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links for 2009-09-30

Published on 30 September 2009 in

New Vegemite puts Kraft in pickle – BBC News They decided to call a new version iSnack2.0????? (tags: Vegemite branding brandingdisaster) Apple’s ‘Big Brother’ sequel – dot.life "For many back then, Apple symbolised the rebel and that whole ‘think different’ attitude but honestly I don’t think they can say that anymore… I see Apple as the new Microsoft and so it felt natural to do this advert this way." It was going to happen someday. Apple’s iconic "don’t conform" Mac advert from 1984 has come back to haunt them, (tags: apple Mac BigBrother doubeTwist dotlife) ‘Minimum price on alcohol won’t work’ – Morning Advertiser We had minimum pricing at university in Durham. Did it stop people getting drunk? Of course not! (tags: alcholol minimumpricing) Majority of Scots are drinking responsibly – Morning Advertiser Most people enjoy alcohol sensibly SHOCK! (tags: alcohol scotland) Mark Radcliffe turned down Simon Mayo slot at Radio 5 Live – guardian.co.uk According to "insiders". Apparently he’s miss playing records. Which is fair enough. (tags: MarkRadcliffe BBC bbcradio BBCRadio5Live SimonMayo) Brown to ban ’24-hour drinking’ – Morning Advertiser A highly important move given almost no one has a 24 hour alcohol licence. n.b. in the interests of... View Article

links for 2009-09-28

Published on 28 September 2009 in

BrewDog launches 1.1% Nanny State beer – Morning Advertiser “If logic serves the same people who witch-hunted and publicly slated us should now offer us heartfelt support and public congratulations. However I fear that this, unfortunately, is an arena devoid of logic and reason.” BrewDog get upset by people criticising their 18.2% beer, but are not confident that their new 1.1% beer will get any positive feedback… (tags: BrewDog beer alcholol) Desert Island Discs comes to iPlayer – BBC Radio 4 Blog To be honest, I wondered if this would ever happen. But now it has! (tags: DesertIslandDiscs bbcradio4 bbciplayer BBC bbcradio radio onlineradio) Wimbledon police find mail dumped in bushes – Wimbledon Guardian Week and a half on and I’ve still only got four birthday cards. Clearly I should be looking for my mail in the park. (tags: RoyalMail incompetence Merton Wimbledon)

links for 2009-09-25

Published on 25 September 2009 in

Picnic 109 FM – Critical Distance Weblog Interesting sounding radio station that has no listeners and is a piece of "art". Cool. (tags: RadioManuela Amsterdam radio art) Post backlog ‘may never arrive’ – BBC News Apparently 15 million letters are being stored and "sorted". No wonder I’m still missing half my birthday cards. (tags: RoyalMail industrialaction)

links for 2009-09-23

Published on 23 September 2009 in

Personalised RailOrder London map products – London Transport Museum Oh that’s like well cool! (tags: LondonUnderground tubemap) Celebrations for new Mitcham Eastfields train station – Wimbledon Guardian Apparently there was a cake and everything to celebrate the first birthday of Mitcham Eastfields. It’s stories like this which are why I love the local press. (tags: Mitcham MitchamEastfields railways railwaystation Merton) Blue Peter’s mattress dominoes record breaking attempt Includes several of my colleagues being hit my mattresses and John from our department being interviewed. Plus Tim from the news gets down with the kids (all the kids are avid BBC News Channel viewers don’t ya know?!) (tags: BluePeter BBC BBCOne cbbc recordbreaking mattressdominoes)

links for 2009-09-22

Published on 22 September 2009 in

Merton Council to clear streets of chewing gum – Wimbledon Guardian Couple of years ago, TfL re-did the pavements near Colliers Wood station. Within a week it was half covered in white blobs. Discarded chewing gum. How much money do councils have to spend every year because of inconsiderate people who don’t know how to use a bin? (tags: chewinggum inconsideratemorons Merton MertonCouncil littering litter) Your Morning Stupid: Left 4 Teletubbies – Rock, Paper, Shotgun Not one for the kids… The bizarre sight and sound of Teletubbies in zombie mode, attacking whilst crying "La la!" (tags: LeftForDead Teletubbies gaming)

links for 2009-09-18

Published on 18 September 2009 in

Florrie and Baby Pom join the BBC Red Button Team Our new starters are indoctrinated in the BBC Red Button ways (tags: Fimbles BBCRedButton CBeebies) A week in the life of the River Thames – diamond geezer Diamond Geezer on the tube map River Thames saga. Especially amusing is what’s under Thursday 17 September! (tags: LondonUnderground tubemap TransportForLondon) Final edition of The London Paper – BBC News Shame – it was a far superior paper to the downright miserable, scaremongering and trashy London Lite (if you believed the Lite, you’d think there were hoards of people on the tube wearing face masks because of Swine Flue – never been the case). Not that I read it regularly, but it was always there if I managed to finish my book and need something to read. Plus Em was great. (tags: TheLondonPaper newspapers NewsInternational London freepapers) STV to drop ITV1 6.30pm news – Guardian Blimey! Interesting on two parts – one is that this will create a "Scottish news hour" akin to what some wanted the BBC to do. Will be interesting to see how ITN (who will be working with STV on this) will balance those needs with the needs to... View Article

links for 2009-09-17

Published on 17 September 2009 in

Guinness’s new glass plan – Morning Advertiser Who remembers the old straight edged Guinness glass now? (tags: Guinness beer beerglasses)

links for 2009-09-14

Published on 14 September 2009 in

Five consumer laws you really ought to know – BBC News Magazine Public service consumer information from the every wonderful BBC News Magazine (tags: law consumerrights comsumerlaw shopping tips) Scottish trams diverted to Croydon – This Is Local London Apparently Edinburgh’s tram scheme is running behind and there may be four trams in need of a temporary home, and a good test on some real track. Although the local paper may be being a bit optimistic in its thinking that the trams may be used in passenger service to boost current service levels… (tags: Edinburgh EdinburghTrams trams London Tramlink LondonTrams) Letters sorted in Wimbledon street after postal strikes – Wimbledon Guardian The post situation in the SW19 post delivery office is so bad they’re apparently sorting mail on the streets. Genius. Mind you, you know things are really bad when you see postmen doing rounds on Sunday afternoons as happened yesterday. (tags: RoyalMail Merton Wimbledon) Tube Map Redux – diamond geezer It’s hard to imagine anywhere else in Britain where the release of a new public transport map would cause a flurry of blog posts and comments… But then the tube map is a strong feature of London’s identity. But... View Article