<p>The BBC, along with BSkyB, have decided not to air an advertisement for <a href="http://www.dec.org.uk/">DEC</a>’s Gaza appeal, asking for <a href="https://www.donate.bt.com/bt_form_gaza.html">donations</a> to go towards essential aid from thirteen charities for those affected by the Israeli offensive in Gaza.</p> <p>Not only have they linked to the bloody DEC website in <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7850407.stm">a news story about how they won’t promote DEC’s appeal</a> &mdash; and thus are promoting DEC’s appeal &mdash; they’ve now been schooled by Tony Benn, whose cachet has risen even further since yesterday. Spare three minutes and watch Tony absolutely stomp all over Maxine Mawhinney on BBC News.</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E21MdXe3BOQ&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E21MdXe3BOQ&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>[via <a href="http://whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/go-tone/">Graham Linehan</a>]</p>

<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/19/tony-hart1">Tony Hart has died</a>, as has <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jan/14/television2">Patrick McGoohan</a> and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jan/16/ricardo-montalban-obituary">Richardo Montalban</a>. I’m always stunned at how poignant it can be hearing a celebrity you remember most from when you were a kid has died, even though you’ve likely had only a very peripheral attachment to them, perhaps seeing them on TV or in movies. I guess it’s just another reminder that we’re all getting older. <a href="http://b3ta.com/board/9105744">This picture on b3ta</a> is especially gut wrenching.</p> <div align="center"><img src="http://guff.zensoft.net/mourningmorph.jpg" /></div>

Thanks to Creative Commons licensing a throwaway picture that I took four years ago, whilst bored at work, ended up being used for an article on the BBC News website this weekend!

It's come to pass that the funding necessary to maintain and grow validation services at the W3C has become overwhelming to the W3C's operational budget. As such, the validators are in jeopardy. But there are ways to help, and this post is a call to action to do just that. Relaying Molly on the information. I did not imagine there was such a risk that Validators, which have been serious parts of the web's ecosystem, could be in danger.

Flickr: A Photo Sharing Website An overview by Javier Velasco-Martin Introduction This blog post is based on a presentation I prepared this last semester for a course called Technologies of Friendship directed by Fred Stutzman at UNC-Chapel Hill. This post is a transcript of my notes with some minor editing, it is not a completely polished article, I [...]

Ha ha. Jeffrey Zeldman issues a list of 20 signs that should tell you you'll regret having accepted a project. So true. So very true.

Have you ever wondered what Flickr does with all that geolocation data it gathers from our pictures (apart from pinning them to a map and working out the ratio of kittens to sunsets in a given area)? Well one of the things it does is is generate shapefiles of regional neighbourhoods to better work out where your picture was taken. Now Tom Taylor has built a tool which allows you to visualise the boundaries of these neighbourhoods and see how Flickr views your part of the world. Cool stuff.

Have you ever wondered what Flickr does with all that geolocation data it gathers from our pictures (apart from pinning them to a map and working out the ratio of kittens to sunsets in a given area)? Well one of the things it does is is generate shapefiles of regional neighbourhoods to better work out where your picture was taken. Now Tom Taylor has built a tool which allows you to visualise the boundaries of these neighbourhoods and see how Flickr views your part of the world. Cool stuff.

One time or another, we get handled a case where there's no way to accomplish a certain layout optimally for Internet Explorer 6 without JavaScript. And you know what? That's just fine, shit happens. But first, make sure it degrades properly without JavaScript. Second, implement it with JavaScript code instead of CSS expressions, for best performance and reliability. Duly noted (via Bruno on webdevfr).

Well, it’s been almost four months since I’ve moved to Chapel Hill and I’ve been completely silent here. I guess I could now say that I’m pretty much settled here, especially after finally getting our car (Barack), key component of anyone’s life in a US non-metropoli. I’m having a great time at the School of [...]

<ul class="aktt_tweet_digest"> <li>Public Service Announcement: the downtime feature of Nagios is only useful when PEOPLE FUCKING USE IT. That is all. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1001868952">#</a></li> <li>Video game soundtracks ftw: consumed this evening, Jet Set Radio Future and Metal Gears Solid 1 and 2 <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1002987524">#</a></li> <li>listening to Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” for the first time in ages, he would have been 42 next Monday <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1005336052">#</a></li> <li>Crap, it’s Sunday, isn’t it. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1007863527">#</a></li> </ul>

<ul class="aktt_tweet_digest"> <li>Public Service Announcement: the downtime feature of Nagios is only useful when PEOPLE FUCKING USE IT. That is all. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1001868952">#</a></li> <li>Video game soundtracks ftw: consumed this evening, Jet Set Radio Future and Metal Gears Solid 1 and 2 <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1002987524">#</a></li> <li>listening to Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” for the first time in ages, he would have been 42 next Monday <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1005336052">#</a></li> <li>Crap, it’s Sunday, isn’t it. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1007863527">#</a></li> </ul>

<ul class="aktt_tweet_digest"> <li>Public Service Announcement: the downtime feature of Nagios is only useful when PEOPLE FUCKING USE IT. That is all. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1001868952">#</a></li> <li>Video game soundtracks ftw: consumed this evening, Jet Set Radio Future and Metal Gears Solid 1 and 2 <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1002987524">#</a></li> <li>listening to Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” for the first time in ages, he would have been 42 next Monday <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1005336052">#</a></li> <li>Crap, it’s Sunday, isn’t it. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1007863527">#</a></li> </ul>

<ul class="aktt_tweet_digest"> <li>Public Service Announcement: the downtime feature of Nagios is only useful when PEOPLE FUCKING USE IT. That is all. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1001868952">#</a></li> <li>Video game soundtracks ftw: consumed this evening, Jet Set Radio Future and Metal Gears Solid 1 and 2 <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1002987524">#</a></li> <li>listening to Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” for the first time in ages, he would have been 42 next Monday <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1005336052">#</a></li> <li>Crap, it’s Sunday, isn’t it. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1007863527">#</a></li> </ul>

<ul class="aktt_tweet_digest"> <li>Public Service Announcement: the downtime feature of Nagios is only useful when PEOPLE FUCKING USE IT. That is all. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1001868952">#</a></li> <li>Video game soundtracks ftw: consumed this evening, Jet Set Radio Future and Metal Gears Solid 1 and 2 <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1002987524">#</a></li> <li>listening to Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” for the first time in ages, he would have been 42 next Monday <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1005336052">#</a></li> <li>Crap, it’s Sunday, isn’t it. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1007863527">#</a></li> </ul>

<ul class="aktt_tweet_digest"> <li>Public Service Announcement: the downtime feature of Nagios is only useful when PEOPLE FUCKING USE IT. That is all. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1001868952">#</a></li> <li>Video game soundtracks ftw: consumed this evening, Jet Set Radio Future and Metal Gears Solid 1 and 2 <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1002987524">#</a></li> <li>listening to Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” for the first time in ages, he would have been 42 next Monday <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1005336052">#</a></li> <li>Crap, it’s Sunday, isn’t it. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1007863527">#</a></li> </ul>

<ul class="aktt_tweet_digest"> <li>Public Service Announcement: the downtime feature of Nagios is only useful when PEOPLE FUCKING USE IT. That is all. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1001868952">#</a></li> <li>Video game soundtracks ftw: consumed this evening, Jet Set Radio Future and Metal Gears Solid 1 and 2 <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1002987524">#</a></li> <li>listening to Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” for the first time in ages, he would have been 42 next Monday <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1005336052">#</a></li> <li>Crap, it’s Sunday, isn’t it. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1007863527">#</a></li> </ul>

<ul class="aktt_tweet_digest"> <li>Public Service Announcement: the downtime feature of Nagios is only useful when PEOPLE FUCKING USE IT. That is all. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1001868952">#</a></li> <li>Video game soundtracks ftw: consumed this evening, Jet Set Radio Future and Metal Gears Solid 1 and 2 <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1002987524">#</a></li> <li>listening to Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” for the first time in ages, he would have been 42 next Monday <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1005336052">#</a></li> <li>Crap, it’s Sunday, isn’t it. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1007863527">#</a></li> </ul>

<ul class="aktt_tweet_digest"> <li>Public Service Announcement: the downtime feature of Nagios is only useful when PEOPLE FUCKING USE IT. That is all. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1001868952">#</a></li> <li>Video game soundtracks ftw: consumed this evening, Jet Set Radio Future and Metal Gears Solid 1 and 2 <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1002987524">#</a></li> <li>listening to Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” for the first time in ages, he would have been 42 next Monday <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1005336052">#</a></li> <li>Crap, it’s Sunday, isn’t it. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1007863527">#</a></li> </ul>

<ul class="aktt_tweet_digest"> <li>Public Service Announcement: the downtime feature of Nagios is only useful when PEOPLE FUCKING USE IT. That is all. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1001868952">#</a></li> <li>Video game soundtracks ftw: consumed this evening, Jet Set Radio Future and Metal Gears Solid 1 and 2 <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1002987524">#</a></li> <li>listening to Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” for the first time in ages, he would have been 42 next Monday <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1005336052">#</a></li> <li>Crap, it’s Sunday, isn’t it. <a href="http://twitter.com/evilneuro/statuses/1007863527">#</a></li> </ul>