Re: [backstage] Official BBC Weather feeds ahoy!
Michael Ferenduros wrote: Feeds listed by country/place: http://mike260.dyndns.org/~mikef/countries.opml Wow, that's great, thanks. :) You found *another* Aberdeen, too: http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/4005.xml with a slightly different forecase to: http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/0014.xml :-) The server will come and go, so if someone wants to provide a more stable home for it, be my guest. I'll do that for you, if you like: http://www.dracos.co.uk/play/bbc-weather/countries.opml ATB, Matthew - 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] Newssniffer - BBC News site monitoring
Thanks Jason, Interesting stuff... Ian From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason CartwrightSent: 24 October 2006 12:56To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.ukSubject: [backstage] Newssniffer - BBC News site monitoring Thought this might be of interest to the backstage crew: http://newssniffer.newworldodour.co.uk/articles/list_by_revision http://newssniffer.newworldodour.co.uk/bbc/threads/mostcensored J Jason Cartwright Client Side Developer -CBBC Interactive [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desk: (0208 57) 67938 Mobile: 07976500729 "Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here" - Ray Bradbury
RE: [backstage] Official BBC Weather feeds ahoy!
Nice to see the weather feeds!
I was going to make a Vista sidebar version, but there appears to be no
index of places to get the locations_id.
Is there an index or search facility to get locations_id?
Brian Butterworth
www.ukfree.tv
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Sent: 18 October 2006 13:27
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Cc: Frances Runnalls
Subject: [backstage] Official BBC Weather feeds ahoy!
Greetings Backstagers,
I am very pleased to inform you that BBC Weather's first RSS feeds are now
live. Links to them can be found on all 5 day forecast pages:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml
The feeds are located at
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/{world|id}/{location_id}.xml
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/{world|id}/{location_id}.xml
E.g. http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/id/2315.xml
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/id/2315.xml and
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/4567.xml
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/4567.xml
All of the 7379 feeds are updated at least* twice a day (at approximately
8AM/PM *GMT*).
We are planning more feeds, and improvements to these ones as well (e.g.
dynamic generation of feeds, which will allow us to offer different flavours
such as Atom; additional content such as tide times and current observations
(Met Office willing); additional semantic mark-up).
In the meantime we look forward to seeing your BBC Weather widgets in the
Backstage Widgets Compo:
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2006/10/widgets_competi.html
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2006/10/widgets_competi.html
I have included geo:lat/long tags in all entries to facilitate mappy
mashups. Enjoy!
I look forward to hearing your comments, concerns and ideas.
Best,
Kass
Kathryn Schmitt
Senior Developer
BBC Weather Centre
2026 Television Centre
T: 020 82259448
M: 0771 7582482
www.bbc.co.uk/weather file://www.bbc.co.uk/weather
www.bbc.co.uk/climate file://www.bbc.co.uk/climate
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RE: [backstage] Official BBC Weather feeds ahoy!
http://www.myservicescentral.com/Temp/bbcfeed.csv
http://mike260.dyndns.org/~mikef/countries.opml
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Subject: RE: [backstage] Official BBC Weather feeds ahoy!
Nice to see the weather feeds!
I was going to make a Vista sidebar version, but there appears to be no
index of places to get the locations_id.
Is there an index or search facility to get locations_id?
Brian Butterworth
www.ukfree.tv
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kathryn Schmitt
Sent: 18 October 2006 13:27
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Cc: Frances Runnalls
Subject: [backstage] Official BBC Weather feeds ahoy!
Greetings Backstagers,
I am very pleased to inform you that BBC Weather's first RSS feeds are
now
live. Links to them can be found on all 5 day forecast pages:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml
The feeds are located at
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/{world|id}/{location_id}.xml
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/{world|id}/{location_id}.xml
E.g. http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/id/2315.xml
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/id/2315.xml and
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/4567.xml
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/4567.xml
All of the 7379 feeds are updated at least* twice a day (at
approximately
8AM/PM *GMT*).
We are planning more feeds, and improvements to these ones as well (e.g.
dynamic generation of feeds, which will allow us to offer different
flavours
such as Atom; additional content such as tide times and current
observations
(Met Office willing); additional semantic mark-up).
In the meantime we look forward to seeing your BBC Weather widgets in
the
Backstage Widgets Compo:
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2006/10/widgets_competi.html
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2006/10/widgets_competi.html
I have included geo:lat/long tags in all entries to facilitate mappy
mashups. Enjoy!
I look forward to hearing your comments, concerns and ideas.
Best,
Kass
Kathryn Schmitt
Senior Developer
BBC Weather Centre
2026 Television Centre
T: 020 82259448
M: 0771 7582482
www.bbc.co.uk/weather file://www.bbc.co.uk/weather
www.bbc.co.uk/climate file://www.bbc.co.uk/climate
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RE: [backstage] Newssniffer - BBC News site monitoring
J, re: http://newssniffer.newworldodour.co.uk/bbc/threads/mostcensored This is one of the most insiteful sites I have ever seen. Very sadly it appears that Auntie is taking it upon herself to remove comments that, on the face of it, do not appear to break any of the house rules for "have your say" I have spoken to others and they have given up using HYS, because they said "my only thought was that because I didn't state an opinion as such just facts relevant to the argument, they weren't interested". The implications for monitoring BBC editorial independence are huge. Another idea on the same (but less controversial)vein might be to check the BBC weather forecasts (now we have them) again the actual conditions and see how accurate they are. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason CartwrightSent: 24 October 2006 12:56To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.ukSubject: [backstage] Newssniffer - BBC News site monitoring Thought this might be of interest to the backstage crew: http://newssniffer.newworldodour.co.uk/articles/list_by_revision http://newssniffer.newworldodour.co.uk/bbc/threads/mostcensored J Jason Cartwright Client Side Developer -CBBC Interactive [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desk: (0208 57) 67938 Mobile: 07976500729 "Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here" - Ray Bradbury --No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/493 - Release Date: 23/10/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/493 - Release Date: 23/10/2006
Re: [backstage] Official BBC Weather feeds ahoy!
doh! sorry. I'll fix that...but possibly not until I return from my holiday (unless I'm really bored).Best,KassOn 10/24/06, Michael Ferenduros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello,Pedantic bug-report:There's an 'eacute;' in world/4026.xml that I don't _think_ is valid XML(because eacute isn't a predefined entity).I wouldn't mention it otherwise, but it causes the parser I'm using to barf. Tarra,Mike-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] Christmas Backstage bash
For some reason my email didn't reach the backstage list (only myself to blame I guess) http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2006/10/bbc_backstage_l.html Saturday 9th December | 6:30pm - 1am Venue (TBC) is The Cuban http://www.thecuban.co.uk/city/near.htm Yes I know its in London, but I swear we are planning many out of London events... which we will talk about soon. As you can see,we've teamed up with many other communities around London, as we feel this is core to BBC Backstage's values. We arealso working on sponsorship, so hopefully not only will the food be free, but so will the drinks. The venue holds 400 people and we're looking to have around about 300 in total. Don't worry, once the signup starts you will be first to know. Cheers, Ian Forrester || backstage.bbc.co.uk || x83965 From: Roger Brittain Sent: 24 October 2006 10:52To: Ian ForresterSubject: [backstage] Christmas Backstage bash Have you decided on a date yet?http://www.bbc.co.ukThis e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated.If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system.Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately.Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received.Further communication will signify your consent to this.
Re: [backstage] Newssniffer - BBC News site monitoring
As someone who used to work closely with the BBC community site teams my first thought was what happens when the BBC pulls posts for legal reasons, and this site reproducesthem - who ends up potentially legally liable - the site re-hosting the content, the BBC, or the original poster, even though they didn't give explicitpermission for newssniffer to re-use the content. *shuffles off to consult lawyer* all the best, martin http://www.currybet.net On 24/10/06, Jason Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thought this might be of interest to the backstage crew: http://newssniffer.newworldodour.co.uk/articles/list_by_revision http://newssniffer.newworldodour.co.uk/bbc/threads/mostcensored J Jason Cartwright Client Side Developer -CBBC Interactive [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desk: (0208 57) 67938 Mobile: 07976500729 Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here - Ray Bradbury
Re: [backstage] Newssniffer - BBC News site monitoring
One thing that might be worth considering in terms of adding and removing comments to have your sayis a ranking function. Consider a model where each new entry gets a relevance score. Then, all those abovea certain rank are kept. I know this isn't exactly what is happening, but would it be possible for News Sniffer to see if there are alteratoins in ordering for comments?MattHOn 10/24/06, Martin Belam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:As someone who used to work closely with the BBC community site teams my first thought was what happens when the BBC pulls posts for legal reasons, and this site reproducesthem - who ends up potentially legally liable - the site re-hosting the content, the BBC, or the original poster, even though they didn't give explicitpermission for newssniffer to re-use the content. *shuffles off to consult lawyer* all the best, martin http://www.currybet.net On 24/10/06, Jason Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thought this might be of interest to the backstage crew: http://newssniffer.newworldodour.co.uk/articles/list_by_revision http://newssniffer.newworldodour.co.uk/bbc/threads/mostcensored J Jason Cartwright Client Side Developer -CBBC Interactive [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desk: (0208 57) 67938 Mobile: 07976500729 Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here - Ray Bradbury
[backstage] BBC Backstage London Christmas Bash : Sat 9th Dec
Hi All, What happened after we mentioned the Christmas party on the list a while ago? Well we found a venue : The Cuban Near Moorgate Station in London. Set a date : Saturday 9th December. And got in touch with other communities and groups to make it a real community driven event. If you can keep Saturday 9th Dec free in your calendars that would be great, if not we hope to see you on the 6th Nov or next year sometime. We will announce how to get tickets in the near future, till then here's some more info... http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2006/10/bbc_backstage_l.html Cheers, Ian Forrester || backstage.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] BBC news ticker in Second Life
Mario Have you seen this? Might be up your street... http://www.3pointd.com/20061023/sustaining-the-metaverse-a-3pointd-think-tank/ (just saw your technorati pillars, nice!) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mario MentiSent: 06 October 2006 19:03To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.ukSubject: Re: [backstage] BBC news ticker in Second Life On 10/6/06, Tom Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there's a few news video podcasts in mp4 here (they play on QT7)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/4977678.stmnone really suited to news SL though (we'd need a News 24 or BBC World QT unicast stream), though the thought of David Dimbleby hisQuestion Time guests warbling on within SL does have a warped appeal Yeah, I tried the newsnight one myself, and (once it had done downloading) was watching Kirstie Wark on a big screen in SL earlier today :-) Mario.
