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No Crazy Ally Pally Hacking in 2009 – BBC Mashed Will Be Missed

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I’m in two minds about the announcement on the BBC Backstage Blog that there won’t be a Mashed event in 2009. Part of me is upset – the Mashed event in 2008 (and the Yahoo/BBC Hackday the year before) was one of the highlights of the year for UK Developer circles – you put smart people in a room and great things happen. Put smart people in a room with their own DAB TV station and a red button service they can hack away with, and you get some gorgeous results. For those who weren’t coding, it was still a

Why Wii Surfing Google Earth Is So Last Year

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Boing Boing links to a German project using a Wii balance board to fly through Google Earth. Which is all very nice, but surely a better idea would be to build a great big open source flight simulator, with open API’s and a mission to go round the world in 24 hours?   …and it’s all because of the unique way the BBC is funded that such a project was organised at the last BBC Hackday.

[Mashed] Would You Like To Volunteer For My Mashed Project?

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As you may recall, I’m working on something for the BBC’s Mashed event this coming weekend. I’m delighted to report that the final few pieces are falling into place (in readiness for my nail-gun…). That means that the next part of the project – actually using the hack after it is built – comes into play. So, can you spare two hours during the Mashed event to get involved in the project? Again, without fully describing it (tease!) you might be a touch wary, but let me explain a few more things. Firstly, this isn’t an embarrassing thing (it’s not