links for 2008-11-28

Posted on 28 Nov 2008 in Daily Links (0 comments)

• Can Stephen Fry kill a gadget?
  Rory Cellan-Jones asks the question following Mr Fry's recent slamming of the Blackberry Storm on Twitter. I'd say the crux of the problem is poor product design in the first place - people like Stephen Fry are just very visible messengers of design problems - not the cause. Not that I've used a Storm...
  (tags: Blackberry RoryCellenJones Twitter StephenFry BlackberryStorm Vodafone mobile gadgets)
• Government to own majority of RBS - BBC News
  Would would have thought that 57.9% of a major banking group like the Royal Bank of Scotland, would end up owned by the nation?
  (tags: RoyalBankOfScotland RBS banks banking bankingcrisis creditcrunch)
• The Day of the Triffids to be remade by BBC
  First Doctor Who, then Survivors, next the classic Day of the Triffids. Are there no new sci-fi ideas? Still, I hope the ending is better than the 1981's "Oh lets go to the Isle of Wight - it'll be fine there!", before the show abruptly ended.
  (tags: DayOfTheTriffids BBC BBCOne scifi)
• Soap Set to Clean up at Auction!
  Brookside Close is up for sale. Guide price is £550,000-£600,000. Now if we could get a few people to put £30 in each...
  (tags: Brookside Merseyside Liverpood Channel4)
• RSS Feeds of specific BBC blog posts
  Quick link to a post I made on backstage.bbc.co.uk's mailing list. If you want a specific RSS feed of comments on just one BBC blog post (say the excellent Selkirk, West London, on BBCi Labs!) there is a feed - it's hidden in the source code but if you view source and search for "RSS" you'll find it.
  (tags: RSS BBC blogs blogcomments BBCblogs feeds XML backstage.bbc.co.uk)
• Lycos Europe To Shut Down After Failing To Find Buyer - paidContent:UK
  I'd completely forgotten Lycos even existed. Which is probably part of the problem.
  (tags: Lycos online portal)