links for 2008-12-15
Published on 15 December 2008 in Daily Links
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Recently the wiki software at work was upgraded, and since then part of the stylesheets on it have been malfunctioning and generally causing problems. And, alas, the bloke who looks after it has gone on holiday. So I’ve hacked a cure (for myself anyway) using this handy plugin which allows you to write your own CSS for any particular website.
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Interesting plan that will see up to 12 new channels being broadcast to Greater Manchester, and the combined area of Cardiff, Newport and parts of Bristol. What on earth they’ll find to fill all that space, beyond existing local stations like Manchester’s Channel M, will be interesting to see.
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The people of Manchester vote not to pay a tax – MEGA SHOCK! (See also votes to scrap London’s Western extension to the Congestion Charge.)
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Lots of gushing in the media today about how the long overdue West Coast Mainline upgrade has been completed. But if it’s completed, will someone please tell me why the line will be shut at Rugby AGAIN this Christmas? And why oh why oh why they STILL not put out a timetable for the replacement services between Christmas and New Year? Thankfully there are alternative routes between Manchester and London, but the official replacement services are still not finalised despite the fact that we’re a fortnight away!
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"After nearly a decade on the programme, the 51-year-old journalist only discovered he was to be fired when he received a phone call from a newspaper journalist." An example of how not to handle a change in your presenting team – especially when your press release reads as if the person going, is going of their own free will. Shame, as I really like Ed’s style in the morning.