links for 2008-07-18

"Is Delver going to make a success of this? My guess is not, and it's down to the registering and tweaking. Most people are simply not going to bother. However, the concept is good, and all it needs is for a search engine to take up the concept."

"When Jobard hung on to his camera, the guard forcibly dragged him into a nearby public toilet, handcuffed him and hit him several times in the face". All port areas are deemed militarily sensitive in Greece, and photography is banned, even for the press.

"Yesterday's post showed a photo, taken more than 45 years ago, of my mother standing on some rocks facing a military training site. The buildings are still standing, albeit in a state of ruinous decline". Ah-ha. These buildings are down the road from us.

"Figures released today by BARB confirm that Journey's End was the UK's most watched television programme of the week with 10.57 million viewers. It is the first time in Doctor Who's 45 year history that the programme has achieved this position". Congrats

Not a patch on the visualisations of Ralf and Florian in Kraftwerk's "Electric Cafe" phase ;-) [spotted via Dan Hon, and, of course, just an awesome idea to put it out this way]

Interesting piece from Rod McKenzie. Like the state of the British economy, not sure what to make of the "alarming rise in knife crime" from over here. Does the media coverage reflect the true stats, and would the stats really represent my experience?

From the comments: "Just let them all kill each other off. It will save us a fortune". More entertaining than the regular "bring back hanging / national service / arm everyone / the country went to the dogs when women started getting tattoos" brigade

Amazing, just look at that, it seems that the Greek Government has fined every major domestic telecom company in Greece for poor customer service except one - state-owned OTE. Fancy that, eh?