links for 2008-11-18

"Local media swooned over Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor as if they were all-conquering sex-god rock stars. Burly cameramen set down their gear and clamoured for autographs.For a band hardened to mocking, naff-obsessed British critics it was an exhilarating change. 'That was the most amazing press conference I've ever experienced,' Le Bon beamed afterwards."

"Although information technology is well integrated into the lives of many Americans, gadgets and communication services require, for some, a call for help. Some 48% of technology users usually need help from others to set up new devices or to show them how they function."

You can download Techbelly's "quite brilliant" [(c) The Guardian] GreaseMonkey script to turn any monetary sum into a more useful comparison.

Awesome photo gallery from The Telegraph with a visual history of "UFO" pictures

Includes this gem: "Process - Put out ads for bloggers and have your development team custom-build or assist them in building blogs they can own and operate. Give the bloggers marketing plans and training so they know how to broaden beyond an insular ecosphere and earn link juice and rankings of their own. Create an agenda for blog posts, links and messaging and launch the sites."

"My kids watch a lot of content through the iPlayer and one of the things that I've noticed is they use Google to search iplayer". [via Frankie Roberto nudging me on Delicious]