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Category Archives: annoyances
Transport Scotland/ ScotRail refuse plaque marking Jordanhill Station as subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article
Andy Mabbett is disappointed by Transport Scotland’s response to his suggestion of a plaque to mark Jordanhill station as the subject of Wikipedia’s one-millionth article. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, hyperlocal, Wikipedia
Tagged Alemannisch, Arabic, blue plaque, bureaucracy, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, geo:latitude=55.8826, geo:longitude=-4.3246, geotagged, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, latin, million, plaque, Polish, QRpedia, Romanian, Russian, ScotRail, Scottish Transport, Simple English, Spanish, Swedeish, Thai, Transport Scotland, Welsh, wikipedia
3 Comments
Extracting contact data from e-mail signatures
Andy Mabbett proposes a simple standard for recording contact data in plain text e-mail sigs. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, ideas, microformats, web standards
Tagged email, gmail, google, hcard, idea, metadata, microformat, vcard, vcf
5 Comments
The BBC’s fundamental misunderstanding of copyright
The BBC’s response to a complaint by Andy Mabbett shows a fundamental misunderstanding of copyright law. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, social media, Twitter
Tagged bbc, copyright, law, photography, TwitPic, twitter
245 Comments
Can you make a Freedom of Information request via Twitter?
Andy Mabbett explains why Freedom of Information made via Twitter should be honoured. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, local government, Twitter
Tagged FoI, Freedom of Information, local government, social media, twitter
8 Comments
How can I automate repetitive find’n'replace operations?
Andy Mabbett asks for help automating a large series of find’n'replace operations, which need to be performed monthly, to update the West Midland Bird Club website which he maintains. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, microformats, nature
9 Comments
Google Books: please make better use of screen space on my netbook
Andy Mabbett wishes Google Books would make better use of the screen-space on his netbook. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, Pink Floyd
Tagged Billboard, google, Google Books, Lenovo, netbook, Pink Floyd, usability, viewport
1 Comment
Will we get a warm welcome or a cold shoulder at Tech Wednesday?
Andy Mabbett notes that a new attendee at Tech Wednesday left with a bad impression, and suggests some lessons that might be learned. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, Birmingham, microformats, social media, web standards
Tagged Aston, Birmingham, Birmingham Science Park, Birmingham Social Media Cafe, BirminghamSPA, bsmc, C++, coffee, coworking, geek, geo:lat=52.488678, geo:lon=-1.887298, geotagged, html5, Jane Fisher, janefisherorganise, JaneOrganise, meetup, otaku_coder, social, social networking, SQL, tech, Tech Wednesday, techies, twiitter:status=70436025842933760, twitter:user=birminghamspa, twitter:user=JaneOrganise, twitter:user=otaku_coder, twitter:user=techwednesday, vcard, web design, web development
2 Comments
The mysterious case of Birmingham’s missing Victorian cast iron urinal
Andy Mabbett wants to know what happened to the listed Victorian cast iron urinal, which he acquired for Birmingham Railway Museum in 1987. Continue reading
Fixing Facebook’s Microformats (at their request)
Facebook’s hCalendar microformats have the wrong timezones. They asked me to help fix them. Here’s how. Continue reading
Don’t confuse your social media channels
Piping Facebook status updates to Twitter (or any automation of cross-channel feeds) can give confusing messages. Continue reading