Week 19 del.icio.us links May 09, 2007

del.icio.us links for May 09, 2007

1. Bokardo » The Del.icio.us Lesson

   Shortly after Yahoo bought Flickr, Danny Sullivan, of Search Engine Watch, was dubiously skeptical of tags. He compared them with the meta keyword tag, observing that meta keyword tags have failed miserably on the Web

2. Last.fm + YouTube = Last.fm Video!

   Last.fm, the music recommendation community, will be launching a video recommendation service this week. As Last.fm is rumored to be in discussions with Viacom for a possible $450 million acquisition, delving into the realm of video seems somewhat ironic.

3. TV Viewership Lowest in Recent Years

   The networks are scrambling to hold on to the nearly $8.8 billion they collected during last spring’s ad-buying season. “This may be the spring where we see a radical shift in the way the culture thinks of watching TV,” said Sarah Bunting

4. Car Surfing Becoming a Dangerous Trend in Utah

   kids are car surfing, being pulled by a car while on a skateboard. Car surfing isn’t a new thing. In the ‘80s, the movie “Back to the Future” featured Marty McFly riding a homemade skateboard behind a truck, 27 years later its still amusing young adult

5. The High Price of Getting Paid for Content

   But once you’re successful, being known as “that guy from YouTube or MySpace” can work against you, says Ze Frank, former host of “The Show with Ze Frank,” and generates a healthy income from selling ads on his own site.

6. Avoiding the MySpace Mistake

   Follow these eight dos and don’ts for marketing your small business through online social networking, and you won’t be the bore of the party

13 more articles after the jump

1. Egypt to launch a new ‘road map’ for Darfur

   Under Western criticism for doing little to pressure Sudan to curb violence in Darfur, Egypt announced it is offering a new peace plan in the war-torn African nation, “a road map” for a political process that would also “alleviate international tension.”

2. BBC 6 listeners have voted the 1998 hit Life, by Des’ree, the worstever pop song lyric.

   “I don’t want to see a ghost/It’s the sight that I fear most/ I’d rather have a piece of toast.” Hard to argue with that. Though Richard Harris’ MacArthur Park takes some beating. (“Someone left the cake out in the rain”)

3. Website hits record for election

   There were also more than seven million page views in the 24 hours from midnight on Thursday. Head of News and Current Affairs, “This confirms a significant change in the way that news audiences access the latest on major stories.”

4. Second Life ‘child abuse’ claim

   The investigation follows a report by a German TV news programme which uncovered the trading group and members who pay for sex with virtual children. The police are now trying to identify the Second Life members involved.

5. ‘First India condom disco’ opens

   The “condom disco” is certain to raise eyebrows among more orthodox residents. Backers say there is a serious purpose behind the disco as the aim is to promote HIV and Aids awareness among young sexually active people.

6. IKEA Tampines gets top award for excellent universal design

   Going beyond barrier-free access to be more inclusive and pro-family – that is what Swedish furniture giant IKEA has done at its Tampines outlet. And this has helped it clinch top honours at the first-ever Building & Construction Authority (BCA)

7. Roller coaster axle failed near start of deadly run

   The second car of the six-car roller coaster broke at an earlier stage than suspected, the sources said. Yoshino Kogawara, 19, was killed Saturday when the derailed car hit a guardrail, and 19 others on the Fujin Raijin II standup roller coaster were inju

8. Bit torrent case brought to Final Court of Appeal

   A lawyer representing the first person in the world to be convicted of distributing movies with Bit Torrent technology says his client should face only civil liability for his action.

9. Can’t travel by bike, says minister in flight flap

   Federal Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn said Monday he can’t do his job “by bicycle” but could not explain why his ministerial travel expenses failed to disclose a penny of almost $150,000 worth of charter flights last year.

10. Canada hit with ban on Hollywood movie previews

    Jacob said Canada’s copyright laws should be updated to get in line with those of other countries: “where it would be a criminal offence for somebody caught (recording) in a theatre, which would include both fines plus jail time.”

11. Arctic seal that swam to Florida dies at SeaWorld

    An Arctic seal found in a Fort Lauderdale canal — far from its habitat in the frigid north — died Tuesday, a day after it was captured. “This is the first time we have had a bearded seal show up in Florida,” said Kim Amendola

12. A new measure of bad air

    Starting next month, a new tool, called the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI), will use a scale of 1 to 10 to measure risk based on how three pollutants – ground-level ozone, particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide – interact.

13. Parks renaissance pushed for Toronto

    A final report on what’s called the Toronto Parks Renaissance Strategy won’t be ready for a few months, but the company working on the concept says the growing city needs to invest more in parks and open space.