- Anatomy of a Crushing (Pinboard Blog)
Probably only of interest to the webdev monkeys in the audience, this is the story of how the demise of del.icio.us completely spiked pinboard.in (the service I am now using for bookmarks, and that powers these link posts) and how pinboard.in coped. I should say that I was one of the people switching during the period he described, and I've got to say that it I was impressed with the way the service coped.
Author: Alasdair
Links for Monday March 7th 2011
- Creepy Girl In Hotel Hallway Gag
This is superb. And I'm pretty certain that if I turned a corner in a badly-lit hotel corridor, and saw a creepy small child standing there, I'd find another way to get where I was going as well. Start watching from about 45 seconds in. - Terminally Geeky: use automatic login more securely
Need to set this up on my machines. It's a trivial enough thing, but the articles exactly right about why it's good – if I'm rebooting my machine for some reason, I can disenage from it until I'm 100% ready to come back, instead of having to reboot, wait, relogin and wait again. - Skulls Direct – Skull Film Props, Human Skull Models, Gothic and Vampire Skulls and Bespoke Horror Film Props
Very specific prop shop. But funny. - IE6 Countdown
Even Microsoft want people to stop using IE 6. I'm just saying…
Links for Friday March 4th 2011
- The Case Against Drop-down Identities | Smarterware
"None of the above: let me explain" is a simple, clear idea, that deserves to be a standard component of registration forms.
Links for Thursday March 3rd 2011
- YouTube – Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ)
This sounds criminally dull, and while I wouldn't claim it as the most interesting thing I've ever watched, it's still more fun than you might think. If nothing else, it's a clear demonstration that while Windows might suck in lots of ways, if you care about backwards compatibility, they're pretty much the kings. Supporting software written by third parties 23 years ago is no mean feat – I have trouble supporting software I wrote myself five years ago…
Links for Sunday February 27th 2011 through Monday February 28th 2011
- Pattern | CLiPS
Python module for datamining and data visualisation. Just in case/ - Tory council to make homelessness illegal « Labour Uncut
While Dangerous Dave Cameron talks about the Big Society, and tells us that we must all hel[ one another, because the government would just as soon see us die in the gutter, another group of his friends are attempting to make it illegal for us to help one another, presumably because the Tories have nothing but contempt for anyone who wasn't born into wealth, and wish to see us all die in a gutter.
Links for Tuesday February 22nd 2011
- Edwin Himself is Edwin Negado » 10 lessons for young designers.
Good advice atany time, I feel.
Links for Wednesday February 16th 2011
- Notes From The Zeitgeist: Get Your Sugar
Some absolutely beautiful prints of unlikely chracters done as calaveras. Particularly like the Pacman and Spy vs Spy ones.
Links for Tuesday February 15th 2011
- Ben Bashford – Notebook of Things
Shotnote – notepaper design to be photographed with an iphone camera using a special app, for organisation/archive purposes. If my beloved Fieldnotes were to do this, I would be fucking ecstatic.
Links for Wednesday February 9th 2011 through Thursday February 10th 2011
- Nerd saves entire BBC archive for $3.99, you can help for free – bengoldacre – secondary blog
Well, this is pleasing. Although I'm still boggled at the BBC's decision. - The Best Questions For A First Date « OkTrends
Another bunch of interesting statistical slice-and-dices from OKC. I really hope they keep doing this, even through they've been acquired by match.com
Links for Wednesday February 9th 2011
- Why second-hand bookshops smell good
File under: interesting trivia I never knew. Also: "Why yes, given enough time, science *can* explain everything."