Archive for July, 2006
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
Michael D's latest statement on the situation in the middle-east:
The protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure and the respect for civilians and their welfare in times of occupation have become two of the fundamental principles of international law in our recent history. These principles are enshrined in the Geneva Conventions.
Recent ...
Posted in International Affairs | Comments Off on MDH on the Middle-East
Monday, July 24th, 2006
mostly revamped studioOriginally uploaded by diymedia.The WRFU studio was revamped in my absence. Can't wait to see it in person during my show this week. Good to see the new equipment, though I would have liked some more script space, and perhaps better cable ducting along the side ...
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Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
My grandfather passed away on Sunday, so I've been generally off-line until now. I'm now working my way through the pile of mail that built up in the meantime, but there's an outside chance that some mail may have bounced in my absence. If you've sent me a mail but ...
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Friday, July 14th, 2006
From today's Interworld Radio:The UK plans to launch a fund worth £100 million pounds to fight corruption in developing countries. The plans are in a UK government White Paper, which follows on from pledges made at last year's G8 summit to alleviate poverty in Africa and developing countries. International ...
Posted in International Affairs | Comments Off on Blair government to fight corruption – abroad
Friday, July 7th, 2006
There was an interesting teaser earlier this week, from the DG of the BBC, when he talked about:MyBBCRadio [which will] use peer-to-peer technology to provide "thousands, ultimately millions, of individual radio services created by audiences themselves".. Elsewhere it says the technology will build on podcasting and the BBC iPlayer, so ...
Posted in Computing Technology | Comments Off on Personalized (online) radio services from the BBC?
Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
The Irish government has announced proposals for new legislation governing defamation and privacy. The old question of the difference between libel and slander will become moot as both torts will be abolished and replaced with an offence of defamation. A new Press Council will be established - to be appointed ...
Posted in Media regulation | Comments Off on New media legislation for Ireland
Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
Anyone at least occasionally reading George Monbiot's work will have come across his criticisms of the air traffic industry (and those who use it), specifically the extent to which it is subsidised and exempt from normal environmental controls. Now the European Parliament has approved a motion calling for an emissions ...
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