January 2008
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive: Filmography:... →
beautiful retro-futurism
Home | Pidgin →
An interesting tool for consolidating IM clients - which includes Google Talk, i notice, unlike Trillian
Story2Oh! →
storytelling through social networks - of course
Fluxx Product Description →
The Card Game with Ever-Changing Rules
In search of the distraction-free computer... →
ok, haven’t yet had a chance to read this, but it sure looks interesting
RCRD LBL | Free MP3 Downloads →
RCRD LBL is an online record label releasing exclusive and completely free music from emerging and established artists.
London Quest →
A very interesting project
The Illustrated President →
He doesn’t know much about art, but…
American 'vampire' jailed for Bolivia blasts |... →
Pleasingly bizarre story
Home - DressMonkey →
Sadly no international deliveries, curse them
Stuck In Customs » HDR Tutorial - New and Improved... →
HDR is short for High Dynamic Range. It is a software technique of taking either one image or a series of images, combining them, and adjusting the contrast ratios to do things that are virtually impossible with a single aperture and shutter speed.
19 Best Ads I Have Ever Seen - UADDit →
There’s good stuff here
The Woodring Monitor: JESUS AND THE BEAR →
Well, now, this is spiffy
RBG6 | Konstfack Film →
There’s something about the shade of blue used in this great little film that is an instant nostalgia marker
mySociety » Travel-time maps →
Includes a fasicnating interactive map that shows the relationships between journey times and house prices in London
Paul Gravett: Article - Tove Jansson →
Oh, the indescribable delight of discovering that one of your heroes adored another one of them: ‘The following is the introduction by the celebrated writer of detective fiction, Margery Allingham (1904-66), to the first Moomin collection published by Allan Wingate, London in 1957. Perhaps it is true to say that everybody who has ever held a battered first edition of a classic in his hand...
MySpace.com - made in france - Paris - Pop -... →
I know its MySpace, but this exhibition looks utterly wonderful
Bibi's box: Fairy Tales books on Archive →
An invaluable list of fairy tales available online
The world's flags given letter grades →
I’ve definitely linked to this before, but that was years ago and besides, the wench is dead.
100 books every child should read - Telegraph →
interesting, if uncontentious, list
Main Page - Devwiki →
This is a fascinating project and the prospects for interactive fiction, etc, are immense…
"Reflections: The Cleve Cartmill Affair: One" by... →
fascinating story
Technology Review: Creating a Web of Worlds →
A really interesting idea which some very interesting implications
Play This Thing! | Game Reviews | Free Games |... →
This sounds fantastic, although i’m yet to check it out
no2self.net » Blog Archive » bum note →
Daniel Libeskind is the Les Dawson of architecture.
Life After People - The History Channel →
I have a terrible weakness for speculative science documentaries and this looks like it scratches an awful of itches
Again With the Comics: Ask Golden Age Wonder Woman →
Hilarious use of the truly bizarre Golden Age Wonder Woman
Little Gems →
site dedicated to British children’s TV of a certain vintage…
1661_1.pdf (application/pdf Object) →
#1 of Moore’s Swamp Thing online - for years I’ve been trying to remember where that line about ‘house plants being moved onto the balcony like the infirm or boy kings’ comes from, and now I’ve been reminded - really must read this all again…
2355_1.pdf (application/pdf Object) →
#1 of Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol free online
Fantasy and Science Fiction: Fiction →
Bruce Sterling short story
Behind the scenes at my museum | Art, Architecture... →
oh, the inexpressible joy of discovering that behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum is exactly how one imagined it - sometimes this world, too, is edged about in glory
» 75 words every sci-fi fan should know | Geekend... →
essential vocabulary
nightingale songs →
spurious but charming app to ‘translate’ written words into nightingale song
Design Observer: writings about design & culture →
Great story about a design hoax & what it might mean
BBC NEWS | England | Underwater city could be... →
“Marine archaeologist Stuart Bacon and Professor David Sear, of the University of Southampton, will explore the lost city of Dunwich, off the Suffolk coast.” Sometimes too much Lovecraft at an impressionable age can leave you scarred for life (or even scared for life, indeed)
Bug Labs: Products →
BUG is a collection of easy-to-use electronic modules that snap together to build any gadget you can imagine. Each BUGmodule represents a specific gadget function (ex: a camera, a keyboard, a video output, etc). You decide which functions to include and BUG takes care of the rest letting you try out different combinations quickly and easily. With BUG and the integrated programming environment/web...
www.orbitbooks.net » Matter Extract →
Talking, as I wa slast night, about guilty reading, here’s an extract from the new Culture novel…
Reader's Digest Condensed Books' "Condensed... →
Some lovely images here
The Future Of Apple Is In 1960s Braun: 1960s Braun... →
The legacy of Braun designer Dieter Rams
With friends like these ... Tom Hodgkinson on the... →
Very interesting article on Facebook
101 Free Games 2007 - The Best Free Games on the... →
just for reference, you understand
book-eating bookshelves →
Useful looking instructions on making a shelf, from TNH originally, apparently
Ten Recurring Economic Fallacies, 1774–2004 -... →
Haven’t had a chance to read this yet, but it looks enlightening (especially to the economically illiterate, like me)
Shadow Unit →
Looks like an interesting attempt at collaborative, online, cross-platform fiction