Links for Thursday 19 August 2010 (Phil Gyford’s website)

BBC - About the BBC: BBC Genome: The Complete Broadcast History of the BBC: Wonderful - the BBC is OCRing and making computer-readable, all the programme listings from the ‘Radio Times’ going back to 1922. (via @catfunt)
ESPN - OTL: The Franchise - E-ticket: I like American football but have never played Madden (until trying the demo this evening). I enjoyed this article about the history of the game, and trying to make the first version work on early consoles.

19 Aug 2010 at Twitter

09:15am: Just saw a cycle hire employee wiping down each individual bike stand on Golden Lane. Best kept street furniture ever.

09:17am: @moleitau What to do with siliconroundabout.ning.com ? IPO!

11:22am: Unsure how to determine the shape of possibly vague areas (Paddington, Smithfield, etc) in the 17th century. May make it up, create history.

11:38am: @antimega Hmm, need more maps. Maps with boundaries.

12:14pm: @Zoonie But... that's not on the internet! I don't understand!

12:17pm: Best resource for old areas of London yet, via @stml: http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/str... Thanks!

01:30pm: Thinking about the most embarrassing combinations of Facebook friends I can check in to Places together.

02:17pm: @natts "your friends can, by default, check you in without your explicit approval or permission." http://bit.ly/duPo4H @jaggeree

02:56pm: @natts Ah, at least they check your pref first time: "How can I allow my friends to check me into Places?" http://bit.ly/dhPaur @jaggeree

04:59pm: @gwire That's what they told me when I called the store earlier in the week to ask about queues: "There is no queue, we have no iPhone 4s."

08:33pm: Just tried the demo of Madden 11. Looks incredible. Mostly baffling. Also, despite authenticity all the fans are young, slim and attractive.

09:40pm: @phl Yes 360. No intro/help at all. Had *no* idea how to do anything with defense. Offense, maybe, after lots of practice. Still won though.

10:28pm: @phl I enjoyed this article about the history of the game, and creating the first version: http://es.pn/atAQmN

Links for Thursday 19 August 2010