The strong man has gone!

This could be one to watch

A fantastic panoramic image of what it's like to be stuck in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. Great stuff

A useful round up of api stuff for google maps – a step beyond the mymaps facility which needs some coding but it isn't too hardcore

An idea that is the nub of most of the community strategies in play but the NS has made a play for the audience to tell them what they want to read. The comments are more fun

Martin looks at the telegraph. There's a part two as well

Funny lines on your online video – try this nifty video explanation

Hmmm. Useful?

Some interesting outlines of training courses from Sarah which shows just what newspapers (should) are thinking about in terms of training

Looks interesting and useful

On or around BBC radio 4 and other speech output. A great blog.

On the back of the Iplayer H.264 annoucnment a reflection on open source.

The reality gap between strategy and reality from one American Newspaper

An FCP tip for HDV camcorder users

Apect ratio problems with FCP – try this

Mark's excellent little video on the highs and lows of being dugg

A great resource for mapping electoral regions in the UK. From parishes to Eu regions.

A split edit, a J-cut or an overlap. Doesn't matter what you call it letting the sound lead the picture when you cut is one way to add polish to your edits. This great tutorial gives you the low-down (aimed at FCP people but some broad reference as well)

Mike Jones has a nice link to an overview of the art of good shot composition