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Moved to pigsonthewing.org.uk
Andy Mabbett now blogs at http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
https://pigsonthewing.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/moved-to-pigsonthewing-org-uk/
Overdue measurement microformat: useful for radio station frequencies
The proposed hMeasure microformat could be used to mark-up the frequencies of radio stations, making them parsable by computers.
The Highway Code should be available as a set of linkable HTML documents, not just PDFs
The Highway Code should be available as a set of HTML documents, not just PDFs, and it should be easy to link to a specific section.
Ian Emes’ ‘French Windows’ and Pink Floyd’s ‘One of These Days’ at Ikon
Ian Emes' video for Pink Floyd's 'One of These Days', 'French Windows', is part of an exhibition at Birmingham's Ikon gallery, until September 2010
Guardian asks National Secular Society to comment on the ordination of women priests
Much as I support the National Secular Society, asking them to comment on the ordination of women priests is like asking me to advise on the best kind of vaulting-pole.
Please Help Me to Compile a List of UK Police Forces’ Wildlife Crime Pages
Crowd-sourcing a list of UK Police Forces' wildlife crime pages, using a Google Docs spreadsheet.
https://pigsonthewing.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/help-compile-list-of-uk-police-wildlife-crime-pages/
My Open Data Challenge to UK Local Government: a Wikipedia Page for Every Council
An open data problem experienced by OpenlyLocal could be solved if staff from each UK council simply started a Wikipedia article about their council, where none already exists.
When writing about the web, links are required
The Telegraph needs to understand that the word "Web" in World Wide Web refers to the interlinking of articles on different sites.
https://pigsonthewing.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/writing-about-web-links-required/
Lists in Microformats: Suggested Optimisation
Labelled lists in microformats should be parsed as multiple instances of that label.
https://pigsonthewing.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/lists-in-microformats-optimisation/
BBC Balloon Release Complaint
Prof. Jim Al-Khalili, on the BBC’s ‘Chemistry: A Volatile History’, (ep. 2) released a big, red, helium-filled balloon, with a string attached. On its return to earth, the balloon will beco...
https://pigsonthewing.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/bbc-balloon-complaint/