Re: [backstage] Google Mashups

2006-03-08 Thread Gordon Joly
At 13:29 + 7/3/06, Jonathan Stott wrote: Dom Ramsey wrote: I have the locations of Tube stations on my old mashup - http:// www.dynamite.co.uk/local/ - I keep meaning to add the actual routes in, but I've not had the time. I did this a while ago (I have a lot of metro map datasets for

Re: [backstage] Google Mashups

2006-03-08 Thread Gordon Joly
At 13:50 + 7/3/06, Dave Cross wrote: Jonathan Stott wrote: Dom Ramsey wrote: I have the locations of Tube stations on my old mashup - http:// www.dynamite.co.uk/local/ - I keep meaning to add the actual routes in, but I've not had the time. I did this a while ago (I have a lot of metro

[backstage] Persian news IM bot now on Jabber (and other updates)

2006-03-08 Thread Mario Menti
Hi all,here's a brief update on recent conversations and developments on the BBCPersian.com news bot.1. A Jabber version of the bot is online at " [EMAIL PROTECTED] ".I tried it with a number of different Jabber clients, and "proper" support for Arabic/Farsi and BiDi rendering seems rather patchy

[backstage] Historical News Feed

2006-03-08 Thread Paul Carey
Hi I was thinking about developing a simple calendar application that would allow users to view the main UK and world stories on a particular date. I couldn't find such an API; does the BBC have any plans to release one? Many thanks Paul - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To

Re: [backstage] IM Persian news bot

2006-03-08 Thread Dan Brickley
* Tom Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-08 17:03-] > wow. much, much respect Mario... +1 Yes, this is wonderful, and I've heard only positive feedback so far. It'd be great to see this go into (some level of) production usage. (I'd be happy to help in any way...) cheers, Dan - Sent

RE: [backstage] IM Persian news bot

2006-03-08 Thread Tom Loosemore
wow. much, much respect Mario... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mario MentiSent: 07 March 2006 14:40To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.ukCc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ian ForresterSubject: [backstage] IM Persian news bot Following a conversation with Dan Brickley, who po

RE: [backstage] Today's TV-Anytime tar is broken

2006-03-08 Thread Adam Leach
Thanks for getting it fixed. Everything is working fine today. Is there any news on new feeds or developments. Adam Quoting Murray Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: looks like today's TV-Anytime tar file (20060306.tar.gz at http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/feeds/tvradio/[1]) is broken - could someone f

Re: [backstage] IM Persian news bot

2006-03-08 Thread Dan Brickley
Side thought: I tried the bot in an MSN group chat with some friends. Apart from fact that it currently responds to all user text as if they were attempted bot commands, it worked just fine. Nice way to have folks talk about the news, maybe? (for the generic bot too, not just the Persian one...)