links for 2010-02-19

Pete Waterman on the Uk Eurovision Entry
We know it needs to work as part of a television spectacular, it must be dynamic and hit everyone in the first few bars, and we know it has to last less than three minutes
(tags: bbc petewaterman mikestock saw stockaitkenwaterman eurovision esc nf ycny)

links for 2010-02-17

Commodore VIC-20 prepares for first-ever tweet
At 11 a.m. EST, the museum plans to power up a cassette-tape-based Twitter program, dubbed Tweetver, to run on the VIC-20. Once it's up and running, the museum will send out the first tweet from the device. The goal, according to the museum, is to create "history" and "put one [...]

links for 2010-02-16

Steve Jobs’ 6 Sneakiest Statements
Steve Jobs was reportedly wearing a top hat when he visited New York publishers last week. It’s a fitting lid for the Apple CEO, who can be as tricky as a magician.
(tags: stevejobbs apple misspeak)

links for 2010-02-01

Full-Web Experience? No Thanks, Give Me Symbian Any Day
Yes, it doesn’t have any of the bling or the ease of use of many recent platforms. But when it comes to getting things done for a good chunk of the world’s population without creating a humongous hole in their pocket, Symbian still has *it*, and no [...]

links for 2010-01-21

Pushing Military Styles to a New Level of Ferocity
At Tactical Corset, a multi-strapped and pocketed body cincher is offered unlined for between $300 and $500, and armored for $1,000.
(tags: tactical corset amandacoolong nyt)

links for 2010-01-11

Loic Kisses Scoble: Can It Be?
Yes it can be. I was there. Love at first sight? You decide.
(tags: pictures ewwww nsfw robertscoble loiclemeur)

links for 2009-12-21

Red Beard's Revenge Pirate Ship Playhouse
There has to be a cheaper way!
(tags: pirate playhouse toy live)

links for 2009-12-19

In the email era, who owns the interview
In fact, in the correspondence that followed, the journalist explicitly refused me permission to publish my own answers before changing her mind and saying I could — but without the accompanying questions she had supplied.
(tags: interview email ettiquette journalism)

links for 2009-12-14

Metrics and the webstats legacy (by @suw)
Social media metrics, though, are a bit of disaster zone. Anyone can come up with a set of statistics, create impressive-sounding jargon for them and pull a meaningless analysis out of their arse to 'explain' the numbers.
(tags: measure metrics return social suwcharmananderson)

links for 2009-11-30

Caitlin Moran on Alexis Colby and the Eighties bitches
And, my God, to a houseful of fearful, virginal teenage girls, that woman’s technique around men was a revelation. Watching her in action was like observing the Horse Whisperer reel in a mustang. Instance: having resolved, quite practically, that she must marry the trillionaire Cecil Colby,
(tags: thetimes [...]

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