Kol Tregaskes

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Google+ is now my blog


Google+ is my blog

Well I've gone and done it, I've now pointed my domains to my +Google+ page. Specifically to a search address that shows all the tidy stuff (not the status update-like posts etc.).

My other blogs (WordPress.com being the main one) are sitting there/here collecting dust and no one reads them plus I'm always on Google+ so it makes sense to move my "blogs" there. In addition my Google+ #Currents edition is exactly what I want from a blog. It uses the content I already post on there, has categories (Sections), a front page and a TOC. It works on mobiles (via Google Currents anyway) and is easy to maintain The layout is basic but clean and there is nothing extra for me to do beyond what I already do on Google+.

Both use hashtags queries so thank goodness I've been adding them since the very early days of G+. I'm also thankful that I've been formatting my posts and reshares for a while. It has benefited the presentation on Currents, for one.

And thank you for +Max Huijgen for the tip for searching under specific users only via the search operator inurl:, For example if you want to see only my posts then type this into the Google+ search box: "inurl:104405539079062799451". Very useful. Thanks, Max!

So you can find my "blog" here:
http://blog.koltregaskes.com

And my photography "blog" here:
http://blog.koltregaskesphotography.com

No, it's not perfect, the search parameters at the top are ugly for a starters, but it's my best option atm.

You can also find my Google Currents edition here:
http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAowl8c1/kol_tregaskes

All are work-in-progress but all the content is from my Google+ stream. I just need to add a few tags here and there (which I do anyway) and job done. Well it's a test, let's see how I get on. :-)

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Posted December 19, 2011
 

Rugby vs. Football: What Football Could Learn From Rugby

Well I'm hoping all you rugby fans are enjoying the World Cup so far?  Good. :-)  I'm happy, although England went out against France, I'm happy to see the best rugby-playing team in the final and surely, at last, will be World Champions.  New Zealand not only play rugby the way it's supposed to be played but they get the results too.  It's entertaining winning rugby.  Note to all other nations: copy this.

Anyway, I got thinking while watching all this rugby.  I've thought about it in the past but thought this time I should put it down in a blog post

Hong Kong Football Club Mini Rugby 09 Mar 08

I'm a fan of both sport but my support has swayed from one to the other.  More and more my interest is moving over to rugby.  Football is going off the boil for me.  Don't get me wrong, when football is good it's really good but overall the beautiful game is being spoilt but various different factors.  The endless play-acting, the regular news about money issues and big wages, the numerous reports of misbehaving players... where does it end?  Rugby, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have anywhere near the same level of problems.  At the end of the day (sorry for the football clique) it's all about watching a great game.  As an armchair supporter and a regular viewer of both I find that 80% of football matches are boring affairs.  Whereas 80% of rugby matches are great.  Football is so inconsistent and more often than not I find the matches are dull, forgetable events.  Rugby is better, most matches are entertaining to watch, more action, more exictement.  I love watching rugby.

So what could football learn from rugby?  Where could football be improved to rival (in my opinion) rugby.  Here's my bullet-point list:
  • Fair play: it's very rare to see any dishonestly in rugby, the players are true sportsmen and women.  Whereas footballers are always claiming throw-ins, corners and free-kicks that are clearly not theirs, always play-acting and making a pranny of themselves in front of the crowd and millions at home watching
  • Supporters: perhaps I'm over generalising here but rugby fans seem to be  far less aggressive than football fans.  Perhaps you'd say this is down to less passion but I don't see that when watching rugby matches.  Rugby fans are passionate but also controlled.  I think a few (and it is only a few)  football fans take their passion too far
  • Family-oriented: because of the supporters rugby seems to be more a family game.  Why?  Well one example is that it's...
  • Cheaper: football is ridiculously expensive.  Why?  Well maybe because clubs give into player's demands and pay them stupid amounts of money and thus us supporters have to help fund their silly wages
  • Tougher refs: the rugby refs are most definitely in charge.  They don't take any crap from any player.  Rugby players are huge compared to the ref but they know exactly who is the boss when they get on the pitch.  Not on this but  the refs help players keep within the law of the game (listen to the ref shouting at the teams during a match - he wants play to carry on as much as anyone)
  • More action: Because of the above we get more action for our pennies.  The breaks in play are kept to a minimum as refs select play-on where possible.  Football refs do the same but are far less consistent and far more likely to blow the whistle to halt the game.  The poor old football ref is a wimp compared to their rugby counterparts.  The players latch onto this and take advantage.  We see refs regularly getting abuse from the players (and the crowd!)
  • Clock system: the clock stops  when the refs says so.  What this means is once we hit 80mins, that's it.  When a player kicks off the ball it's game over.  In football the clock goes on without any break.  It's then left to the ref to add on extra time at the end of each half.  No one but the ref knows how many extra minutes are left to go.  And no one seems to agree with the ref when they add on those minutes.  It's messy and confusing.  The rugby system is clean and simple
  • Injuries: repairs go on while the play goes on in rugby.  Sure, they is the rare occasion things get messy when play comes close to the injured player but most of the time play goes around them.  If the injury is serious then play (and clock) is stopped.  For minor play carries on.  In football play stops virtually every time, regardless of the severity (and quite a bit of the time the player is faking the injury).  We then get a medic run on, repair the player then (and this is just madness) the player has to go off and be whistled back on from the touchline.  What a waste of  time. Makes no sense
  • Blood swaps:  basically this is a quick swap, if a rugby player is inujued and needs a quick repair then he goes off and another player comes on temporarily until the injured player returns all patched up.  In football the player goes off and that's it, game finished for them.  You would think this is confusing in rugby but I've never seen a problem and rugby has 30 players on the pitch instead of 22 players in rugby
  • Sin-bins: when a player is yellow carded in rugby they go off for 10mins.  It's stricter and more punishing than a simply yellow card that players receive in football.  A team with a sin-binned player (on average) loses 7 points.  The solution?  Play by the bloody rules!  In football a yellow card is near-meaningless.  It only really comes into affect if the same player gets after yellow (and then he's sent off)
  • Common sense: in rugby the ref sees a player throw the ball away in frustration, understands the situation, doesn't give a booking.  Do the same in football and it's an instant yellow card (perhaps meaningless like I say above but really?  What's the point!)  This is just one of many examples where common sense actually prevails in rugby whereas football sometimes plays by the book a little too much
  • TV technology: it's a long, long debate for football but it works for rugby.  If in doubt of a try the ref goes to the TV ref to confirm the player grounded the ball or not.  It's a brief pause in play, sure but you get the correct answer in the end and everyone is happy  In one game in this year's World Cup the ref actually used the TV recording to check if a foul occurred too (in relation to an attempted try).  Football needs this ASAP.  I don't want to see it over-used but for goals or off-sides then go to a quick TV replay and get the right answer.  Don't tell me the lack of TV replays and the mistakes that come from it makes football more fun and interesting.  Rubbish, let's have the right result for every match.  An incorrect decision will cause anger for one side or the other.  Let's avoid that and have the right decision every time
Don't get me wrong, rugby isn't perfect, not at all but I do think football could certainly take note of some of the points above and improve the game.

What are your thoughts?  Do you think football could learn from rugby?  Or is football fine as it is?

The Rugby World Cup Final kicks off at 9:00am GMT on 23rd October 2011.  Come on New Zealand! :-)

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Posted October 22, 2011
 

Google+ Saved Searches - what searches do you have?

Google+ Saved Searches
I'm interested, what saved searches do you have? What Google+ hashtags are you following?

I only have a few at the moment but in the process of tidying all my searches.

#googleplus
https://plus.google.com/s/%23googleplus/posts
The obvious one and works well with Sparks too

#googleplusupdate
https://plus.google.com/s/%23googleplusupdate/posts
These are posts mainly from the Google+ team, posting about the latest new G+ feature. Again, it's not abused too much, best to stick with the Best of view.

#plusnews
https://plus.google.com/s/%23plusnews/posts
General use tag for any Google+-related news

#googleplustips
https://plus.google.com/s/%23googleplustips/posts
Tips for using Google+, very useful

#plustip
https://plus.google.com/s/%23plustip/posts
More Google+ tips

To make things a little easier I've merged all the Google+-related searches here:
https://plus.google.com/s/%23googleplus%20OR%20%23plusnews%20OR%20%23googleplusupdate%20OR%20%23googleplustips%20OR%20%23plustip

#qotd OR
#questionoftheday
https://plus.google.com/s/%23qotd%20OR%20%23questionoftheday
Question Of The Day, self-explanatory?

#SundayCircle OR
#CircleSunday
https://plus.google.com/s/%23SundayCircle%20OR%20%23CircleSunday/posts
Like FollowFriday on Twitter this is where users can share their suggestions of who to circle on Google+

“shared a circle with you” "[your name]"
https://plus.google.com/s/%E2%80%9Cshared%20a%20circle%20with%20you%E2%80%9D%20%22%5Byour%20name%5D%22
A non-hashtag search, this is the best search I've found for finding posts where users have shared a circle including yourself. Obviously type in your name instead of [your name]

friendfeed
https://plus.google.com/s/friendfeed
Just for nostaliga. :-)

site:[insert-site-url]
https://plus.google.com/s/site%3Aindependent.co.uk
OR
https://plus.google.com/s/site%3Aguardian.co.uk
OR
https://plus.google.com/s/site%3Athenextweb.com
I have a few of these, basically it captures any post from the said site in Sparks. So if you want to follow any The Next Web posts but can't be bother to leave Google+ then follow the above stream. :-)

#spammeralert OR
#spamalert
https://plus.google.com/s/%23spammeralert%20OR%20%23spamalert
If you want to keep up for spam alerts and avoid those pesky spammers than check this search out once in awhile
I also follow various general tags and topics such as #photography but most are very popular and I tend to steer clear of them or view the "best of" results only. The better general tag search is for gaming, try this one:

gaming OR videogame OR "computer game" OR "video game" OR gamer OR games OR xbox OR ps3 OR playstation -card -board
https://plus.google.com/s/gaming%20OR%20videogame%20OR%20%22computer%20game%22%20OR%20%22video%20game%22%20OR%20gamer%20OR%20games%20OR%20xbox%20OR%20ps3%20OR%20playstation%20-card%20-board
It tries to exclude card games and board games and include only computer-related games

Or if you are fan of tech but not interested in iPhones and iPads then this tries to filter them out:

tech OR technology OR gadget OR mobile OR web OR android OR "social media" OR google -iphone -apple -ipad -ipod
https://plus.google.com/s/tech%20OR%20technology%20OR%20gadget%20OR%20mobile%20OR%20web%20OR%20android%20OR%20%22social%20media%22%20OR%20google%20-iphone%20-apple%20-ipad%20-ipod
So removes any Apple products but sticks to lots of other tech-related stuff

Lastly, this one needs a bit of work but here's a movies saved search:

movies OR films OR hollywood OR movie OR film OR trailer
https://plus.google.com/s/movies%20OR%20films%20OR%20hollywood%20OR%20movie%20OR%20film%20OR%20trailer
Not perfect as their are some music videos here but not too bad a job

Did I miss any good ones?

Feel free to suggest any more in the comments below.

 

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Posted October 19, 2011
 

My Google+ Hashtags

Yeah I know they don't really work on Google+ (I live in hope though ;-)) but as you can see I'm already adding tags to most of my posts. Most of the time they are generic tags like #tech but I've just been tidying up some old posts and have added the following (potentially) useful tags... at least for me. :-)

#kolgoogleplusidea
https://plus.google.com/s/%23kolgoogleplusidea
Google+ feature suggestions or suggestions ported over from over services. Also includes my Google+ Ideas Google Doc (editable to all if you wish)

#kolblog
https://plus.google.com/s/%23kolblog
My blog posts on Google+. It's not exclusive to me but, heck, all these tags are open to abuse. ;-)

#kolblogidea
https://plus.google.com/s/%23kolblogidea
Kinda my prep posts for my blogs, crowd-sourcing ideas or thoughts on future blog posts

#kolgoogleplus
https://plus.google.com/s/%23kolgoogleplus
Any Google+-related post I think is worth tracking long term

#kolcircles
https://plus.google.com/s/%23kolcircles
My Google+ Circles List posts

#kolreview
https://plus.google.com/s/%23kolreview
Any reviews I do

#kolstatusupdate
https://plus.google.com/s/%23kolstatusupdate
My status update-type posts. One for excluding from your searches maybe ;-)

#kolqotd
https://plus.google.com/s/%23kolqotd
My Question of the Day posts

#kolgreader
https://plus.google.com/s/%23kolgreader
Posts relating to Google Reader

#kolsharedcircle
https://plus.google.com/s/%23kolsharedcircle
These are the Google+ Circles I've shared

#kolgoogleplusfeeds
https://plus.google.com/s/%23kolgoogleplusfeeds
Basically my shared circles but listing the users in the post and requesting more suggestions

#kolgreadersites
https://plus.google.com/s/%23kolgreadersites
My Google Reader Feeds posts, lists of feeds I follow in various topics

Also, as I'm expertimeting with using Google+ as my blog (read my post here: https://plus.google.com/104405539079062799451/posts/FzGWczX2hgb) I'm now starting to add my regular post tags to my Google+ posts, e.g. #newmusicmonday:
https://plus.google.com/s/%23newmusicmonday

So if you wanted to see my New Music Monday posts then use a combo of #newmusicmonday and #kolblog:
https://plus.google.com/s/%23newmusicmonday%20%23kolblog

I'm sure I'll be adding to this list of tags so (of course) I'll tag these posts too, #kolhashtag (a hashtag for tagging hastags ;-))

And yes, I've created saved searches for all these.

Another #plustip. If you've got a "Drafts" Circle and then used tags like above as saved searches, if you don't want your draft posts coming up on your searches (they of course will only appear to you but nevertheless quite annoying) then add a #draft tag to them and then create a saved search for "#kolblog -#koldraft" (this filters out the draft posts from the searches, leaving you with your public posts only).

If you want all my hashtags in one easy-to-digestive package then I've put all my personal tags into one.

So from this:
#kolhashtag OR #kolqotd OR #kolstatusupdate OR #kolgoogleplusidea OR #kolblog OR #kolblogidea OR #kolgoogleplus OR #kolcirclesOR #kolreview OR #kolgreader OR #kolsharedcircle OR #kolgoogleplusfeeds OR #kolgreadersites

To this:
https://plus.google.com/s/%23kolhashtag%20OR%20%23kolqotd%20OR%20%23kolstatusupdate%20OR%20%23kolgoogleplusidea%20OR%20%23kolblog%20OR%20%23kolblogidea%20OR%20%23kolgoogleplus%20OR%20%23kolcircles%20OR%20%23kolreview%20OR%20%23kolgreader%20OR%20%23kolsharedcircle%20OR%20%23kolgoogleplusfeeds%20OR%20%23kolgreadersites

Note I've purposely not linked the bolded hashtags above for formatting tidiness. Use the links to view the hashtags search results, it's the same thing. EDIT: Looks like Google+ has fixed the bug with the hashtags now. :-)

 

Feel free to suggest any more in the comments below.

 

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Posted October 18, 2011
 

Some new Google+ themes, maybe? :-)

I've got a few themes for my blog, daily tags I use each week. I'm sure you've heard of them or even used them before but they are not so popular on Google+ yet. Maybe we could use them? :-)

Either way here's my themes I'm going to try to stick to them here on Google+ (as well as on my blog):

#NewMusicMonday
https://plus.google.com/s/%23newmusicmonday%20-%23musicmonday
Not to be confused with #MusicMonday (which I've excluded in the search link above) the #NewMusicMonday is where you could post a newly discovered tune you've liked from the past week. I've only shared one post so far but this is the kind of thing I'm thinking of:
https://plus.google.com/104405539079062799451/posts/dFWX3BXT7Dy

#TechTuesday
https://plus.google.com/s/%23TechTuesday
To be fair I think this is kinda being used already. But perhaps use this tag to post your more techy posts. Anything tech; gadgets, social media, web apps, etc. For my blog, Tuesday is the day I normally post my tech-related posts so I've attached the #TechTuesdaytag to them.

#GamingWednesday
https://plus.google.com/s/%23GamingWednesday
Yeah not the best name but it was basically last day to fill as the rest had been taken up. So any gaming-related posts are posted on Wednesdays.

#PhotographyThursday OR
#PhotoThursday
https://plus.google.com/s/%23PhotographyThursday%20OR%20%23PhotoThursday
Yeah I know, there are 101 photography tags for every day of the week but I choose Thursday for my photography posts. :-)

#MovieFriday OR
#MoviesFriday
https://plus.google.com/s/%23MovieFriday%20OR%20%23MoviesFriday
If I watch a movie it tends to be on a Friday so I chose #MovieFriday, logical right? :-) Post any movie reviews on Friday or any movie-watching posts at the end of the week

#SportingSaturday OR
#SportingSunday
https://plus.google.com/s/%23SportingSaturday%20OR%20%23SportingSunday
Simply because most sport happens over the weekend. This is when I share my #kollivechat posts for F1, rugby and football.

What ya think? Dumb names? Missed anything? I tried to keep to one topic per day, there are of course loads but they will keep me more than busy. :-)

So just to sum all those up:

Monday: #NewMusicMonday
Tuesday: #TechTuesday
Wednesday: #GamingWednesday
Thursday: #PhotographyThursday OR #PhotoThursday
Friday: #MovieFriday
Saturday and Sunday: #SportingSaturday OR #SportingSunday

Note I've purposely not linked the bolded hashtags above for formatting tidiness. Use the links to view the hashtags search results, it's the same thing. EDIT: Looks like Google+ has fixed the bug with the hashtags now. :-)

Do you have any themes on Google+? Feel free to suggest any more in the comments below. I have an interesting post coming up on Thursday btw. :-)

You can my Google+ page here:
https://plus.google.com/104405539079062799451

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Posted October 18, 2011
 

My 'Regular' Sites: Sites I Visit Only Once a Day or Once a Week

This post relates to my Google Reader feeds post here: https://plus.google.com/104405539079062799451/posts/ZGsh5XvYSvp Part of the GReader tidy-up included a few sites I unsubscribed from but moved to my "Regulars" bookmark folder. Basically they are sites I don't really need to visit daily and a weekly visit is probably enough.

The list below includes the main 'regular' sites (in some sort of particular order :-)):

BBC News: in particular the most popular articles list
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

The Independent: in particular the most read articles
http://www.independent.co.uk/

Guardian Weekly + Zeitgeist + comment is free:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekly
http://www.guardian.co.uk/zeitgeist
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree

Digg: [yes there still is a use for Digg]
http://digg.com/

tweetmeme:
http://tweetmeme.com/

TechRadar: in particular the most read articles
http://www.techradar.com/

Wired.com: in particular the most popular articles [because I already subscribe the UK site]
http://www.wired.com/

Lifehacker: in particular the top posts
http://lifehacker.com/

GameSpot UK: in particular the 'our picks' posts
http://uk.gamespot.com/

New Scientist: in particular the most read articles
http://www.newscientist.com/

Physorg: weekly ranked articles:
http://www.physorg.com/sort/rank/1w/

Most of these sites are heavy posters so I stopped following them. What I do now is check out their 'most read' or 'popular' lists and see if I find anything of interest. I already subscribe to Wired.co.uk so I only pop onto Wired.com quickly. I have painstakingly added all the games I'm interested in on GameSpot and I tend to check 'My Updates' page each week. As for the GameSpot RSS feed, it's just too much. If there was the ability to customise the feed to only show blogs, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC gaming posts then great, but the options available are not specific enough. And The Independent and the Guardian are my two favourite newspapers and the New Scientist is my favourite science magazine.

I'm interested in your suggestions for any other sites? I'm particularly interested in sites that so a week-in-review or 'most popular' lists.

Feel free to suggest any more in the comments below.


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Posted October 18, 2011
 

My Podcasts

Modified Podcast Logo with My Headphones Photoshopped On
 
Following on from my Google Reader Feeds posts yesterday here is a list of podcasts I try to keep up with. I tend to skip some with a particular subject or person being interviewed is not really of interest to me (such as on the Richard Bacon show). Some I skip through, like the New Music Matters podcast, if I'm not keen on the music:

SCIENCE

BBC Focus Magazine
http://sciencefocus.com/podcast/podcast_focus.xml
Monthly, is connected to the BBC science magazine

Infinite Monkey Cage
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/timc/rss.xml
A weekly show when it's on occasionally, with the brilliant Professor Brian Cox. It's a bit of science and comedy mixed together

New Scientist TV
http://www.newscientist.com/vodcast
5min shows, random and somewhat poor quality video, rather it be audio only

Guardian Science Weekly
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/series/science/podcast.xml
The Guardian's science podcast, tries to be fun but fails most of the time, still interesting

MUSIC

Best of Space
http://feeds.feedburner.com/icastmyspacetop20
New Music Matters has taken over, though not sure this is a permanent closure?

Huw Stephens
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio1/huwintro/rss.xml
From the BBC Radio 1 DJ, champions new and live music, weekly highlights of his daily show

Independent Music
http://independentradioshow.indypodcast.co.uk
Music show from the UK paper, I think it's inactive though

IndieFeed: Alternative / Modern Rock
http://feeds.feedburner.com/IndiefeedAlt/modernRock
IndieFeed: Dance
http://feeds.feedburner.com/IndiefeedDance
IndieFeed: Electronica
http://feeds.feedburner.com/IndiefeedElectronica
IndieFeed: Pop
http://feeds.feedburner.com/IndiefeedFolk
Pods from IndieFeed on some of my favourite genres. Posts tunes individually very reguarly

Last.fm Free Recommends (personliased feed)
http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/user/koltregaskes/podcast.rss
Anyone on Last.fm can subscirbe to their recommendations so amend the address above to do this

New Music Matters with Gill Mills
http://feeds.feedburner.com/NMMwithGM
Former MySpace, now Amazing Radio DJ, a weekly post of new music, very good

New Music Monday
http://www.newmusicmonday.com/podcast/newmusicmonday.xml
It looks inactive but believe it posts new music ;-)

Radio 1 Review Show
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio1/reviewshow/rss.xml
This was originally going to review film and games but has ended up with just music, still very good and very funny where DJs and musicians review the week's new singles and an album

Tom Robinson Introducing
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/6music/trintro/rss.xml
A new music podcast from Tom's 6music shows each weekend

Zane Lowe
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio1/zane/rss.xml
From the BBC Radio 1 DJ, a highlight show from his daily evening show on the radio station, I wish there was more music than chat on this though

6 Music News Daily Download
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/6music/6musicnews/rss.xml
Daily 6music news, short and sweet

6 Music Recommends: Steve Lamacq's Roundtable
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/6music/recommends/rss.xml
A music review show from the BBC 6music station, funny and good music

TECHNOLOGY

BBC Click
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/digitalp/rss.xml
Very long running podcast, BBC's weekl tech pod

CNET UK
http://www.cnet.co.uk/feeds/podcasts/
Weekly podcast from the CNET UK site

Which? Technology
http://feeds.feedburner.com/whichtechnology
Out every Tuesday from the Consumer Associations Which? magazine, so veered on the consumer protection side of tech more than anything

PC Pro
http://feeds.feedburner.com/pcpropodcast
From the magazine, covers all sorts and not just PC specific stuff

T3
http://www.t3.com/rss-itunes-podcast
From the tech and gadget magazine, very, very funny, good length at 30mins and weekly

Guardian Tech Weekly
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/series/techweekly/podcast.xml
The UK paper's regularly tech podcasts, it seems to post a few times a week but with different hosts and topics

Telegraph TV: The Gadget Inspectors
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/podcasts/telegraphTVgadgetinspectors.xml
Not heard any podcasts yet, nothing posted since I subscribed, but sounds interesting

MOVIES

Filmtrailer.com
http://uk.podcast.filmtrailer.com/v2.0/cinema/Latest100CinemaCreated/xxlarge/?channel_user_id=441100183-1&all_clips=1
Film trailers, misses a few big name trailers but the best trailer podcast I've found. Oddly I can't seem to find iTunes Trailers on iTunes!

Kermode & Mayo Film
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/fivelive/kermode/rss.xml
Mark Kermodo and Simon Mayo on BBC 5Live - every Friday night. The best part is not the movies but the great combination of Kermode and Mayo, very funny!

GAMING

Appetite for Distraction HD
http://www.gamespot.com/misc/podcast/appetitehd.xml
GameSpot UK's mobile gaming video pod

Eurogamer.net
http://www.eurogamer.net/rss/eurogamer_podcast_itunes.rss
A more intelligent gaming podcast than the GameSpot UK one, and shorter too

GameSpot UK
http://www.gamespot.com/misc/podcast/gsukpodcast.xml
Normally out every Tuesday and does specials for E3, etc. Very long though and some of the features, like sites updates, are just not needed here. I skip this one a lot now and have subscribed to their short video pods instead

IGN UK
http://feeds.ign.com/ignfeeds/podcasts/uk/
Movies and gaming from the IGN UK team, new features like extended play, which are very interesting

Start-Select HD
http://www.gamespot.com/misc/podcast/startselecthd.xml
GameSpot's daily video podcast, much better than the full weekly audio podcast and more fun, mostly just 5mins but the Friday one is 15mins or so

TalkRadar
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TalkRadarUKPodcast
Basically the GameRadar UK podcast, good not great

NEWS

Guardian Focus
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/guardian-focus-podcast/podcast.xml
From the UK newspaper, this pod focus on one particular topic from the past week, out every Monday

Guardian Week in review
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/series/week-in-review-podcast/podcast.xml
Looks inactive but from the UK paper, week-in-review

Independent Live
http://independentlive.indypodcast.co.uk/
Posts only occasionally, but and interesting pod when it does. The UK paper has some kind of recording my a live interview or the like

NewsPod
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio/newspod/rss.xml
From the BBC, collection of the best news from the BBC's radio shows

TRAVEL

Independent Travel Guides
http://travelguides.indypodcast.co.uk
http://videotravelguides.indypodcast.co.uk
Inactive but still downloadable travel guides

MISC.

Daily Bacon
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/fivelive/dailybacon/rss.xml
Richard Bacon on BBC 5Live, regular guests and thems, such as the Moan-In and Chart of the Week

FFundercats
http://ffundercats.podomatic.com/rss2.xml
http://www.ffundercats.com/category/episodes/feed/
The FriendFeed community podcast. Very rarely posts now. +Josh Haley and +Johnny Worthington man the mics when they can

Independent Learn Spanish
http://independentlanguage.indypodcast.co.uk/
Inactive but still downloadable

Which? Money
http://feeds.feedburner.com/whichmoney
From the magazine, covering UK money matters

Stephen Fry's Podgrams
http://www.stephenfry.com/?feed=podcast&format=m4a/?feed=podcast&format=m4a
Rarely posts

Thanks For Nothing by Jack Dee
http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/jackdee/podcast.xml
Related to the comedian's book but rarely posts

Wired UK
http://www.wired.co.uk/podcast/rss
Instant fav, no idea how I didn't subscribe to this from the start, from the Wired UK lads and lasses

I'm interested in your suggestions for any other podcasts? I'm particularly interested in podcasts that do a week-in-review.

Feel free to suggest any more in the comments below.

 

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My Google Reader Feeds: Photography Sites

On the Rocks - Landscape Edition


With these posts I'm basically looking for new suggestions for feeds to follow. The list below is what I currently follow in Google Reader that comes under photography. I'm hoping a lot of you will have suggestions for this topic? ;-)

BBC Blog: Phil Coomes - Picture Editor:
http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/correspondents/philcoomes/rss.sxml
Photos from the BBC's picture editor, so a more news-slant than anything

Beyond Megapixels:
http://www.beyondmegapixels.com/feed/
Lots and lots of photography tips +Tiffany Joyce and Steve Russell (on Google+?)

Camera Dojo:
http://cameradojo.com/feed/
Great photography articles from +Kerry Garrison

Digital Photography School:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalPhotographySchool
One of my favourites, lots a useful articles from +Darren Rowse and many others

Digital Photography Student:
http://www.dpstudent.net/feeds/posts/default
More good photog articles from +Alan Graf

Epic Edits Weblog:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/EpicEditsWeblog
A little quiet this year but has been a great photography blog from +Brian Auer

Flickr Blog:
http://blog.flickr.net/en/feed/atom/
Well I like their photo galley posts really :-)

Justin Korn's Blog:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/JustinsWebHub
Again, a little quite recently, but one of my favourite photo bloggers, +Justin Korn

Neil Creek - Photographer:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/creek/LUXx
Quite again, but great photographer, +Neil Creek

Photo HowTo:
http://www.photohowto.info/rss.xml
Many tips and guides here from +Sabina Munteanu-Wozniak (?)

Photocritic photography blog:
http://www.photocritic.org/feed/
Lots of cool photog articles from +Haje Jan Kamps

Photopreneur - Make Money Selling Your Photos:
http://blogs.photopreneur.com/feed/
Cover the business of photography more than anything, hence the name ;-)

The Big Picture:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/index.xml
Does exactly what it says on the tin :-)

Thomas Hawk Digital Connection:
http://thomashawk.com/feed
Well it would be rude not too. ;-) I like +Thomas Hawk's site for it's social-media slant too

Your Photo Tips:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/YourPhotoTips
A little confused with all these Pixiq sites but this is from +Damien Franco

What about you? What photography feeds do you subscribe to? What photography sites do you follow regularly?

Feel free to suggest any more in the comments below.


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My Google Reader Feeds: News and Politic Sites

Barack Obama - Caricature


With these posts I'm basically looking for new suggestions for feeds to follow. The list below is what I currently follow in Google Reader that comes under news and politics. Again, all from the BBC:

BBC - See Also:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/seealso/atom.xml
BBC Blogs: Mark Easton - Home Editor:
http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/correspondents/markeaston/rss.sxml
BBC Blogs: Nick Robinson - Political Editor:
http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/correspondents/nickrobinson/rss.sxml
BBC Blogs: Robert Peston - Business editor:
http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/correspondents/robertpeston/rss.sxml
The various blogs and news sites from the BBC. You simply don't need any othe news site ;-)

What about you? What news and politics feeds do you subscribe to? What news and politics sites do you follow regularly?

Feel free to suggest any more in the comments below.

 

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How I'd like Google Reader linked or integrated with Google+:
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