links for 2009-07-14
by Martin Belam, 14 July 2009
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"'Legal reasons'? As far as we are aware, there are no legal reasons for Amazon.co.uk not to sell this book. If you know otherwise, please get in touch".
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"Does this read like an email from a real user? The the low-rent sales copy, bolding of features and promo code scream ‘no’. It’s spam from Time Out or someone hired to promote their site. Not only is spam email illegal (under the Data Protection Act in the UK), but it’s bad for business".
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The latest, and 123rd, edition of the Wenlock Olympic Games has just taken place. They were first held in 1850 and pre-date the early 'official' Olympics.
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As far as I can tell, whilst the BBC were punching the air in joy because TBL was at their event, across London those of us at NESTA were punching the nearest BBC person we could see because TBL *wasn't* at the WSRI sponsored #newsinnovation event.
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"I went down to Chatham High Street today to take some pictures of the flyover being demolished and to use up a film I’ve had in a camera for over a year. Doing so had some unexpected consequence". Which was a pair of handcuffs for taking photographs.
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"It seems a bit hasty to blame Twitter for the failings of 'Bruno' at the box office — the 'Bruno' Twitter stream currently has plenty of positive mentions for the film"...and so then your point was what exactly?
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Not. Funny. Enough. And even if it turns out to be fake it is still very, very, very funny.
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Results of the Music Hack Day held at Kings Place over the weekend. I wasn't able to get to any of it, but from what I heard there were some fun apps developed, some of which you can try out on the site...
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"Morgan Stanley and the media both seem to be more interested in having their biases validated than they are in exploring the evidence to see where it leads them. Sadly, it seems that neither have been spending enough time watching CSI and drawing from it key lessons about assumptions, evidence and how to draw conclusions".
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From the comments: "I'd just like to add that that is my picture you have added up there and I am not pleased, especially since you have used it without anyones permission, and haven't legally signed anything or made an agreement with me or the photographers".
I'm guessing that Time Out spammed because they let an office junior do their mail-out, or G00gled 'bulk mailing' and hired amateurs.
Re: 'Bruno'. 'Borat' was politically correct; it lampooned people middle-class socialists disapprove of, and was vulgar enough to attract 12 year olds as well.
'Bruno', I've heard, mocks homosexuals and the fashion industry; things which are, increasingly, taken very seriously in our superficial, 'right-on' Western society.
Also, both are the sort of films you'd get out on DVD for a cheap laugh, but they're not standard Summer blockbuster fare.