links for 2010-07-13

"Mumsnet is the UK's best online community. Mumsnet is proof that if; a) you pick the right topic b) Run it professionally and on behalf of members and c) do lots of cool things; you can create a profitable online community."

"Google’s Chrome browser has a well-established reputation for being not only extremely fast at rendering JavaScript, but also robust in its support of cutting-edge HTML5 technologies. Both of these capabilities are on display at Chrome Experiments, a site that Google set up to showcase some of the coolest demos on the web for JavaScript apps, intricate CSS layouts and animations done with Canvas."

I'm beginning to think that balancing Climate Change coverage is becoming more difficult for the BBC editorially than the Middle East

"Trinity Mirror is claiming that the deal to give away new Prince album 20Ten exclusively with the Daily Mirror and Daily Record boosted each title’s sales by 334,000 and 45,000 respectively, compared with the previous Saturday". So at least *some* of the population were not saying "Who is giving away a what with a daily what?"

"TfL are cutting £10m from their budget to cool tube trains this year. They say they want to ensure "value for money" so they'll be spending the bulk of their cash on fans in Victoria Line ventilation shafts. What isn't being said so far is what plans are being chucked out the (non opening) window: fewer air conditioned trains? No more very exciting giant fans?"

"On June 27, the day that Germany trounced England 4-1, 353 incidents were recorded, the highest number this year apart from January 1". Depressing statistic, although January 1st being higher suggests that alcohol consumption may be the factor, rather than a football defeat alone

"Last week Journalism.co.uk wasn’t just reporting the debate about unpaid internships in the media industry – we were part of it after a six-month, unpaid placement with Tesco was listed on our forums. The ad was placed in error – we do list unpaid internships, so long as they are within a reasonable length of time."