Bookmarks for September 1, 2008
- List of London Gang names
OK, just two links on the subject, then.
- Category:Gangs in London – Wikipedia
Probably a few of these today
Bookmarks for August 31, 2008
- Nikon D90 Hands-on Preview.
Dammit. Must not buy… Must…not…buy…
Well, maybe after christmas. Maybe. - Full text of Barack Obama's acceptance speech
Nothing exactly shocking, but y'know, it is what it is. Be interesting to see how closely the next couple of months campaigning hews to the line he lays out here.
- Lawrence Lessig on McCain on Technology
In summary: The Bush administration has done things that may fuck the US intertubes. The McCain administration will also fuck those tubes. Not exactly revalatory or unexpected stuff, but if you're curious about the major political issues affecting the (US) internet, and have 15 minutes to spare, then this is a good primer on them anyway.
- Shifting Mind » Postalicious
del.icio.us's blog auto-poster seems to be having problems, so I'm trying this plugin as a possible fix for this. Link crossposting may be a bit wonky for a few days as I get the new system bedded in.
- Mozilla Labs » Blog Archive » Introducing Ubiquity
This looks like it could be seriously fascinating, in 18 months or so. The principles, certainly, represent a massive shift in the way we might use the web, and while Ubiquity is a little clunky, I'm sure better interfaces for doing exactly this sort of thing will get developed over the next few years.
- Fake following
Via Matt Jones, Jason Kottke on Fake Following, a brilliant new idea at FriendFeed that I fully expect every social network site to implement by the end of next year.
- dConstruct 2008
I would give my eyeteeth to make this conference. Sadly, there's no way work will pay for it, and even if they would, I am going to be buried in work at the point it's on. Dammit.
- 101 Atheist Quotes – The Atheist Blogger
Don't agree with them all, but I'd have to admit, it's only a minority I really have to take issue with, and most of those are by people who have been dead a long time. My really big problem is that it's a bit anti-Christianity-centric, and while I know it's kind of implicit that atheism defines itself in response to theism, I think you can make a stronger argument for it without resorting to just swiping at the alternatives.
Bookmarks for August 29, 2008
- Nikon D90 Hands-on Preview.
Dammit. Must not buy… Must…not…buy…
Well, maybe after christmas. Maybe. - Full text of Barack Obama’s acceptance speech
Nothing exactly shocking, but y'know, it is what it is. Be interesting to see how closely the next couple of months campaigning hews to the line he lays out here.
Bookmarks for August 28, 2008
- Lawrence Lessig on McCain on Technology
law netneutrality politics lessig mccain
- Shifting Mind » Postalicious
wordpress plugins delicious
Bookmarks for August 24, 2008
- A Guide to CSS Support in Email
Wow, Eudora supports fuck all. I gave up on Eudora years ago, but serious: what's their excuse?
The Wisdom of Bill Drummond
“Yeah, I know we all need to recharge and reassess where we are going. We need to make mistakes and sometimes we need the comfort that only a Rich Tea biscuit or baked beans on toast can give. But bring on the unknown, and risk all on the art yet to come.” – from his book, “17”.
Been meaning to post that quote for a week or two, since I read the book. Drummond is the only artist I know who has made art criticism into art in and of itself, and I recommend his books unreservedly.
Auld Reekie
I feel less annoyed about this one than I do the other, despite the fact that it’s a worse picture, mostly because this genuinely was a quick snap while I was passing, without really giving it any thought at all. That’s because I took this first, not knowing that 24 hours later, I would be passing a matching piece in Glasgow, and had I not been able to get something I vaguely liked out of the Glasgow one, this would never have seen the light of day.
No Mean City
Annoyingly, a crop of this that includes the hill and necropolis also includes a load of pedestrians and distracting colours, and generally fucks this show. One day I’ll learn not to rush when composing shots, to really take my time and see everything before hitting the button.
Outboard Brain
Since almost everyone I have spoken to it reckons that http://photogr.aphi.st is a rubbish domain name for selling photos through (and on reflection, I am inclined to agree, on the basis that the better-punctuated http://photo.graphi.st/ is someone else’s site) I need a URL to start selling photos through at some point in the not-too-distant future. I lack inspiration, and would welcome suggestions. Anyone got any clever ideas?
And a secondary concern – do any of these prices seem wildly unreasonable:
15 quid for an unframed A4 print on good quality matte stock, 25 quid for framed.
20 quid for an unframed A4 print on good quality glossy stock, 30 quid for framed.
Frames are good quality A4 size clipframes.
P&P not included.
(In case anyone’s curious, I would recommend framed matte. Gloss looks a bit weird under glass.)
Bookmarks for August 16, 2008
- Remember everything. | Evernote Corporation
Must grab this for my home machine, and spend some time playing with it.
- Arvo Part
He got Bill Drummond's recommendation in his new book 17 (about which more another time), and Drummond's recommendation is usually enough for me to at least be interested. I've grabbed a recording of his "Berliner Messe" off Emusic, and well, yeah. I'm not much for classical music, because it really demands more concentration than I usually give music, but this is very nice.
- "Can I use procmail to filter my mail?" – DreamHost Knowledge Base
This is something I would like to learn to do better.
Can you guess what's on my mind today, boys and girls? - IMAP Spam Begone
Hmmm. If this works like it says it does, I may set it up on my home account – my ISP's Spam filtering is good, but not close to perfect, mostly because I can't be arsed to set up proper whitelisting, so instead I have to run at at a low enough level that it doesn't kill even close to all my spam.