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• Improving the internet | The web: some antics | Economist.com
  I was unfair yesterday – turns out the Economist has been talking about the semantic web for longer that I thought. There is another article from 2006 as well, but I can’t link to it because it’s behind a paywall. But still, hooray for the Economist.
  (tags: semantic_web future economist)
• Ideas For Dozens: Automating Firefox for Web Application Integration
  Potentially security-hole-tastic, but also amazing for site admin systems and the like, it’s now possible to install an extension that allows a site to telnet into your copy of Firefox, and do various things to add a whole new layer to what a site can do.
  (tags: firefox javascript ruby jssh shell howto extension)
• BBC iPlayer – Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press
  Just a note to myself – missed this when it was on. I note the BBC still haven’t fixed the iplayer on OSX – because it’s flash based, it does not stop my screen from going dark through lack of mouse movement, like a proper media player does. Grr.
  (tags: bbc typography fry)

• Robot Suit: Rent Your Own HAL Exoskeleton For The Low, Low Price of $1000!
  No, I have no practical use for one of these. Yes, renting it instead of buying outright is kind of annoying. Yes, I desperately want one. With a jetpack, if at all possible.
  (tags: future robosuit)
• The semantic web | Start making sense | Economist.com
  Well, it’s nice to see that the press has noticed. Good of of them to credit Reuters with the big push, as if there haven’t been any number of people shouting about this for *years* at small operations like Yahoo and the BBC.
  (tags: semantic_web news)

• Paxman on UGC
  Or “Idigenous Content” as we call it round these parts, of course. He’s not *wrong*, but the power of IC for big media is in being seen to curate it, so that the public only find the good stuff. I would love to see Paxman’s UGC picks…
  (tags: youtube web2.0 funny newsnight UGC)
• Random Proverb Generator
  A bad workman blames the cat. And other gems.
  (tags: funny proverb randomgenerator)

• Whining, Blue Smoke & the Mechanics of Getting Unstuck | 43 Folders
  Everyone and their dog has already linked to it, but that’s because it’s well worth a read.
  (tags: lifehacks brain advice)
• Virgin Media CEO Says Net Neutrality is “A Load of Bollocks” (via BoingBoing)
  Using Virgin as your ISP? I’d strongly urge you to end your account, and find an ISP that believes in your right to use the internet as you, rather than they, see fit. If they get away with this, then other ISPs will too, and then we’re all fucked.
  (tags: netneutrality uk)

• FlexTime
  I want to structure some of my time in evenings and at weekends a bit better, and this might help.
  (tags: osx timer productivity)

• apophenia: musing about social networks and g/local cultures
  I feel like I know almost no-one round where I live, but still: I shop regularly at my local butcher. A couple of my local cafe’s recognise me when I come in. I like that, and I’d hate to live in the world described here.
  (tags: socialnetworking suburbia)
• 960 Grid System
  Handy set of tools for producing grad based designs. I particularly like the fact that there’s both an OmniGraffle template and an HTML demo. This is going to make going from wireframe to mockup about 70 times faster.
  (tags: css layout design tools framework grid)
• khîm photo » monolit
  Nice, minimalist photoblog theme. Might use it as a start point for sprucing up my portfolio site, to bring it more into line with the design of my other sites.
  (tags: photoblog wordpress theme)

• Dead Air
  I am trying to break some of my photography habits. So, here’s my new lo-fi photography site. No commentary, no interaction, no attempt to produce anything other than lo-fi snaps of things I point a crappy little iphone camera at.
  (tags: photography moblog iphone)

• 1.3 Megapixel Camera Sunglasses
  Sad, I know, but I’m almost tempted. Dealbreakers: crappy resolution, no wireless connectivity. When the resolution improves, and I can auto-email the pics, I’ll get a pair. When they do that, they’ll be perfect for a project I’ve been developing.
  (tags: technology electronics photo)
• Timer: Work in 48 minute increments
  I’m on a productivity upswing (I have made my peace with the fact that I have periods where I juggle about 47 projects at once, vs periods where all I do is watch the telly) at the moment, and this might help ensure it’s actaully sustainable.
  (tags: lifehacks productivity)
• PHP Snippets – image_contrast
  Increase the contrast in an image with PHP.
  (tags: php image photography)

• The Gourmet Q + A: Heston Blumenthal and Grant Achatz
  Chat about their forthcoming cookbooks, their approach to food, and what the future holds. I’m interested in their idea of 50 year cycles in cooking…
  (tags: science food)
• 63 Must Have Grunge Fonts
  I do like distressed type, me.
  (tags: fonts type typography)