The myspace/facebook generation have a system which solves spam, lets you define who can send you messages. It’s also a realtime system rather than a store and forward system. The problem is these message systems are walled gardens. Enter XMPP.

Robert Simpson’s amazing Google Earth tool tracks the zillions of shattered pieces of the Fengyun 1C satellite – the satellite that the Chinese government shot down in January 2007.

Germany is producing zeppelins agains. W00t! Seaplanes next please.

Patrick’s prototype from last weekend’s Mashed. Using details about how many times radio programmes have played an artist it will provide recommendations of shows and artists based on a last.fm profile. Nice :)

Why we’ve decided to remove hCalendar from BBC /programmes. Basically we’re concerned about the use of the abbreviation design pattern.