This is an amazing story on two levels. First up, the BBC almost wantonly destroys 108 archived episodes of its classic science fiction production, Doctor Who, from the 1960s. Why? Because they wanted to create storage space for copies of newer programmes, and obviously didn't want to find larger facilities to store all their archived productions. However some of the old Doctor Who shows have now ... Read full entry
Doctor Who saved by audio “pirates”
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 27 June, 2008 to the comment subset
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Is it time to re-introduce sound to the web?
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 30 April, 2008 to the technology subset
Δ Is it time to re-introduce sound to the web? So long as any audio files you incorporate in your website are not auto-players, and there is a way to switch the sound off, sure, why not. It was probably one of the first things you did when you first started playing with HTML, but background music, and funny sound effects when you clicked buttons, went ... Read full entry
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