links for 2009-01-19
by Martin Belam, 20 January 2009
Better late than never I suppose - for some reason Delicious.com totally b0rked publishing these and sent them through a day late...
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It warms my heart to see that I'm not the only person left spitting with fury over dumb online transactions. By the way, WHSmith, Odeon and Orange - be on guard - I've got a couple of toxic transaction rants on their way for you...
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"Since we dont care about design lets more on to content. Tip: Steal content! Why be original?". The comedy of this post somewhat undermined by the fact that they have been bust hotlinking to someone else's images.
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"The Home Office does not collect these figures, and police forces only record them on an individual basis. More than 10 years ago the government was advised that these records kept by individual forces should be systematically examined, in order to provide valuable information on the incidence of child sexual abuse in the country. But this was never done."
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Things you never want to read from Google: "How long will the feeds.feedburner.com/myfeedname address work? It is our intent to keep backward compatibility with your feed address *as long as this service exists*."
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"Leeds United had to fight a curious fire earlier this week after Fabian Delph's name was wiped from the roll of first-team players on the club's official website. The oversight was the result of a technical error which Leeds were not responsible for. It was United's misfortune to lose the profile of the player they are under most pressure to retain this month, but it had the immediate effect of spreading rumours via word of mouth and the internet that Delph had been, or was in the process of being, sold."
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"A south-east daily has used Facebook to help highlight the hunt for a missing 15-year-old schoolboy. The Reading Evening Post set up the group 'Help Find Missing Schoolboy Jonathan Marques' after the youngster disappeared on his way to school in the town on 6 January."
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"Be an enabler. You’re busy running the business so you don’t want to be spending hours on the blog each day. Think about how you manage the tables. You keep them clean and the environment secure and occasionally join in but you don’t involve yourself in every discussion. You’re a host who enables people to come together. Apply these skills to the blog."
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"The trial of a councillor and his wife who are accused of benefit fraud is due to start Monday. Graham Sinclair, who represents Chingford Green, and his wife Deborah de la Nougerede deny fraudulently claiming benefits totalling over £9,000."