Seems like Python is the hackers choice for everything… Great example and great fun, Flickr for the xbox media centre by Jon. Excellent cant wait to post more shoots to the xbmc flickr group.
Flickr for Xbmc
Day: 10 July 2005
As the police request for media of the blasts…
…bloggers, grassroot journalist and the cameraphone carrying public can be proud of the great work they have done. Not only some of the best pictures and videos of the tragedy could also be used for evidence in capturing the actual people who took part. Like Dan Gillmor, I turned to the BBC then the guardian then to the blogosphere, wikinews and google news.
Some of the highlights of the terriable tragedy,
Flickr: Photos on day of bombing in London – Flickr becomes a great resource for the latest pictures.
Wikinews: Coordinated terrorist attack in London – Collaborative news finally starting to work
LA Times on cameraphone coverage of London bombings, indeed the watershed moment in the history of media journalism.
Forbes interviewing Adam Stacey about his natrual reaction to film and take pictures from the choas underground.
Some signs, large media is starting to get the future picture of breaking news and the longevity of such terriable stories.Public provides new dimension to media coverage by the guardian.Mobiles capture blast aftermath and lots more by Jo Twist of the BBC.
Missing persons groups, although the BBC one will get more views flickr really allows for the interaction which could in the end be that life changing result.
The infinite space of the internet allows for voices which are sometimes hard to swallow and sometimes unvalued voices which the mainstream media wouldnt be interested in. For another example of this, I recieved a Spanish Trackback on my blog entry (sarah tried to translate, but found her spanish tougue a little missing). Its really intereting to hear from other countries besides america what they thought of the attacks. And it would be great to hear what the people of madrid (or even spain) thought of the attacks in light of there own attacks last year.
Everyone can take the opportunity read and write no matter how small there involvement but not only that do it on there own terms. My wife gave an telephone interview to her local paper back in Racine (near chicago) where her parents still live. However the Journal times misquoted and screwed my wife over for the story they wanted to write. Nothing new, I hear you say but in this new world Sarah can have her say and call them on the crap there writing it in a way publicly which was never heard of. And even if things do kinda of work out but not quite Sarah can keep them on there toes.
Bluetooth keyboard almost here
Nizam dropped me a im to say, my Bluetooth Keyboard has arrived I just need to pick it up and pay. I'm glad its the ThinkOutside keyboard because Mobileburn just reviewed the top 3 bluetooth keyboards and it came out top. Lets just hope its at least compatable with my tablet and pocketpc. If it works with my mobile phone I will be truely amazed.
In Case of Emergency, call ICE
A Cambridge-based paramedic has launched a national campaign with Vodafone to encourage people to store emergency contact details in their mobile phones. Titled the “In Case of Emergency (ICE)” campaign.
The idea is that you store the word “ICE” in your mobile phone address book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted “In Case of Emergency”. In an emergency situation ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them. It’s so simple that everyone can do it. For more than one contact name ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc.
Simple and effective… but I decided to added 3 ice's with a combination of home and mobile telephone numbers (defaults set to mobile). Then add how there related to me in the last name section of the contact. So for example ICE1:wife, ICE2:parents, etc…