Just announced: East London has been awarded the 2012 Olympic games by the Olympics Committee in Singapore! As a resident of East London, it’s especially…
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Mobile GMaps has just launched. It’s a free piece of software that displays Google Maps and Keyhole satellite imagery on Java J2ME-enabled mobile phones and…
Comments closedFor me, the highlight of last night’s Live8 concert has to be Roger Waters reunited with David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason for my…
Comments closedYou could bill my bit as: “AO/Technorati Open Media 100 ‘Honourably Mentioned’ and industry forward thinker Ben Metcalfe will address the audience at the 2005…
2 CommentsWe’re being asked to make poverty history today. But we need to make corruption history first. African governments are some of the most corrupt in…
6 CommentsAfter months of hacking away at Google’s implementation of their uber-cool mapping tool, developers have finally been given the official nod to let rip. Google…
One CommentBeing the “professional blog of Ben Metcalfe”, I’m always slightly nervous of pushing my own distorted tastes in music and film (particularly seeing as they often expose my non-work-friendly “from da street” alter-ego and usually require “parental advisory” – this one is no exception).
However one of my favourite MC’s, Kano, has just dropped his first album and it’s totally off the hook sick (Sofia doesn’t want me to write “off the hook” because she says I sound like Maxwell from BB).
Most of you will probably have never even heard Grime before, particuarlly if you’re outside of the UK. So why not take 2 minutes out and check this out, I’ve included plenty of links to give you a real feel for the scene:
2 CommentsBen Hammersley makes a good point: …Filesharing applications are now liable to new legal contraints. Yes. In the US. Not here. Not in China. Not…
Comments closedWe’re making 7 days worth of BBC TV and radio schedule information available in XML format over on backstage.bbc.co.uk. It’s updated daily so if you…
Comments closedI participate in a number of internal BBC discussion groups, including the wonderful News Interactive Talking Shop. However my participation in this forum in particular…
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