Digitalia – Page 13 – Alasdair Watson

Links for Thursday March 17th 2016

No Wool, No Vikings
Fascinating write up of the role of wool in viking civilisation.

Lychee — Self-hosted photo-management
Might want to have a play with this, see if I can get it to join up with other tools, so I've actually got my own database of my photos.
London to the letter: meet Edward Johnston, the font of all tube style
Good article, more importantly: that's an exhibition I really want to see.
A 3-Hour Long Mixtape of Goth History
Exactly what it says on the tin, but an interesting, deep-cuts type offering.

Enter the Oubliette Room Escape
Really good, spoiler free, write up of this room.

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Alasdair

Nook pulls out of UK – can’t guarantee access to ebooks
If I owned a Nook, I would a) be furious and b) be looking to break the DRM on everything on it, ASAP.
Dymaxion: Infrastructural Games and Societal Play
An article on using Nordic LARP tools to design and build societal infrastructure. Fascinating/important and at the perfect intersection of my interests.
The Official Hannibal Cookbook Will Not Include Human Ingredients
The important bit: there's going to be a Hannibal cookbook!

On Being A Senior Engineer | Kitchen Soap
This is superb. On a good day, I think I manage about 75% of this, and usually strive to do better at most of it. Don't ask about bad days.
Facebook Messenger used to track friends’ sleeping habits by Danish coder
Once again, I find the kind of data apps leak out about users creepy, and once again, it's a Facebook app doing the leaking.

Alan Moore: The art of magic
One of Mr Moore's more interesting interviews.
The Taxonomy Of Sin | MORNING, COMPUTER
I really liked today's morning.computer, no other reason.