Re: [backstage] A familiar face...

2011-05-18 Thread Tom Scott
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 -

Re: [backstage] Press Association API?

2008-11-05 Thread Tom Scott
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

[backstage] Press Association API?

2008-11-02 Thread Tom Scott
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

Re: [backstage-developer] Accessing http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a-z from PHP

2008-05-17 Thread Tom Scott
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

Re: [backstage] From Private Eye - BBC Shock!

2007-08-16 Thread Tom Scott
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] INFAX catalogue edits (was: Re: From the front lines... Defective By Design Protest)

2007-08-15 Thread Tom Scott
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,

[backstage] Hack Day - PHP team?

2007-05-18 Thread Tom Scott
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

Re: [backstage] attendin' Hackday

2007-05-18 Thread Tom Scott
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

Re: [backstage] DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY

2007-05-03 Thread Tom Scott
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

Re: [backstage] Who would you like to see at Hack Day?

2007-05-02 Thread Tom Scott
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

Re: [backstage] list test and Hack Day

2007-04-30 Thread Tom Scott
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

Re: [backstage] Google Developer Day

2007-04-16 Thread Tom Scott
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,

Re: [backstage] University Tour update

2007-03-12 Thread Tom Scott
*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

Re: [backstage] Web API down?

2006-07-17 Thread Tom Scott
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.