links for 2009-11-17

Thankfully he does use the IA word so I don't have to write a lengthy blog post in reply ;-)

I walked past this incident on Saturday morning. "It is believed no one was injured during the incident and no major damage was caused to the shop". Making it ultra-newsworthy ;-)

"The controversy over the jigsaw-style logo of the London Olympics - panned by critics when it was unveiled two years ago - has been reignited after the advertising agency chosen by organisers to market the 2012 games gave it a decidedly lukewarm endorsement".

"Hull Daily Mail editor John Meehan said the BBC only wanted the 'pretence of partnership' - I've attended lots of meeting about partnership and nothing ever happens. All that ever happens are things that are useless to us'"

"The idea of newspapers blocking Google from indexing their sites has become quite a topic of discussion recently, so I used the search engine this morning to look for some popular items. These screenshots help to illustrate how much Google relies on news sources for its best search results". Trouble is, people think what is in Google *is* the Internet.

From the comments: "If this trouble involved England this would be a worldwide outrage and FIFA would be considering throwing us out of the tournament."