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• Spammers strangling Craigslist?

  From Techdirt:
  “Random text is added to each spam message to fool Craigslist’s duplicate message detector. IP proxy sites are used to post from a wide range of IP addresses. E-mail addresses for reply are Gmail accounts conveniently created by Jiffy Gmail Creator (”Who Else Wants to Create Unlimited Gmail Accounts in Seconds Flat Without Breaking [...]

  Posted on May 26.08 to Web/Tech   

• Scots away

  Luckily Mrs T regards herself as British. Otherwise, she might have struggled with this NHS registration form today.
  Alongside an eclectic selection of other nationalities, she could have registered her Englishness, Welshness, Cornishness, Northern Irishness and Irishness… but not her Scottishness.
  I don’t think, however, that treatment is affected by which box you tick, or by the [...]

  Posted on May 22.08 to London, Notes to self   

• Special Friday bonus link

  I know you’re looking forward to next weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest finals as much as I am. So, via a tip-off from Anna, here’s a little taster - the Azerbaijani entry for this year.
  Witness something historic unfold after the singer wearing angel wings overcomes early microphone problems to deliver his falsetto, operatic-style introduction to his demonic [...]

  Posted on May 16.08 to Television   

• The clear-up begins

  Pictures, top, by yours truly, from inside the City of Manchester stadium last night. More here.
  Main picture taken by terry6082 Books, showing the clearup in Piccadilly Square, Manchester, this morning.
  My dad and I had a memorable time last night at the Uefa Cup final in Manchester, despite Rangers losing 2-0 [...]

  Posted on May 15.08 to Scotland, Sports   

• links for 2008-05-11

  Flickr: Old Ibrox
  Fantastic set of pictures showing Ibrox Park being rebuilt in what must have been the late 70s or early 80s. The three new stands cost £20m, and were funded entirely by supporters.
  (tags: ibrox rangers)

  Posted on May 11.08 to Uncategorized   

• links for 2008-05-06

  Funky Cloud
  Fun-looking GTD app for the Mac
  (tags: productivity mac gtd)

  NIKEFOOTBALL:
  Hammersley found the full version of Nike’s “Take it to the next level” ad - it’s very clever, and Now I Will Buy Their Boots
  (tags: nike advertising football)

  Posted on May 06.08 to Uncategorized   

• Where we find the time

  Clay Shirky has produced the perfect summary of why life’s so hard for media companies used to being only OK

  Posted on May 03.08 to Digital revolution, Strategy, Web/Tech