Just signed up for the BBC iPlayer trial, and it works just fine on my MacBook 🙂 Of course, if I didn’t already have XP+Parallels it would be an expensive hobby to indulge in.
I saw this…
Here’s what I’ve tagged on del.icio.us on July 26th:
- Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » DRM for Chargers: Possibly Good for Users – Ed Felten is on the nose, as usual, in calling for user-friendly deployment of new technologies
- New Statesman – A licence to leave you out – Becky writes an excellent critique of the BBC’s new iPlayer
I saw this…
Here’s what I’ve tagged on del.icio.us on July 25th:
- BBC Trust backs calls for Linux iPlayer | The Register – but no urgency….
- BBC NEWS | Health | Phone mast allergy ‘in the mind’ – the symptoms may be real, but they aren’t correlated with the signal. What now for those opposing wifi?
- Apple shares fall on iPhone news | New media | MediaGuardian.co.uk – Only 146,000 iPhones activated on opening weekend
My del.icio.us bookmarks for July 23rd through July 24th
Here’s what I tagged on del.icio.us between July 23rd and July 24th:
- Scratch makes programming like playing with LEGO bricks – Looks very neat indeed…
- Slashdot | The Real Problem With Alexa – I stopped thinking about Alexa years ago- worrying to see that it is still there, still messing things up.
- Totally stitched up by Jodie Marsh | Media | MediaGuardian.co.uk – But is any of this journalism?
Changing the way we think about security
[As ever, read this on the BBC News website if you prefer]
The long-term viability of the iPhone is unlikely to be seriously damaged by reports of a serious security vulnerability that allows hackers to take over the device.
Most early iPhone adopters have bought into the Apple mythology which convinces them that anything blessed by Steve Jobs is automatically desirable, so we won’t see a mass return of the shiny devices with their slick interface.
openDemocracy.net: Leaving Gt Sutton St
I’ve been involved with opendemocracy.net since shortly after it was founded, and spent a lot of time at their offices in Gt Sutton Street. They had to move after the rent was increased, so I went along to say goodbye. With a camera, natch.
I saw this…
Here’s what I’ve tagged on del.icio.us on July 20th:
- New NFL Vest Rule (With Sponsor Logos) Has Some Seeing Red – Greed seems to dominate almost everything that goes along with professional sport, it makes me glad I have no interest in any of it.
- Hotmail Fails To Deliver Up To 81% Of All Attachment Emails – This is interesting, partly because of what is said but also because of the credibility issue: How do I check the data? Should I believe that is being said by an independent blogger? Who audited or verified the testing or the data?
- Jenny Holzer Twittering? – Perhaps, perhaps not… but entertaining
My del.icio.us bookmarks for July 18th through July 19th
Here’s what I tagged on del.icio.us between July 18th and July 19th:
- Mentioning someone by name on a web site at Jonathan Zittrain – and just what are we supposed to make of this?
- Remarks of Bill Gates — The Harvard University Gazette – Interesting and insightful speech from Gates, though still conveying the sense that we have to solve Africa’s problems for them..
Keeping the Internet Open
[as ever, you can read this on the BBC News website]
In a desperate search for a reason to issue a press release the US-based Software and Information Industry Association has latched onto the tenth anniverary of the US Government’s ‘Framework for Global Electronic Commerce’ as an excuse to put out yet another ranking of significant developments in internet history.
A group of unnamed ‘policy and industry experts’ has chosen the top ten developments in ecommerce since 1997, and although pseudo-polls like this one usually merit little attention there are some unexpected nuggets in the list.
I saw this…
Here’s what I’ve tagged on del.icio.us on July 14th:
- Memex 1.1 » Blog Archive » Perspectives on China – John Naughton is thinking about China… as should we all
- Home – The Open Guide to Cambridge – Useful resource..
- Category Cinemas – The Open Guide to Cambridge –
- the billblog –