links for 2008-06-04

This might be worth putting on the site as a test. Would still rather have a spell-checker for people leaving comments though. Or a final decision on whether I should correct people's spelling for them if it is obvious what they meant.

"Like any other organisation we have a segment of highly passionate fans but, as the presentation made clear, the BBC cannot just up-sell to our the high approvers. That’s not public service. So BBC IAs have to think about the whole rope, I’m afraid."

Jina goes well beyond the usual 'specify image sizes' and provide a list of fonts, with suggestions that a web interface style guide should include information like DOCTYPE and class names.

Unless they are actually forcing conversions a la Spain in 1501, I don't see how they can be breaking a law. Foolish, perhaps, but not illegal. Another one for the "Personally, I think you're bonkers, but I'd defend your right to be bonkers" file.

"Some of you feel this is a media-driven downturn and that we are somehow 'talking' Britain into a recession. Far from it. We are trying to reflect the reality out there. If the economic news is bad, we can't pretend it is good. "

A taste from the lengthy comments thread: "Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation, Brussels Broadcasting Corporation, Brown Broadcasting Corporation - Whichever you look at it you people are not the British Broadcasting Corporation anymore. You scum."