[backstage] Interesting stuff from the NYT Developer network

Backstagers, New York Times seem to be on a roll this month I imagine this API of movie reviews going back to 1924 has the widest appeal for non-US citizens http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/announcing-the-movie-reviews-ap i/ but honourable mention should go to the following: Data visu

Re: [backstage] Newstime on BanterTV

Stefan, BanterTV looks really good - would it be able to handle non-english scripts - right-to-left languages, like Arabic and Persian? Thanks, Tom On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:25 PM, James Crowley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (first post to this list – hello everyone!) > > > > Previously known a

Re: [backstage] Newstime on BanterTV

Hello Tom, in its current form no, but it's a feature that cold be added. Especially if you wait a few months until Flash Player 10 had more penetration since it offers a totally new text rendering engine which supports ligatures, bidirectional and vertical text as well as inline images, a

[backstage] a postive BBC news story - Matthew Postgate's appointment bodes well for a new BBC tech era

I'm sick of Manuelgate, so a nice story from JK.. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/oct/29/bbc-research "Matthew Postgate 's appointment as controller of the *BBC's* research and innovation department is, at last, great news for the

[backstage] Zingzing

I came across this site the other day, I don't think anyone has mentioned it before... It's an interactive TV guide, all done without Flash. The search is AJAX and searches after each keypress, and it looks good too. http://www.zingzing.co.uk/ Good use of the BBC (and all the other) EPG informa

[backstage] Ideatorrent

Hey, I'm the author of Ideatorrent, and I'm pleased to learn the BBC is going to use it :) Ubuntu is indeed using it, but a much older snapshot, it is in the process of being updated (snap here: http://devel.ideatorrent.org) Concerning the bugs you were talking about (bad link on Submit), this is

Re: [backstage] a postive BBC news story - Matthew Postgate's appointment bodes well for a new BBC tech era

I am truly pleased that Kingswood has had a reprieve hopefully many more areas of the BBC will be looked at as the public believe they are, as part of a great corporation, as opposed to being just another part to "wind down and sell". With more clarity and better overall confidence within

Re: [backstage] a postive BBC news story - Matthew Postgate's appointment bodes well for a new BBC tech era

Brian Butterworth wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/oct/29/bbc-research "Matthew Postgate 's appointment as controller of the *BBC's* research and innovation department is, at last, great news for the BBC 's tech departme

Re: [backstage] Ideatorrent

This is nice that the author is getting involved proactively with the project. On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Nicolas Deschildre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hey, > > I'm the author of Ideatorrent, and I'm pleased to learn the BBC is > going to use it :) > Ubuntu is indeed using it, but a much

RE: [backstage] Zingzing

I came across this site the other day, I don't think anyone has mentioned it before... It's an interactive TV guide, all done without Flash. The search is AJAX and searches after each keypress, and it looks good too. http://www.zingzing.co.uk/ Good use of the BBC (and all the other) EP

[backstage] [ORG-discuss] DRM Free BBC Content on GNU/Linux (Ubuntu)

Wow! I noticed this a few days ago by accident but didn't investigate properly... I'm amazed, but very happy to see *some* steps in the right directions :) Tim Original Message Subject: [ORG-discuss] DRM Free BBC Content on GNU/Linux (Ubuntu) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:06:35 +

Re: [backstage] [ORG-discuss] DRM Free BBC Content on GNU/Linux (Ubuntu)

hmmm...nice and positive news for the ubuntu friends, and me of course :) thanks to canonical for spreading the word :) the plugin works with totem only, or it works with other gnu/linux video applications>? --- On Thu, 10/30/08, Tim Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Tim Dobson <[EMAIL