Links for 2005-03-24

Posted March 24, 2005 12:22 AM.

• Phil Gyford writes about Flickr for BBC News (and talks to Timo and me as well) "It's about capturing moments - things your eyes have got caught on - and doing what you'd do to a friend if they happened to be on the street with you, saying 'check that out, isn't that awesome'.."
• Sanity is Having A Massage - Flickr-style Ah. Back in the UK. Work. Flat. Computers. How very drole. {snaps}
• Jamie4U is the funniest parody of a young gay weblog that I've ever read. Well done sir! Bravo... "Then me and Craig were like boyfriends for a whole week, but then I got bored of him and dumped him because he was too clingy and I needed like SPACE and FREEDOM to BE MYSELF."
• Awesome eboy poster of London that I ordered and arrived in the office today... It's beautiful and it's huge! I have no idea where to put it...
• BBC to cut 2,000 programme jobs The BBC is to cut more than 2,000 jobs in its programme-making divisions and new media...
• Jeremy Dear and Mark Thompson go head-to-head about the BBC cuts "The BBC has announced more job losses in its programme-making divisions, bringing the total to 2,050 over three years, as it seeks to save £355m a year to reinvest in programmes."
• Riding Shanghai's maglev, the world's fastest train... Sounds like a vaguely uninspiring experience, a waste of money and a tremendously impressive futurist folly. We need more of this...
• BBC faces strike ballot deadline "Union leaders have threatened to hold a strike ballot at the BBC if it presses ahead with its plan for 2,050 redundancies at the corporation."