Links For The Day
White House press corps doyenne Helen Thomas: “I ask myself every day why the media have become so complacent, complicit and gullible”
Call centre news: Powergen moves call centre back to UK from India because of customer dissatisfaction. Meanwhile, an Indian company opens 1000-job call centre in Northern Ireland. Could it be the beginning of the end for customer service outsourcing?
Hmm, where’s my cardie and binoculars? A Channel 4 executive claims the typical Radio 4 listener is a middle-aged birdwatcher from Bournemouth whose wife wears a twin set.
Shakespeares Sis: “You get to choose three living people to meet. One will be your companion for a single dinner, one will serve as a mentor, and one will become a close friend. Who do you choose?” Mine are Charles Wheeler, Armando Ianucci and Jenny Murray, respectively. Who’re yours?
Ansible’s Dave Langford on Beachcomber (JBMorton), Mrs Ravoon and how SF fans invented the word ‘blog’
Researchers have built a prototype device that disables digital cameras. Is Paris Hilton funding scientific research now? Watch out Fugly, Pajiba et al, your days may be numbered…
Competent as ever – that new Hawaiian marine reserve Bush declared? It’ll be drowned by global warming.
Football news: Ratbags. Liverpool keeper robbed of a lifetime’s memories. And it’s just been announced that Michael Owen is out of the World Cup. Damn. Gerrard, it’s on you now.
The much-underrated Hubert Laws is featured on video at Crooks & Liars: the comments section is also a goldmine of links for jazz lovers. And while we’re talking about jazz, can I reccommend Ronnie Laws’ Every Generation? I used to have it on cassette ( damn, now you know my age) but I really, really need the CD. On my Amazon wishlist it goes.
