Children’s books: ‘great’ books revealed

Archive for April, 2007

Children’s books: ‘great’ books revealed

The UK’s oldest award for children’s writing, the Carnegie Medal, has selected 10 former winners to mark the 70th anniversary of the award.

CSS: techniques & examples

It is almost impossible to design web pages properly without an understanding of the basis of CSS. Here are a collection of useful links, including a link to the box model; a link to a list of al the css keywords; and a list of 53 key techniques with examples and explanations.

Pirate radio: pros and cons

Radio pirates exploit the FM band to illegally broadcast shows, often from make-shift studios. Ofcom doesn’t like them.

Freeview: digital tv figures

Freeview has overtaken BSkyB in the UK digital television market after strong growth during the first quarter made it the main TV provider in 8.2 million homes.

Information: where should it live?

Is ownership the same as access, and if there is a clear difference then which is more important? This is a question that has been bothering my for weeks. It is concerned with what we can mean when we say that we “have” something. When we say, for example: “I have the information you need right here.”

Finnish television viewing: 2007 Q1

YLE, the Finnish state broadcasting company, has published some statistics about finnish television viewing habits in the first quarter of this year.

Do Follow

While working my way through the various WP files I have been wondering about the historical decision to add a “no follow” to all the links in comments. I assumed that it was an early attempt to stop comment spam, and indeed it was. However, SpamKarma is supposed to stop all my comment spam, and it has only missed one in nearly six months. So, I wondered: what is the point of stopping the links that do appear?

justin.tv

Today the Guardian online has pointed out Justin Kan has strapped a video camera to his head and is broadcasting the results twenty four hours a day.

Tim O’Reilly on Web 2.0

Tim O’Reilly talks to Wired magazine, just before the Web 2.0 Expo.

Birth of that thing we call the Internet…

A possible starting date for the internet, plus a few interesting facts.