Where is your locale

My friend Andrew Black asked a question which has been on my mind for years, on the back burner.

He asked me about locality: how do you localize services such as

http://www.twitter.com/

http://upcoming.yahoo.com/

etc etc?

My answer is multicast groups, but multicast has problems of its own:-)

FLICKR does this quite well, with tags and groups, methinks... but that is with a lot of work.

By locale, I don't mean just geographic locality. Social networks have notions of who is in your neighbourhood, who likes what you like.... don't they?

And best wishes for Beltane.

Gordo

Warning! Armed Robbery

Warning! Armed Robbery
Originally uploaded by LoopZilla.

Warning! Armed Robbery

Gang Operating Here

Five Black Teenagers

16 - 19 - Average Height

One wears a white base-ball cap

They carry knives and knuckle dusters. They are stealing phones, bicycles and money

Warning! Armed Robbery

Gang Operating Here

Golden Surfer

Golden Surfer
Originally uploaded by LoopZilla.

The Golden Surfer surfaces....

Spaghetti with courgettes

Spaghetti with courgettes
Originally uploaded by LoopZilla.

A simple recipe. Cook the courgettes first, at the same time fry garlic and onions in olive oil. Add herbs, tomato paste and a tin of tomatoes, and the courgettes. Slow down the cooking speed. Cook the spaghetti.

Pink Martini, Alice Russell and Ysabella Brave

Pink Martini, Alice Russell and
Ysabella Brave are all very interesting. Alice Russell can be heard in the Quantic Soul Orchestra as well as a solo performer.

Change in tastes?

The Pips

The pips on Radio 4 via DAB or the Internet streaming are more than a second late. The new time service (TIM or 123) is slightly delayed on your cell phone, but OK on your land line. This is a mark of the progress in the 21st Century.

Small speakers in mobile phones are popular with the youth of today and declining sound quality (iTunes will degrade your CDs to a lower quality when you import them).

Analogue good, digital bad?