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Links for Thursday June 19th 2014

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Alasdair

Install MySQL on OS X 10.9 Mavericks. | Mac Mini Vault
Nice set of shortcuts to accomplish a reasonably common development task.

Badger Map print
A print of a badger, on a map. This may actually be the best thing in the entire universe, ever.
Dorothy – Shop
A collection of really nice street map prints. Bookmarking this so I can buy a couple later on.

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Alasdair

Russell Davies: Consumers, users, people, mammals
On the importance of being precise about your relationships with the human beings who make up your user/consumer/customer/other base.

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Alasdair

There’s no konami code for operations – blog dot lusis
I think I may just fire this at my boss, then next time he asks why a given bit of work is going to take the time it does. Because this is at once the most technobabble filled bit of writing I've read in a while, and yet serves as a reasonable summary of how complex development has gotten over the last decade or so. "Can you understand this blogpost? No? Then you're not qualified to understand the time estimates you're asking for."

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Alasdair

All Our Patent Are Belong To You | Blog | Tesla Motors
Tesla have open-sourced their patents, in a bid to get the car industry to play catch-up. Their language is a bit fuzzy, but assuming they're for real, this is brilliant news.
The Qwerkywriter – Typewriter Inspired Mechanical Keyboard by Qwerkytoys, INC — Kickstarter
If you loved me, you would buy me one of these.

pickadate.js
Starting to use this at work, as an alternative to the stuff that requires jQuery UI (as too heavy), just want to have a permanent reference to find the docs. Move along nothing to see here.

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Alasdair

Comic Book Cartography
A lovely collection of maps and diagrams from comic books.

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Alasdair

The London Evolution Animation – YouTube
Fascinating animation showing the growth of London, how it formed, and what has been protected over the centuries.

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Alasdair

10 Books That Could Change the Way You Understand Modern Cities
OK, I think I may need to pick up a few of these, so just noting for future reference.

Amazon: malignant monopoly, or just plain evil? – Charlie’s Diary
Here's a good primer on why Amazon are likely to be long-term bad for creators. As well as being short term bad for anyone who works for them…