Links for Sunday 9 January 2011

YouTube - The London Nobody Knows (Part 1 of 4) Documentary: ‘The London Nobody Knows’ has found its way to YouTube. Watch, if you haven’t seen it, and you like/know London, in case it disappears.
Django-syncr: Synchronize Django with the web | JesseLegg.com: Introduction to django-syncr, which grabs Twitter, Flickr, Delicious, etc stuff from your accounts to your own Django-powered website.
Django-syncr - Project Hosting on Google Code: The “official” django-syncr source, but not updated since December 2008.
Danfairs/django-syncr at danfairs - GitHub: What looks like the most active copy of django-syncr around. Dan’s adding stuff to the ‘danfairs’ branch.
From zero to coder hero: Synchronizing django with twitter using django-syncr: How to fix the out-of-date django-syncr to work with Twitter’s OAuth.
Cyclists in the City: HGVs - Time to make common cause with pedestrians and motorcyclists?: Some figures on how pedestrian and cycle casualties are caused in the City. Only 5% of pedestrian casualties are the result of cyclists, although pedestrians generally feel cyclists are dangerous.

Photos taken 9 Jan 2011

10:10am: TOO MANY BLUE, ROUND APPLICATION ICONS!
10:12am: @mildlydiverting I misremembered the earlier tweet as "Bristol South", as in the parliamentary constituency. Which seems more appropriate.
12:34pm: I go through Docklands so rarely, and every time I'm stunned that a place like this can be willed into existence.
03:42pm: Things you never hear: "The O2 needs more advertising inside it."
05:10pm: Having said that about the O2, I forget how much advertising there is in tube stations. And they don't have the compensation of fun rides.
06:19pm: Futile, but: @jtaschek, @stevegillmor My tweet about Twitter's Mac app didn't say "#fail". Don't put dumb, knee-jerk hashtags in my mouth :)

A metaphor: The only two responses Palin’s team could make to the Giffords shooting that make sense.

Cyclists in the City: HGVs - Time to make common cause with pedestrians and motorcyclists?: Unfortunately, as you say, peoples’ fears and demands are based on perception. I suspect that you can show them all the facts you like, but the perception is still that a lot of cyclists are jumping red lights, cycling on…