Re: [backstage] MSN newsflash bot (update)

2006-03-03 Thread Spandex
MM I'd be interested to know if this change makes things work MM better/worse/no difference for you, so feedback very welcome! Started working fine for me now. Thanks, Matt - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] Google Mashups

2006-03-03 Thread Mario Menti
On 3/3/06, Dharmesh Raithatha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey folksHas anyone got an example of a good googlemasup where you can click onthe map to make a web request with the location clicked on?DharmeshThomas Scott's backstage TVMAP prototype? http://tvmap.thomasscott.net

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-03-03 Thread Jon Thomson
Thanks for the response Brendan, I will see what I can get from the museum in New York, although it is an effort getting information from them :) The feeds I tried for this version were: http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/world/rss.xml and

Re: [backstage] Google Mashups

2006-03-03 Thread Matthew Somerville
Dharmesh Raithatha wrote: Has anyone got an example of a good googlemasup where you can click on the map to make a web request with the location clicked on? Sorry if I've misunderstood the question, and usual caveat of code in emails, but something like this should work:

Re: [backstage] Google Mashups

2006-03-03 Thread Alistair Rutherford
Dharmesh, Not sure I understand what you mean by 'web request'? Can you describe an example? Al. www.gTraffic.info --- Dharmesh Raithatha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey folks Has anyone got an example of a good googlemasup where you can click on the map to make a web request with the

Note on feed hostnames (was RE: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM)

2006-03-03 Thread Brendan Quinn
Okay thanks Jon. Let me know if you come up with anything. To clarify a point from my previous post, anything from News Online (ie content from news.bbc.co.uk) hosts its feeds on newsrss.bbc.co.uk, and you should continue to use that hostname. But for feeds originally on www.bbc.co.uk, we request

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-03-03 Thread Mario Menti
On 3/3/06, Kirk Northrop[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick B wrote: You obviously fixed it. I then left as every hour was too annoying. Can I get an update when I want ... e.g I want every 3 hours between 7am and 12am... Just a thought. Other than that, quite okay, it started working the last few

RE: [backstage] Google Mashups

2006-03-03 Thread Dharmesh Raithatha
I found one. Tagzania. I was thinking about a local reporting idea where users submit reports and can use google maps to select where the report is located which would then bring up a form with the location coordinates prepopulated. Cheers Dharmesh -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-03-03 Thread Nick B
The IM server restarts too much. My friends don't boing more than once or twice a day. On 3/3/06, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/3/06, Kirk Northrop[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick B wrote: You obviously fixed it. I then left as every hour was too annoying. Can I get an update