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• 04.23.08
  OK, to get this newsprint quart into this web pint pot, how many pint pots is it actually going to take? Misc | (0)

  There was many a line in this that caught my eye; most of which can be saved for another day. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/23/bbc.pressandpublishing It was Myners' line right at the end, however, that maybe deserves some thought - the bit where he suggests that, when it comes to the regional press "there will be continuing pressure for consolidation of ownership to bring scale..." We have been down this road a little before; in wondering just how Trinity Mirror's excellent local community web-sites in Teesside - soon coming to a Coventry suburb near you - can be made to work in downtown Loddon. It clearly can ...
• 04.10.08
  Auntie meet Mum, Mum meet Auntie… how the hunt for a proton will let you watch Doctor Who… Misc | (0)

  OK, here's a simple test. What do you get if you put this.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/10/bbc.internet Next to this... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3689881.ece Exactly. So much for the answer. The question, of course, is who pays the ferryman...
• 04.08.08
  Swallow hard, folks. If I read this baby right, we haven’t seen anything yet. Have you met ‘The Grid’? Misc | (0)

  I guess the accompanying headline should run along the lines of: 'If you think we're screwed now...' Or some kind of suggestion that the fun might only have just begun; that our friend - and some clearly still see it as our 'enemy' - The Internet is but a little baby to one, awesome kick-ass mother that lies just around the corner. Bit like 'Aliens' I guess. That if the hapless Ripley had her hands full with one of them, just wait till you get to meet Mum... and, boy, is she mad. Only this time she's buried not beneath some atmposphere ...

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