A history of online news
Dave Gilbert’s written a great piece for the Beeb talking about his role in developing online news services. Well worth a read.
This post was filed under: Media, Notes, Technology.
Notes from a drug user
I point to this story from the UK Events Blog without comment. It’s just worth a read. (With due hat-tip to Iain Dale)
Injunction lifted
The BBC’s Cash for Honours injunction has been lifted – no doubt there will be more on the One O’Clock news and The World at One. Tune in now!
This post was filed under: News and Comment, Notes, Politics.
WordPress 2.1.2
This site is now running on WordPress 2.1.2. If you’re on 2.1.1, the upgrade is very strongly advised.
This post was filed under: Notes, Site Updates.
Does live mean live?
There’s a very interesting piece by Mark Lawson over on the Guardian’s Arts Blog about the myth of live TV. It’s a few days old, but still worth reading.
McKeith a doctor no more
After a long-running battle with ‘Dr’ Gillian McKeith (‘The Awful Poo Lady’), Ben Goldacre reports in the Guardian on how one of his own website users has forced her to stop calling herself ‘Doctor’. A brilliant read.
This post was filed under: Notes.
Powell to be questioned again?
Rumours abound that Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair’s Chief of Staff, is to be interviewed for a third time – and under caution for the second time. Charges are said to be near… though I’d take that with a pinch of salt.
This post was filed under: News and Comment, Notes, Politics.
Problems with the site
Apologies if you’re having problems accessing the site. It seems to be stumbling a little, probably due to increased traffic – I’ve served roughly the same number of hits in the last month as I did in the first five months of last year, and it seems to be taking the server a while to catch up. I’m sure it’ll be sorted soon…
This post was filed under: Notes, Site Updates.