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  1. What bugs me is not identity fraud but who will be watchdog to BBC’s Watchdog

    Funny piece by Toby Young about Watchdog’s Facebook identity theft scare mongering. (via ObLinks)

  2. Mudd up! » archive » Defending the Pig - Oink Croaks

    A nice defence and obituary for Oink, by an artist whose music was shared by people on the site. (via Infovore)

  3. Major pirate website shut down | | Guardian Unlimited Business

    This is even worse. Appalling reporting from Katie Allen, using FACT, Trading Standards and the British Video Association as her only source of quotes. (via Haddock)

  4. BBC NEWS | England | Tees | Huge pirate music site shut down

    The only sources of quotes are the police and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Could we have a bit more balance perhaps BBC?

  5. Donnacha DeLong: The Journalist article

    Another dumb NUJ versus the forces of progress article. Established media is authoritative and experienced. Normal people are sometimes inaccurate. Therefore “Web 2.0” is bad. (via Haddock)

  6. The NUJ’s blinkered approach to online : October 2007 : Shane Richmond : Technology : Telegraph Blogs

    Brilliant dissection of a dumb article about the effect of new media on the role of journalists’. (via Haddock)

  7. BBC - Programmes

    What I’ve been working on, launched today: a permanent URL for every episode of every TV and radio programme. The data needs much improving and there’s lots more goodness to come…

  8. Colleges and Universities - Education and Schools - Engineering - Technology - Science - New York Times

    Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering sounds different in a good way. “Learning the skill of how to learn is more important than trying to fill every possible cup of knowledge in every possible discipline.” (via Blech)

  9. Cruciforum: crucially simple

    A very simple discussion forum that involves uploading a single file to your website. (via Simon Willison again)

  10. The Information Freeway :: A map of the planet

    A very nice viewer for the Open Street Map data. I had no idea they had so much, and it looks gorgeous close-up. (via Simon Willison)

  11. Get Lat Lon - find the latitude and longitude of a point on a map

    Wonderfully simple Google Maps tool by Simon Willison for doing what it says. Very handy for me for Pepys’ Diary.

  12. Profiles: Stealing Life: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

    Long article about ‘The Wire,’ the show which is so good it ruins all other TV for you. (via Kottke)

  13. Shimano PD M520 SPD Clipless MTB Pedals +Cleats SIL NEW - eBay Bike Parts, Cycling, Sporting Goods (end time 09-Nov-07 11:04:51 GMT)

  14. Silent Noise Control

    Another MP3blog with full albums, this one on “industrial, electronic and experimental weirdness.”

  15. Fauni Gena

    While looking for MP3blogs on electronic music (any suggestions?) I came across this one on ambient music.

  16. Coding Horror: A Visual Explanation of SQL Joins

    SQL joins as Venn diagrams (but better than the previous post on SQL joins as Venn diagrams that I read). (via Infovore)

  17. Journa-list.com

    Like my Byliner.com but more comprehensive (yay) but only for UK newspapers (aww) and with higher ideals (yay).

  18. Universal Heritage Poster

    A timeline “summarizing 13.7 billion years”. (via Cool Tools)

  19. Russell davies: studying graphic design

    Lots of advice in the comments about where to do a graphic design degree (no recommendations for UWE where I went…).

  20. Mozy Online Backup: Simple, Automatic, Secure

    Simple-sounding online backup service for Windows or Mac. (via Haddock) (UPDATE, 2009: Heard not so good feedback about it, trying Backblaze instead.)

  21. Sheet Music Plus - World’s Best Piano Arrangements

    “100 Golden Standards Arranged by the Greatest Pianists of the Century!”

  22. Thesp Club

    One of the four current part-time Foundation acting courses at the City Lit have their own collective weblog. Scarily enthuiastic.

  23. Blog.pmarca.com: The Pmarca Guide to Career Planning, part 2: Skills and education

    Marc Andreesen’s interesting guide to what you should study at college if you’re Marc Andreesen. (via Rodcorp)

  24. Gary Voth Photography: The Forgotten Lens

    50mm lens. (via Daring Fireball)

  25. YouTube - Today’s Special 1 - Tea Rooms

    Lovely, too-short film about a now-closed caff in London. See also part 2 (New Piccadilly) and 3 (Eldon Street). Criminal that these places are all disappearing. (via Haddock)

  26. Top Small Workplaces 2007 - WSJ.com

    Why fifteen small US companies are good places to work. (Haven’t got round to reading it yet though…) (via Kottke)

  27. Zzap Zzuperstore

    Complete scanned versions of every issue of Crash!, Zzap! 64, C&VG, etc, etc. I bought Crash! and Sinclair User. Brilliant. I feel 13 again. (via Haddock)

  28. Tilt-shift miniature fakes - a photoset on Flickr

    Lovely photos of Bristol looking like a teeny tiny toy.

  29. School of Everything

    Currently a way to list and find teachers of many subjects. More features planned for the future. (via Blackbeltjones on Iain Tait)

  30. Iain tait | crackunit.com » Blog Archive » Courses I’d Love to Do

    What would you like to learn? (via Russell Davies)