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Links For Monday 23rd January 2006
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A basic primer in typography. I want to get a bit more into type for a design I’m contemplating, so that’s handy…
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java based Commodore 64 emulator, with a load of classic games available to play on-line.
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Contact
Where you can find me on-line this year:
Words:
alasdair.biz – my workblog. New media, technology, and general digital culture shit, plus the odd link I just think is funny. Updated most weekdays. LJ feed available at als_workblog. RSS feed at http://www.alasdair.biz/feed.
black-ink.org – short fictions. Only updated a few times a year, when I can’t get a thought to sod off without writing it down. Every so often, I promised myself I’ll do more, but I never seem to. Once I get the LJ feed reconnected, it’ll be at black_ink_feed. RSS feed at http://www.black-ink.org/feed.
alasdair.livejournal.com – personal life, hobbies, random crap, social interaction. RSS feed at http://alasdair.livejournal.com/data/rss.
Pictures:
Electricana – my main photoblog. An image or two most weeks, assuming I’ve had time to take the camera somewhere. RSS feed at http://electricana.livejournal.com/data/rss.
Flickr – the flickr account I use to hold images/power the photoblog. It gets a few more photos, if I’ve put a set up, and generally has a bit more organisation, but lacks the commentary/decent comments functionality of the LJ version. RSS feed at http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=19821795@N00&format=rss_200.
Electricana.org – my portfolio site. Cherry picked images (and not many of them) from my photoblog, the ones I really feel represent the best of my photo work. RSS feed at http://www.electricana.org/index.php?x=rss.
Other:
last.fm – my last.fm account. Just in case anyone cares what I’ve been listening to lately.
upcoming.org – (some of) my social diary. Things I am (thinking of) doing. Gigs, shows, general stuff.
I’m in the process of building one website that’ll bring a lot of this together in one place, although I can’t think of a good domain name at the moment. Anyone got any suggestions?
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Links For Wednesday 18th January 2006
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A bit of a brute-force-and-ignorance approach – I’m pretty sure it can be done more elegantly within the DOM, but it works, and it’s quick and easy.
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I think I’m going to start killing someone. Can we not just say “the next generation of websites” or something?
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I wonder how well this works for both The Deck and those that advertise on it. It’s certainly an interesting idea – ads that the network is willing to stand behind, from sites like that could potentially carry a lot of weight with viewers…
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Advice for children:
Measure your favourite chocolate bars now. That way, when you grow up, you’ll know if they’ve really gotten smaller or not.
Anyone got any other similarly useful tips?
Links For Tuesday 17th January 2006
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Which it seems he intends to use to talk about the semantic web. Which is a bit techy and dull, but nonetheless an important topic. Which is sort of what you’d expect from the man, I’d guess.
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(because diaries are not logs of things found on the web, obviously). So I quite like this article, which suggests that “blogging” is simply part of the normal process writing these days, and that the publication tools really don’t matter.
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Links For Monday 16th January 2006
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He really didn’t like the film. At all. I wasn’t a huge fan either (though I hated ti a little less than him), and this made me cry with laughter.
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65 quid for 40 mins training. File under “how fucking stupid are these people?”
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Like Mousetrap (the game), but for your fridge. Must buy some soon.
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In shock news, it tunrs out that people respond better to websites that look nice and professional. Still, now scientists have proved it with science, so that’s OK.
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[Clubbing] Something a bit different:
Outlaw, the Alabama 3’s club night is on on Friday night, 10pm ’til 6am, in Brixton. Anyone up for a combination of gig and club night, a little bit country, a little bit techno?
Yet more Moore
Thanks to zoo_music_girl pointing it out to me, I’ll be at Alan Moore’s talk on March 25th forming part of Tate Britain’s Gothic Nightmares season. (The more observant amongst you might also notice that that’s my birthday, so yes, I shall be off to a pub thereafter, I’m sure.) I have no idea what to expect, since it’s actaully taking place as a tour of the exhibition, but I’m sure it’ll prove fascinating.
Anyone else care to book a ticket and join me?
Links For Tuesday 10th January 2006
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I’m rebuilding black-ink.org over the next few days, and I think this is the look I’m going to want for it. It’s a bit heavy, but it’s not a high-traffic site, and the look is important to me.
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I’ve had my eye on this for a while – a keyboard with digital keys that can be changed depending on context, and it looks like it’s out next month, at last…
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