The programmable web will fundamentally change how we use information stored on the internet. Jack Schofield explains how. Thursday May 29, 2003, [The Guardian ]

It's Thursday, so today's issue of Online is online here. . . . [onlineblog.com]

[29 MAY 2003]
NEW GRANT SCHEME TO CREATE 'LIVING SPACES' ACROSS ENGLAND [Groundwork UK news]

Electoral list reforms leave residentsdisenfranchised [new start news]

World Championship silver medallist Graeme Smith has been forced to pull out of a special swimming meet this weekend as he continues to recover from a vicious and unprovoked attack that left the distance swimmer needing hospital treatment.
29 May [british swimming news]

With the continuing popularity of blogs, the importance of grammar is often overlooked (I, myself, am guilty of this). This site has a nice article on the basics of writing.(jobert) [Lockergnome Bytes]

Henry Copeland of blogads writes an informative paper supporting blogs as an emerging medium for advertising. Well worth the reading if you want to remain on the cutting edge of new advertising media. [Adrants]

Weblogs, e-mail and instant messaging allow people to build close ties through a virtual world, say researchers. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

Surviving members of the 1953 Everest expedition team are to meet the Queen at a show to mark the 50th anniversary. [BBC News | UK]

Endangered species in Africa are being pushed closer to extinction by the European Union's fishing policies, a UK scientist says. [BBC News] excuse me but that is bullshit Ed

Decision day looms over cultural crown
Judges to decide nomination for European Capital of Culture.
Jonathan Glancey: Merseyside needs the Glasgow effect
Renaissance of urban England
Newcastle tops city of culture poll [guardian regeneration news]

A British swimming squad featuring two Commonwealth champions has been selected to take part in this summer's World University Games in South Korea. Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games champions Rebecca Cooke (University of Glasgow) and James Gibson (Loughborough University) head a team of 10 students following selection by the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA).
27 May [british swimming news]

The search for tomorrow's diving champions continues in Sheffield this weekend when school children who have progressed through the first phase of a Talent Identification (TID) initiative, are given another opportunity to impress British Diving coaches and sports scientists.
14 May [british swimming news]

MPs probe slow progress on community cohesion [new start news]

Electoral list reforms leave residents disenfranchised [new start news]

Ken to publish blueprint for a sustainable London [new start news]

The latest on Community Fund/NOF merger proposals. [VoluntaryNews]

Handling Information Management for development issues. [VoluntaryNews]

Past notes: On this day in 1953 Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing became the first people to conquer Everest. Here's how the Guardian reported the news. [Guardian Unlimited]

Sold down the river
Feature: London's riverscape is disappearing under architectural setpieces. Are we loving the Thames to death?
Big issue: urban design [guardian regeneration news]