I previously wrote about the BBC Video Firewall which seemed a bit strong for R&D videos. Well, the lads at BBC R&D have put some of their videos up on their new web site. On their web site the videos are viewable outside of the UK. The same videos on their blog are not viewable outside the UK. Ah, platforms. The interesting ones are about the move to London from Kingswood - embedded below.

Dan Chung (The Guardian and DSLR News Shooter) has shot a video of the Zhongguancun gadget city in Beijing. He shot the video to test his new Canon 550D cameras. But it is of interest to a geek audience because it shows what China’s gadget/electronic markets are like. They’re huge multi-floored malls in which you can get everything you need to satisfy your inner geek.

Shanghai’s bizarre weather continues Shanghai Daily is predicting this winter will be the longest this century. I can believe it. It is currently cold, raining and thundering outside.