Briefcase ‘that changed the world’
The BBC has the story of how Britain gave away its most valuable technological secrets to America during World War Two.
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Manchester Pride exaggerates Parade crowd figures by 500%
250,000 do not watch the Parade as the organisers claim. The true figure is ‘tens of thousands’ and here is the proof.
Flowplayer: a completely free Flash Video player for web pages
I think Flowplayer is the first decent Flash Video player that you can use on your website completely free of charge. Flash Video Player is also nice, but free only for non-commercial use. One issue I did have with Flowplayer, when I used the basic code for embedding, was that it seemed to ignore the … Flowplayer: a completely free Flash Video player for web pages
Rushes: high winds in Manchester (video)
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Posts that begin with the word ‘rushes’ contain unedited footage, tests, bloopers and experiments. In this case the footage is pretty much unedited with some captions added. It runs for 9 mins, which may be too long unless you have a particular interest in this subject!
Britain was hit by high winds today and here in the north-west they reached 100 miles per hour. I’ve lived on the 8th floor for more than seven years and have never felt the building shake in the wind the way it did today.
Sadly we lost six more mature trees in the park close to where I live. Some of them forty years old. Four appeared to have gone down like dominos.
In the city centre various streets had been closed off due to falling debris.
BBC VideoTape Department Christmas Tape
In the 1970’s the BBC’s VT department produced an annual tape of out-takes and specially recorded items by the stars of the day. It was intended exclusively for BBC staff at the time. But now, inevitably, a number of them have got out onto YouTube. Warning: strong language! Christmas Eve On BBC One Legs & … BBC VideoTape Department Christmas Tape
Manchester City Council – the ‘system error’ council
If there was a prize for the website with the most downtime then Manchester City Council’s so-called ‘online payments’ page would surely win it.
Dealing with email spam
It surprises me the number of friends who tell me that they get 200 spam emails a day or something similar. I get very few.
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