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POPS"The bishops vs the BBC" continues (more at source): The front runner for the job this time around was Aaqil Ahmed, a 39-year-old Muslim who had carved out a successful career at Channel 4 creating critically acclaimed and often controversial religious programming such as Inside the Mind of the Suicide Bomber and the Bafta-winning Saving Africa's Witch Children. As someone with a long track record of encouraging interfaith dialogue, Dr Williams would have had no problem with a Muslim commissioner as long as he or she continued to cover the Christian faith adequately.
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POPS Mullahs In The Sky The launch of the Omid (Hope) satellite had been expected and was clearly timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Iranian revolution, says the BBC’s Jon Leyne in Tehran. Mr Ahmadinejad said the satellite was launched to spread “monotheism, peace and justice” in the world. But the launch could cause alarm in the West because of fears the technology could be used to make a long-range missile, possibly with a nuclear warhead, our correspondent says. No kidding. Especially when you consider the other half of A’jad’s peace and justice agenda. More rhetorical fun with Ahmadinejad at the link. Back to that rocket, the spread of monotheism via satellite is an interesting idea. Not sure how that is accomplished, and anyway, the western world, to include Israel, the United States, Europe and the greater Islamosphere, already have it.
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POPSWanna' See What Happened To The Beeb’s Bear-on-Thames While we’re waiting for the explanations on how warmening causes records cold and snowfalls, everyone’s favorite Pommie Bastid blogger is warming up with some snow totty (NSFWarmalists), and reports that TomTom is tracking a 32-mile traffic jam tying up the M25. TomTom tracks 32-mile snow traffic jam 10:38AM, Monday 2nd February 2009 Sat nav maker TomTom claim its HD Traffic system has recorded a 32-mile traffic jam on the M25, as snow brings the south of England to a standstill. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/246428/tomtom-tracks-32mile-snow-traffic-jam.html# View Map Of South England Traffic-Jam http://photos.pcpro.co.uk/picture_library/dir_228/it_portal_pic_114477.jpg
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POPSUK Highways Agency prepared ... apparently, according to the Beeb, they have extra staff to control rooms. Feisty, these rooms. Must be the snow induced excitement!
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POPSBBC hates criticism
This is a blog the BBC, financed through mine and yours forced subscriptions - you do not have a say in whether or not you pay - because concern are raised in it as to the efficacy of the Beebs editing and reporting. Whilst the Beeb swapped and moved channels so that the elderly and dishevelled licence payer lost contact with their chosen sport, it appeared that the only sportsman that the Beeb was interested in was a brilliant Jamaican sprinter. As there was no British interest in the event, it could be assumed that sports where Brits were going for Gold would take full coverage. No. The Beeb could not even flash up on the screen that the events were going on- on a defined channel. And if they objected to the open reference to the winner of the 400 mts, lets get it straight. It was the courts that reinstated a woman who could not make it to a specified location, three times, but could get on the plane to China, for her to run against a proven drug taker, a competitor banned for drug u
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POPSThe Pigs emerge at the Beeb At a time when I am wondering if the BBC license is worth the paying, enormous payouts are being made, from my money, to people I do not want to pay. Paying so-called entertainers massive sums for moderate-if any- talent, telephone scandals, poor coverage and political genuflection to the Masters in Nu Lieber, the only outcome will be me getting a criminal record for throwing the box through the window. How's that, ses you? It is one of the laws of strict liability...
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POPSVirtual Worlds research by BBC Not that I was in any doubt - but there may be a question of what age they may stop being useful... maybe. I am glad the Beeb did some work on the roles which were adopted too.
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POPSBiofuels are bad for you Farmers are being threatened by the rush to grow feedstock for biofuels processing, the Beeb reports today. With giant agribusinesses planting hundreds of millions of acres of inedible crops, food prices, too, will jump in the poorest countries.
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POPSBaghdad: Mapping the violence This is amazing. The Beeb has another nice interactive graphic which allows you to explore the timeline of fatal events in Baghdad. You can overlay regional ethnic information and scroll through a timeline of events Click the first source . Use the slider at the bottom. February 2007 is quite depressing.
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POPSRoo Reynolds, Metaverse Evangelist I like job titles that make you do a double-take. I recently spotted this in the Beeb online. These types of articles are becoming more common; I can't imagine it's too long before the novelty wears off and they become ubiquitously meshed yet valuable, like what Steve Jobs thinks of Levi jeans. ;) From an insider perspective (I work for Linden Lab), I should note how dapper Roo aka Algernon looks, and how unique his head is shaped: you'll often not find prominent eyebrows like that in Second Life, especially paired with big blue eyes and a teardrop-shaped head not unlike that of a classic Gray alien. Lots of room for avatar customization, that's for sure.
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