Re: [backstage] who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently

2007-07-25 Thread Al Petfield
there is a fair amount of duplication not sure why this might be 2.gif and 7.gif for instance. perhaps they have different alpha transparencies? Jonathan, The BBC weather icons dovetail with the Met Office ones [1] but the Met Office have different icons for weather events at night to those

Re: [backstage] iMP and alternative models to DRM

2005-12-08 Thread Al Petfield
Tom, Perhaps the 'unit' is the key. We're moving away from the physical unit to pure data. I remember when CD's came out that there were some people who felt a little short-changed, in terms of the difference in 'commodity' between a 12 vinyl LP and the smaller CD. Nowadays people are happy to

Re: [backstage] now/next RSS feeds for radio stations

2005-12-02 Thread Al Petfield
This is great stuff Mario. On a related note, is there a way to make tracklistings (example: http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/vic_mcglynn/tracklisting.shtml) available as feeds? It might only be 6 Music that has them (I haven't researched extensively) but here are a couple of ideas of what you

Re: [backstage] iMP: accessibility, is the smell really that bad?

2005-11-07 Thread Al Petfield
I can see it now - a site for appraising weather forecasts: IsItHotOrNot.com On 11/7/05, Mark Simpkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about a 'Rate this weather' option? Just grade how accurate you thought the weather forcast was for your area. Mark. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [backstage] CSS changes based on weather conditions

2005-10-20 Thread Al Petfield
Dunstan Orchard's blog? http://www.1976design.com/blog/ On 10/20/05, Kim Plowright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Asking the backstage uberbrain because I'm snowed and can't find anything quickly via google. Does anyone know of a site that changes design (via CSS) according to the status