As I spoketh in the past ([node:1490]) so let it be

[the BBC are announcing] that in partnership with Adobe we are building a platform-neutral download client.
Using Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), we intend to make BBC iPlayer download functionality available on Mac, Linux and Windows for the first time later this year. Whatever platform you use, you'll now be able to download TV programmes from the BBC to watch later - on the train, in the garden, or wherever you like."

Today I wanted to check if a particular record existed, given the primary key of that record and one additional field of it, and naively wrote:

If anyone has anything they'd like to see included, mentioned or explained let me know.

Doug Hughes has just posted that the first online meeting to talk about the future of the Reactor project is tomorrow, 5pm UK time, at http://connect.reactorframework.com/.

Reactor is my default ORM framework for ColdFusion applications, and I do have a few itches I'd like to scratch with it.
Come along and lets have a chat, plus you'll get to hear from the new project manager, Mark Drew.

Penguin are producing a new Hitchhikers Guide book.
I just caught the author on the radio and he said "it'll be the same characters but in my own style". He is a fan, which if true is good, but it does sound like it's going to suck quiet badly.
We'll be able too see next year - can it be as bad as the recent attempts to resurrect Clarke ?

Well, sort of. I suspect a lot of geeks have experiences like this, though we don't normally get photoed in the act.

http://xkcd.com/466/:

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