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Love this, from Response Source:

Hint: if you need to ask, you want the button on the right.

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Everything’s been feeling just a little joyless of late. Tamsin has even been moved to ask if this is the Summer of Doom. Bugger me, I’m not arguing. I think I might have inspired the question.
So, when AntonyM sent this link to Giles Coren’s latest tirade I could almost have kissed him. If you can’t […]

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There were many factors involved in the epic Wimbledon final last weekend, but I hadn’t counted on the influence of the schedulers at the BBC.

Many scheduled programmes, including the news, were shifted to BBC Two as the sporting drama unfolded, eventually resulting in Nadal’s win at 2130 BST.

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Nick, bless him, recently shored-up my self-esteem no end by posting Bill Hicks’ if anyone here is in advertising, or marketing, kill yourself routine. Hicks may be long gone, alas, but his spirit menaces iCrossing’s Content & Media department, proffering guns from a Yank friend at opportune moments.
Truth be told, there are times when it’s […]

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I expect I’m not alone in noticing some entertaining needling between the Guardian and Telegraph in recent months, as the two scrap for first loser when it comes to web views - the BBC leads by a mile, The Mail snaps at their heels.
No doubt it’s driven by valid concerns and genuine differences, the most […]

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Hi, it’s 2008.
Just wanted to remind you, because BBC News thinks it’s discovered a security flaw in Facebook applications. Yes, apparently they can gain access to your and your friends’ profile information, so a malicious application could pose as a legitimate one and harvest profile details, even if they’re not public.
I had to double-check the […]

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I’m used to celebrity endorsements, or even celebrity beauty journalist endorsements, but I’d normally expect recommendations from my friends to come up in conversation. Tooling around on Facebook, then, I had a bit of a double-take at this advert, which recommends a range of health supplements on a friend’s behalf.
Anyone else had one of these […]

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Currently showing on The Times website:

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Right, I’ve sussed out this internet thing. We’re all turning into Smash Hits. Bear with me.
A colleague sent me this a while back: a survey of US journalists’ attitude to and engagement with blogs. I’ve been meaning to write about it for a while now, but hey, I’ve got time on my hands this morning.
To […]

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I’m lucky enough to have a regular freelance gig, explaining to the good readers of Computer Shopper ‘how it works’. The only problem is that I generally don’t know how it works, and it can be extremely hard to learn enough about a topic to write it up quickly and competently, and to do so […]

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