August 2008
50 posts
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“Made in Toyko was about ridiculous hybrids: a department store with a driving...”
– Tomason is my word of the day. (via things)
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Footnotes, Endnotes, and Parentheticals That Cost... →
This is touching a raw nerve with me right now. I actually wish I was working on my thesis, instead of dicking around with my phone.
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Alistair Darling says economy is at a 60-year low... →
From tomorrow’s Guardian. Like every other non-home owner in Britain, I can’t get enough bad economic news. Recessenfreuder?
QuickPwn →
QuickPwn for OS X has released. If my iPhone wasn’t busy auto-bricking, I’d be on it like a rash.
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WatchBut, but, but, I want to try this at home. There’s a whole genre of messed up digger stunts on YouTube.
VPILF dotcom →
Quick work registering the domain!
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"Even critics give Apple a pass on iPhone 3G woes"... →
My iPhone ran out of battery for the 11th consecutive day today. I’ve had dropped 3G data connections ever since I updated the software to 2.0.2. Right now it’s stuck on the Apple screen of death while I try to restore it to factory settings. No free pass from this critic. Android is sounding sweeter every day.
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“We gets on the train and ‘e gets ‘is finger stuck in the door, and...”
– Overheard in Camberwell
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“By the time you read this article I will have kept my Octopus for over six...”
– That’s some powerful man-cephalapod bonding right there. (source)
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“doesn’t eat pork → because she’s “Catholic”
can eat...”
– I don’t normally post anything work related, but I found this in a set of notes. It’s a record of a consultation in an allergy clinic. The ill-considered use of quotation marks, followed by the speeling error made me laugh out loud.
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Sandbag: real action on climate change →
Given that carbon offsetting is a counter-productive disaster zone (qv cheatneutral), I think Sandbag are doing something uniquely amazing for the environment. They use charitable donations to buy up EU pollution credits, and destroy them. The business model somehow reminds me of Google Will Eat Itself, but used for good.
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Ethiscore Report: Buyer's guide to fashion... →
I don’t actually own shares in Nike, but Nike sneakers are my single greatest investment. On that basis, 6th from bottom ain’t half bad in this ethical ranking of sneaker companies.
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That's How v4.1
I’ve been sitting waiting for months for Sweetcron to launch, so I too could have a sweet lifestream. About 30 seconds after the beta was released this morning, I realised that tumblr is still the perfect place for a lifestream, at least for someone like me who still has trouble trying to spell “htaccess”. So like Ta Da!!, here’s my new 4 column tumblr, just bustling with...
Review: Burn After Reading - i wanna see this... →
A 250 page guide to "A Pattern Language" - goes on... →
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“Do you think the Brits have as bold a line as we do, between...”
– Michael Chabon on ‘writers who can dwell between worlds’ (via robowis)
Part human, part bat.
Human echolocation - Wikipedia article about blind people who navigate using clicks.
This 5 parter YouTube documentary on Ben Underwood, who is the foremost proponent, suggests a touch of folie a deux between Ben and his mother.
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“I come from a tradition of Western culture, in which the ideal (my ideal) was...”
– Is Google Making Us Stupid?
26 evil, awful, or just plain stupid educators in... →
Q&A: Slavoj Zizek, professor and writer :... →
Love In Da Club - Covered by The Automatic →
From today’s Radio Live Lounge. Completely awesome.
I’m totally surprised to learn that this...
Freedom Temporarily Unplugs You From Online... →
Mac OS X only: When it’s time to dig deep and do some serious focusing on a task—and refrain from surfing or checking email entirely for a block of time—you want temporary internet…
“JUNK” set sail →
How do you raise awareness of all the plastic and other waste floating in the North Pacific? Easy… you make a boat out of it. Some people are skeptical on the amount of of trash floating, others…
Path Tracker →
Path Tracker APPLICATION DESCRIPTION
Version 1.1 works better on the iPhone 3G and should be available soon (it was submitted to Apple over a week and a half ago). Please wait for version…
Barack Roll →
Barack Roll.
London Bananas →
Punch ‘Em In The Dick by Juicy Karkass, via...
Fallingwater - The Movie (really detailed CAD... →
Do I have a shot at the Olympics? | Ask Metafilter →
Book Review - 'Reading the OED,' by Ammon Shea -... →