymore because of the widespread jingoistic misinterpretation of the lyrics. But apart from that, it is a really good article.