June 2008
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10 great looking Image Based sites →
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9 Steps to Achieving Flow (and Happiness) in Your... →
Speeding appeal leaves motorist with £15,000 court... →
A motorist who challenged a £60 speeding fine is now facing a legal bill of £15,000 after her appeal was rejected by a judge.
Seems a little harsh to me, but serves them right for trying to get out of paying the fine in the first place!
WatchRadiohead - Nude, as played by old computer hardware. Awesome.
Give it a minute or two to kick in though, because it does get off to a slow start, but it’s fully worth it.
“Start renaming a file, but instead of hitting enter, hit ‘Tab’, and...”
– Windows Vista Tip: Use the Tab Key to Rename Multiple Files in Vista
Golden Ratio Calculator →
thinkdrastic:
It’s a golden ratio calculator, for calculating the golden ratio.
The war on photographers - you're all al Qaeda... →
Interesting read about the rights of taking photos in a public place.
Major new rail lines considered →
About time the rail network in the UK was updated to bring it more inline with the rest of Europe. But we have to wait until 2025?
Mars probe makes 'ice discovery' →
Is there ice on Mars? Perhaps…
Ministers pressed on child labour →
The one to watch tonight - Panorama on BBC One, a report about child labour in budget clothing shop Primark.
Airside's 2008 Showreel →
I absolutely love Airside’s showreel.
Since when did Yahoo become a sinking ship?
It seems like the big cheeses at Yahoo’s various aquistions are jumping ship lately - all one after the other.
Stewart Butterfield, creator of Flickr, has jumped.
Joshua Schacter, creator of Delicious, has jumped.
And Jeremy Zawodny, a lead developer, jumped last month.
And it seems more resignations are likely.
Regular Expressions in JavaScript →
This just saved my brain from going pop.
Email Client Usage Statistics for Your Mailing... →
Spam Meltdown →
Design Melt Down, but for HTML Emails! Awesome!
jTouch - Color Charge →
Perfect for iPhone or iPod Touch users - a jQuery cheat-sheet for your device! Makes me wish I had an iPhone even more!
50 office-speak phrases you love to hate →
12 Excellent Websites to Follow if You're into Web... →
CG Textures →
The worlds largest free texture site.
Speed Testing the Latest Web Browsers →
Lots of these browser speed comparisons around, but this one is nicely done and well presented. Probably worth a skim.
Save our SOS →
Interesting read about the origins of the SOS distress call.
Petrol
I’m fed up of everyone going on about petrol this and petrol that.
Isn’t it about time that alternative fuel is used across the board, totally replacing fossil fuels?
Or even a total reshake of the public transport system, including slashing rail fairs and running trains on alternative fuels.
The whole “war on terror” in Iraq is so clearly to bring “peace” to...
Ethiopia appeals for urgent aid →
A guide to CSS support in email →
A must-read for anyone designing or developing an HTML-rich email.
“Her mother says she has tried feeding her daughter fruit and vegetables but...”
– The baby who only eats chips
Great Bank ATM UI design →
I love the UI design on this ATM machine. Clean, simple, and very clear.
The Independent Thinker →
According to this test, I’m an Independent Thinker. I think it’s about right, actually.
What are you?
I don’t know about you, but I’m sick of hearing about the broken toilet on the International Space Station.
Google serving Javascript frameworks →
Google are now serving popular Javascript frameworks, such as jQuery and Prototype.
Why is this a big deal? Well, a few reasons:
Speed. Google’s servers are faster than yours.
Cache. A client only downloads the framework once from Google. From then on, all other sites that use it will be from the cache.
But it may be a bad thing, because it could be another way Google is tracking how...
“Frasier star Kelsey Grammer is recovering after having a mild heart attack, his...”
– Star of Frasier has heart attack
Simple organic shapes in Photoshop →
Veerle has another excellent tutorial for creating simple but useful illustration effects.
“The Office of Rail Regulation, has indicated that Network Rail has been given...”
– Network Rail warned it could lose monopoly - Telegraph
Design Rants →
Dave Shea critiques his own redesign, and raises some good points.
goosh.org - The Unofficial Google Shell. →
Search Google through an SSH/CLI interface. Pretty awesome, and very geeky!
