Digitalia – Page 29 – Alasdair Watson

Links for Monday January 20th 2014

Cthuvian Ipsum Generator
Lovecraftian Lorem Ipsum Generator. Exactly what I need.
Have I been pwned? Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach
Handy website for checking if any of your commonly used usernames/email addresses have been leaked with password details attached recently. Happily, I have only been (ahem) "pwned" once, and I already knew about that and took steps. If you haven't checked, you should, and insert all the usual computer security advice here.

Integrate a REST API into an iPhone App in less than 15 minutes
These two links are in no way related
Sandman.io
A way of slapping a quick REST API over any database.

Mapped: London’s Independent Bookshops | Londonist
Not that i buy a lot of physical books these days, but handy nonetheless.

Laurie Penny: The 20 best online pieces of 2013
I want to come back to this when I have my brain switched back on, rather than firmly in "on couch for Xmas" :)

Writer Pro – Note. Write. Edit.
Noting this one as something to investigate in the new year.

DeskBeers
London only for now, but this is a really good idea, that I will be joining at least one of my colleagues in agitating for in the new year.
Find The Thing You’re Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
This may be the bleakest, nearest-the-bone, thing I've ever read from the Onion. Which, I suspect, says it all really.

Boomf
Photos from an instagram feed printed onto edible marshmallows. I honestly don't know what to make of this.

iPad cases, covers & iPhone leather sleeves by BUKcase
NTS: for when I want (another) book-like case for my Apple products, this will avoid having to faff about with international shipping.

Anatomy of a failed rendition | booktwo.org
Interesting study of the data trails left by the Home Office's failed attempt to deport Ifa Muaza.

Curious Algorithms
A few examples of how automated processes interact with and change (and abuse) existing systems.