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[the exploding newsroom » Blog Archive » Blogging 101: A little help?](http://www.theexplodingnewsroom.com/2008/07/23/blogging-101-a-little-help/)

John shares his outline thoughts on blogging for a talk to his features staff – lucky people.

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[Optimal Frame Dimensions for Flash Video Encoding at FreshDV](http://www.freshdv.com/2008/07/flash-optimal-frame-dimensions.html)

It seems a bit like maths rather than video but it’s a top tip for those looking for the best quality on their web video

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[The Editblog » Time remaining on Compressor encodes](http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2008/07/23/time-remaining-on-compressor-encodes/)

Want to know how long you will be sat in front of compressor when encoding? Here’s your ‘how long have i got to get a coffee’ tip

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[BBC NEWS | UK | Facebook libel case damages won](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7523128.stm)

Might use this as a timley reminder to my students that their opinions and deformation could be the same thing

[Read Giles Coren’s letter to Times subs | Media | guardian.co.uk](http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/23/mediamonkey?gusrc=rss&feed=media)

Hissy fit or genuine line in the sand. You decide…

[backstage.bbc.co.uk :: Backstage Blog :: New data feeds for /programmes](http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2008/07/new_data_feeds.html)

“The /programmes team have been progressing well with further developments to the /programmes site and now have a useful set of feeds (XML, JSON, YAML and even some txt)” Data to play with

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links for 2008-07-24

The muppets explain web video

[Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)A bit of fun for the end of the day. A great big hat tip to Adam Tinworth for this. Adam...

Sky news video top stories

[Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)After me [accusing it of being the shouty news](http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/06/25/sky-news-beta-the-shouty-news-online/), I have to say...