January 2009
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jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript... →
Useful javascript platform
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The $300 Million Button →
A really interesting story that makes me want to go back & rethink at least one application I’ve done recently…
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ze's page :: zefrank.com: want to try something... →
A great little experiment in voice controlled applications
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Seed: 2009 Will Be a Year of Panic →
Bruce Sterling on the (potentially very grim) future, as ever
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ThickBox 3.1 →
Javascript widget
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Panic - Coda - One-Window Web Development for Mac... →
Looks like an interesting development platform thingy
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WatchStains “The Zombie Dog” Is Going To Be Dog-Famous - Animals On Film - Videogum
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Hospital calls in exorcist after ghost spotted -... →
I have just listened to an apparently serious discussion of this story on the Today programme, which must have slipped across universes from some parallel where the Enlightenment never happened, where Dom Anothony Such was actually interviewed about the difference between demons and ghosts. WTF? Seriously, what? Has everyone gone insane? They’ll be having regular astrology reading next and...
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Amazon.com: Free - Songs: MP3 Downloads →
A load of free mp3’s on Amazon - looks really good: right off the bat I can already see The Apples in Stereo, and, more importantly, Byrne & Eno
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ING Lion Deposit - Online savings account 100%... →
nice idea: too long
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.: Sumo Paint :. →
Amazing Photoshop clone done in Flash - lovely work
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DEVONthink →
This looks like a potentially very useful application for organising thoughts & projects
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Nintendo photo printing service moving to Europe?... →
The new moo cards?
WatchQuint flips out for Japanese superhero flick K-20: LEGEND OF THE MASK (aka THE FIEND WITH 20 FACES) at SBIFF!!! — Ain’t It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
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Google LatLong: Explore the masterpieces of the... →
Paintings from the Prado now visible (and explorable) in Google Earth
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Continuum: 33 1/3 →
An interesting series of books on different albums
LendAround - →
This looks like a great little application: for organising swaps between friends (DVDs at the moment, I think)
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Grandma's Graphics: Unique Images from the Past →
A great resource of classic illustration
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1000 novels everyone must read | Books |... →
Yet more books I’ll never find the time to read (fortunately I appear to have made a start on a good deal of this list)
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Modern Book Publishing and Book Culture - TIME →
A good little article on the future of publishing, with regard to online publishing, episodic story telling, etc, etc - especially interesting re the story about Monty Python and You Tube
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Can Free Content Boost Your Sales? Yes, It Can →
Really interesting article on how the Monty Python You Tube channel has boosted sales of DVDs by a massive amount - the argument for free content as a marketing strategy is becomiung increasingly entrenched, it seems.
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Blandings: The Wonderful World of Wodehouse - Main... →
A Wodehousian reference site
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HOVERBOY! →
comics parody
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Diana+ - a recreation of the 1960's cult camera →
A lovely looking camera
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The Mermaid of London: A Weird Tail - The London... →
The story of a Jenny Hanivers - there’s one in the British Museum currently, in the marvellously eclectic Enlightenment display in the King’s Library
WatchPlanet 51 | TDG - Science, Magick, Myth and History
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A Case for Mistaken Identity →
An interesting article questioning the traditional categorisation of Ra as a sun god
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The country's new robots.txt file →
This is hilarious (if a little geeky)
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Smallest known exoplanet may actually be... →
So, it could possible sustain an atmosphere and environment hospitable to life. Which is exciting.
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Minimovies - I Love Alaska - Lernert Engelberts... →
A great looking movie based on one woman’s search history
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Everything you know about ARGs is WRONG →
An excellent presentation from Dan Hon on ARGs
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Ancient rock art baffles experts - Telegraph →
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BBC NEWS | England | Cumbria | Farmhouse from cult... →
Previous owner: Adrian de la Touche
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Noisy Decent Graphics: All the ephemera that's fit... →
A printed newspaper featuring selected online content - somehow an idea that really appeals to me…
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Shiny Shiny: YouTube on your tellybox →
YouTube via Wii - finally I can watch all those Meades shows on YouTube on the TV: hooray!
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Help a London Park →
Your park needs you…
Ten London parks are about to benefit from a major makeover and one of them could be a park near you.
Our world may be a giant hologram - space - 15... →
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bookcamp / FrontPage →
Bookcamp is a user-generated conference sponsored by Penguin UK and focussed on books and book-like technologies. The purpose of Bookcamp will be to consider the future of the Book as an object and examine its ongoing role as a delivery mechanism for stories, information and entertainment. Participants and self-selected guests will choose the agenda for the day, forming breakup groups to discuss...