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Flickr interesting photo meme
Well, it’s not actually a meme unless anyone copies the idea, but hey-ho. Or at least, I guess technically it still is a meme, just an unsuccessful one. Don’t get me started on evolutionary theory....
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Google have just launched a free web-traffic analysis service which looks pretty damn good. At the moment, they seem to be struggling under the weight of people joining up, so it hasn’t recognised my...
View ArticleFor a short time only – valid XHTML *and* CSS!
It’s not that I go out of my way to use non-standards compliant HTML or CSS, but some of the specs seem pretty petty (tags must be lower case, img tags must have an ‘alt’ quality, you have to close...
View ArticleOverheard in New York
Overheard in New York is always worth a look. Some recent faves: Teen boy #1: So the other day I was watching TV and I said out loud, “Fuck, I wish I didn’t just eat all those Doritos.” And then I was...
View Articleblog design
I’ve been thinking about web design recently, specifically as it applies to a possible redesign for this blog. There’s no rush, because the current look is fairly new and I’m pleased with it, but I had...
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the coolest use of Flickr EVER!!
Sorry for the exaggeration marks. But it is pretty cool. It seems to be this guy‘s idea, but this is the recipe I’m most tempted to try: You need to click on either the link or the photo above to see...
View ArticlePony or Porny?
This turned up as a link on some website or other. It’s an old favourite, but none the worse for that. Some related posts: you gotta love open source web design stuff two entertaining links Tomorrow’s...
View Articlemore folk wisdom
On the subject of folk wisdom: I’m reading a book called Mutants which mentions a C17th book called Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, enquiries into very many Received Tenents and commonly presumed Truths, in...
View ArticleMagnum photo-essays
Magnum in motion has photo essays with audio commentary. The only one I’ve watched is the ‘Inner-City Youth, London’ one – which I would certainly recommend. I found it via GRIMETIME. I’ve downloaded a...
View ArticleTomorrow’s News Today
This story from Avant News made me laugh. Some related posts: You said what now? Yes to AV. Why Obama won the nomination This financial crisis is a bit of a buzzkill. Thinking out loud about Wikileaks...
View ArticleFlickr field guide
There’s a group on Flickr called Field Guide: Birds of the World. Pretty self-explanatory, really – they’re trying to form a collection of photos that can be used to help identify birds. It’s a great...
View ArticleChihuly at Kew
I went to see the Dale Chihuly glass at Kew Gardens today. Which was pretty fab. This Flickr slideshow gives you some idea. It finishes 15th January, so if you haven’t seen it and you’re in London, go...
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Birdstrike wing
A photo my brother took of the mark left by a bird hitting his window. You can see the whole bird in this one. Birdstrike wing Originally uploaded by rutherfordfamily. Some related posts: Galapagos...
View ArticleNew Theme
I’ve come up with a new design for the site, as I think should be pretty obvious. If you prefer the calmer qualities of the old look, there’s now a theme switcher in the sidebar so you can pick your...
View Articleweb design stuff
The more time I spend thinking about web design, the more easily irritated I am. Take Spork. Look at that lovely, stylish, front cover: it manages to have something of a print aesthetic without being...
View ArticleTesters wanted!
I mentioned earlier that I thought it might be fun to enter a WordPress theme competition. Well, I’ve got a theme worked up that I’m thinking of entering. You can see it in action on my test blog here....
View ArticleCSS positioning
[Sorry, I know most of you won’t be even slightly interested in this] I’ve just had a major intellectual breakthrough about how CSS positioning works. Or, to put it another way, I’ve just realised that...
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ahem
(via) Some related posts: you gotta love open source web design stuff two entertaining links Tomorrow’s News Today the secrets of the ancients have been uncovered The less obvious reason to hate...
View ArticleMy latest web design bonnet-bee
I was looking through WordPress themes on the Codex. I find it surprising how many people design themes with flexible-width text columns – i.e. ones where the columns get wider and narrower when you...
View ArticleAjax and the common man
One of the hot new(ish) things in web design is Ajax – standing for Asynchronous Javascript And Xml. To quote Wikipedia, “The intent is to make web pages feel more responsive by exchanging small...
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More vespal entertainment
Sherry mentioned my wasp nest on her blog and via the comments was revealed this hand-made hornet’s nest by papermaker Gin Petty. You can read her full account of making it here. And browsing around...
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Galapagos pics
I finally got round to uploading some photos from the Galapagos to Flickr. The whole set is here. It includes some sealions: boobies: and of course tourists: Some related posts: Birdstrike wing Wales...
View ArticleNew improved photo page
With the help of a neat little application called PictoBrowser, I’ve tarted up the page with my Flickr photos. PictoBrowser should work even if you prefer reading the site with one of the old themes,...
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The less obvious reason to hate MySpace
The most obvious reason is, of course, that it’s so ugly. Let me rephrase that: it’s sooo ugly. Seriously, is you leave the average MySpace page open on your computer and go away for a long weekend,...
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just a thought
Sometimes, when I’m struggling to get something to work, or find a piece of information, or something just seems a lot less simple than it ought to be, I have to remind myself just what a young medium...
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because it amuses me
The Cassette Generator, via things magazine, which/who I was surprised to realise I hadn’t already added to my blogroll. Some related posts: Magnum photo-essays last.fm YouTube Madness you gotta love...
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Playing with Flickr
Pictures found in the most recent photos stream on Flickr. » 光に向かって, originally uploaded by 2 Funky. ³£«Ü¤j°¦., originally uploaded by Do as what you want. DSCF3779, originally uploaded by shadowstw....
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APOD: 2008 June 5 – Spitzer’s Milky Way 'more than 800,000 frames of data from Spitzer's cameras have now been pieced together in an enormous mosaic of the galactic plane – the most detailed infrared...
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Subtraction 7.1 Beta: A Cloud and a Prayer 'The concept of “too big to fail” is under siege at the moment. The fact that a company, product or service is so clearly dominant and relied upon is no...
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Google’s China Problem (and China’s Google Problem) – New York Times Interesting article about how internet censorship works in China. The article is now 3 years old, which is a long time on the...
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