Re: [backstage] A familiar face...
Every boat I've be a crew on always tunes in. Although the 1979 Fastnet Race is often mentioned... Tom On 18/05/2011 14:35, Dirk-Willem van Gulik di...@webweaving.org wrote: On 18 May 2011, at 14:23, Robert Binney wrote: I have been told that no sailors listen to the Shipping Forecast - can this be true? Well - if you have the money (and enough battery power and ample of pricey thermal paper) - you get it off your navtex(1) or from the met-office feed of immarsat(2). But I've found myself in a situation more than once where knowing that you could be having _reliable_ warnings with just a simple battery radio independent of it all was very reassuring. Dw. 1: http://www.frisnit.com/cgi-bin/navtex/view.cgi?NAVAREA=1action=browseTYPE=24 H - the MET ones. 2: http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/UKMHSFAT - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Press Association API?
Ah, okay - cheers Ian, it's good to know something more concrete! I was under the impression that the PA Events Database would include upcoming press conferences, media events, things like that - is it just public going out event data? It's still a bloody impressive chunk of information if it is, it's just not quite what I was expecting! Cheers, Tom Ian Forrester wrote: Ok ok, It does exist, the delay has mainly been on our behalf due to wanting to launch most of this stuff all together. I can announce the documentation for the API - http://ideas.welcomebackstage.com/node/2 But right now, the API is being tested on another server. At some point in the next few weeks, we'll move the end point to api.welcomebackstage.com. Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: +44 (0)2080083965 mob: +44 (0)7711913293 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Scott Sent: 02 November 2008 13:18 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] Press Association API? Hi all, I'm trying to track down the Press Association API, which was announced as imminent months ago (http://snurl.com/4xlfr) - does it exist yet? And if not, does anyone know when it'll happen? It'd come in very handy for a project idea I've got... Cheers, Tom - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
[backstage] Press Association API?
Hi all, I'm trying to track down the Press Association API, which was announced as imminent months ago (http://snurl.com/4xlfr) - does it exist yet? And if not, does anyone know when it'll happen? It'd come in very handy for a project idea I've got... Cheers, Tom - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage-developer] Accessing http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a-z from PHP
Try using the CURL library instead of file_get_contents for accessing external files - it's a lot more customisable, and you might be able to get some info back about why it's locking up! Cheers, Tom Brian Butterworth wrote: I wrote some code a while ago that goes though the BBC programme catalogue at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a-z and creates a database table that I used to work out what the correct iPlayer picture code to use for each, matching them up against the programme schedules from http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/api/query.pl?method=bbc.schedule.getProgrammesamp;channel_id=$strChannelamp;start=$strDTSamp;end=$strDTEamp;limit=100amp;detail=schedule For some reason I can access http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a-z from a browser, but doing a file_get_contents(http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a-z;) from PHP just locks up. Is this intentional? I'm just having another go at making a 'what's on now' iGoogle theme for BBC channels... Brian Butterworth - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message.
Re: [backstage] From Private Eye - BBC Shock!
And the British Homeopathic League accused government boffins of watering down official research in order to hide the harmful effects of the new TV broadcasts. Wait - surely the British Homeopathic League would water down research in order to make it more effective? -- Tom - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
[backstage] INFAX catalogue edits (was: Re: From the front lines... Defective By Design Protest)
vijay chopra wrote: On 15/08/07, Andrew Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If a drinks company is giving away a can of drink free at a railway station (which happens), does that entitle you to go into Sainsburys and take one without paying for it? One deprives someone of a tangeable object, that actually costs something to distribute, the other is data that can, and is, being distributed virtually for free. I said this last time, but: bloody hell, let's not start this again. We've been round in circles on this at least four times now and I'm sick of adding mail filters to delete the threads. Please. Can we talk about APIs, or data dumps, or mashups, or something like that, rather than rehashing the same old arguments that (as has been proven) won't change the minds of those disagree? On that subject: could there be any programmatic way of submitting corrections to the BBC's INFAX catalogue? Right now, the only way is a feedback form that doesn't seem to be checked. I've got at least four entries in the catalogue, and I can see other people I know who have a similar amount; it's wonderful data, but there has to be a better way to submit known corrections (subject to approval, of course)... -- Tom - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
[backstage] Hack Day - PHP team?
Well, the first round of place confirmations for Hack Day have gone out, and I'm lucky enough to be in - so, does anyone want to form a PHP team? I'd go for something more hip like Ruby on Rails, but I figured that for speedy developing it's best to stick with the language I'm most comfortable with. I'm generally interested in making entertaining hacks rather than massively useful ones - games and the like. Cheers, -- Tom Scott - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] attendin' Hackday
Okay - in an effort to cut off the massive flow of I'm attending, want to make a team traffic that I've already contributed to - and because there seems to be no other official discussion routes! - I've set up http://hackdaylondon.pbwiki.com as a strictly unofficial Wiki site. Hopefully it'll be a useful discussion point as it is for BarCamp - there's a starting template for team lists and interests, useful links, etc. etc. It'll probably get overtaken by an official discussion board at some point, but it should do in the meantime! -- Tom gareth rushgrove wrote: Yeah, Some good news! The emaili just popped into my inbox to brighten up my day. Now all I need is a good idea... Any other confirmed attendees? G - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY
Mark Hewis wrote: Would a portable device/wearable device which blocked/scrambled GSM/Wireless/3-G frequencies within a 2 metre radius be illegal? Yep, that's illegal. It falls under the same category of 'illegal' as pirate radio - using an unlicensed transmitter, which is outlawed by the 1949 Wireless Telegraphy Act. From OFCOM: The use of equipment to jam mobile phones (or any other radio signals) is illegal - regardless as to the location where they are used. A mobile phone jammer is a transmitter and therefore a licence is required to use one. ( http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/enforcement/rtandthelaw ) -- Tom - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Who would you like to see at Hack Day?
Certainly if the corporate attendees take away from the 500-person maximum, then they should only send developers. But bear in mind that, if companies are willing to spend Significant Amounts to sponsor Hack Day, and that means that the day can include cool stuff that it wouldn't otherwise have, it might be worth letting some of them have a bit of space. Although -- given that it's in Alexandra Palace and may include a musical guest -- I don't know what other cool stuff could be added! -- Tom Ben Hall wrote: I agree, send only real developers to help people. This would be good for the company as it allows them to have some representation but also the attendees as they will have support when building the app. When do we find out if we are on the list to get in? :) I'm really looking forward to it. But I don't think I know anyone else going :( Ben On 02/05/07, Matthew Cashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've been getting a lot of requests from other companies to be involved in Hack Day, and we're wondering how best to handle it – so I thought I'd ask you guys - you always know best. So the options are pretty much – let anyone come, loads of branding, set up stalls etc – much like a conference. Or We could say – send only actual real developers to help people build stuff Or... We could say – sorry no we'd rather you didn't come at all I think the second option is the best, but what do you think? Also.. . Is there anyone in particular you think would be helpful to have at the event? BTW – There's still places available but they're going fast, so if you've not signed up yet I'd get your application in quick smart – http://hackday.org m ___ Matthew Cashmore Development Producer BBC Future Media Technology, Research and Innovation BC4B5, Broadcast Centre, Media Village, W12 7TP T:020 8008 3959(02 83959) M:07711 913241(072 83959) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] list test and Hack Day
This might help: A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection Or How Microsoft destroyed the Mulitmedia PC Dear sweet evil Jesus on a pogo stick, don't start that up again! Serious question though while the list traffic is low: does anyone on the BBC side of things know when we'll be told if we've got (or not got) a spot at Hack Day? After the initial two emails that I got when I signed up via eventwax I've heard nothing... -- Tom - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Google Developer Day
I've sent an email to the Developer Day address asking if that thank you for your RSVP email means that I've been accepted. There's only a few cheap train tickets left, but I'd like to make sure I'm confirmed before booking! -- Tom Squiggle . wrote: Likewise. Yay! (I think) On 4/16/07, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I registered and I think was accepted. Ian Forrester || backstage.bbc.co.uk || cubicgarden.com || geekdinner.co.uk - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] University Tour update
*Hull* Friday were up in Hull University but the Scarborough Campus. We're talking after lunch and we're trying to arrange something for Friday night. Could you be a bit more specific about where and when for Scarborough? I might head over on the train from York... -- Tom Scott - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Web API down?
It's dead outside the firewall. -- Tom Kim Plowright wrote: I'm seeing it internally - can anyone confirm it's dead outside the firewall? - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
