links for 2009-03-24

Bill Thompson also wrote about Karen Spärck Jones today for Ada Lovelace Day

Polly's arguments for preserving local presses do not get an easy ride in the comments here.

"So whether you have actually been hit by the new Stumble Effect or not, the new changes and popularity of StumbleUpon have made it a definite site to watch… and participate within". StumbleUpon appears to be the sleeping giant amongst social sites - 7 million users and a fraction of the attention that Digg or twitter get from the media.

"The Express' apology, for its size, is described by The Guardian as 'strongly-worded'. Bullshit. It's largely self-congratulatory". File under 'unimpressed'.

If the glee with which Jon Gaunt is greeting the fact that his new The Sun radio show is being regulated by the PCC and not Ofcom doesn't tell you that something is structurally wrong with our media regulation system in a digital age, then, frankly, nothing will...

"I heard Google Maps lets you look right inside children."