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Friday 27 January 2012

I’m writing a newsletter
Just a brief update to say I’ve started writing a newsletter. Interesting links in your inbox, every weekday. It’s called Roo’s Letter and you can subscribe here. Email newsletters seems to be enjoying something of a resurgence. [...] Roo Reynolds
What I have been reading (or meant to read) this week January 27, 2012
Enter the Dragon – the Marketing Exodus of 2012? – ClickZ mobile How (and why) to rescue HMV | Blog | Design Week Pooley Calls On Women’s Peloton To Unite | Cyclingnews.com m.guardian.co.uk Alex Balfour

Thursday 26 January 2012

Alaric’s projects for this year
This year's going to be pretty busy with settling into the new home, but I have a few projects. Finish the ring casting I nearly finished before the move. That's a priority. Resurrect my aluminium foundry. In particular, it's our bronze wedding [...] Snell-Pym/Alaric
Whoa. IPhone accounts for more than 80% of AT&T smartphone sales
IPhone accounts for more than 80 percent of AT&T smartphone sales: AT&T posted its fourth quarter results for 2011 on Thursday and highlighted smartphone sales in particular, which reached a record high of 9.4 million devices, beating the [...] Technovia
Page Rage: Why Twitter Doesn’t Work Better on Android
Page Rage: Why Twitter Doesn’t Work Better on Android: A well-placed source tells us that Google’s Android team was supposed to meet with Twitter at CES about how to make Twitter work better on Android. Then, the Search Plus Your World controversy [...] Technovia
I thought I would compare the three EPG/ Sky+ remote record apps...
I thought I would compare the three EPG/ Sky+ remote record apps from sky, as they are an essential second screen, so in order of lovelyness… 1 Android Tablet - theres an extra hour on view and the Highlights bar moves out of view as you scroll [...] Mostly This
My, how Google’s attitude has changed
Google, five months ago: “A smartphone might involve as many as 250,000 (largely questionable) patent claims, and our competitors want to impose a “tax” for these dubious patents that makes Android devices more expensive for consumers. They [...] Technovia

Tuesday 24 January 2012

Zing!
A couple of good quotes about our glorious leaders from recent articles. Read more... Phil Gyford
Password protecting a Django site
Bit of a techy one, but I thought if I spend ten minutes writing this down it will, in the future, save me five minutes of re-Googling. Hmm. Anyway, if you want to add htaccess-style simple password protection to a Django website, here’s one [...] Phil Gyford

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Saturday 28 January 2012

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Google Trends: "peak oil"
Peak Peak Oil. Phil Gyford
Geocities-izer - Make Any Webpage Look Like It Was Made By A 13 Year-Old In 1996
"Make Any Webpage Look Like It Was Made By A 13 Year-Old In 1996" Phil Gyford
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Liked: Dorks by poach Kim
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Liked: #5ftinftable Have a lovely weekend all! by 5ftinf Kim
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Liked: The bubble guy by moleitau Kim

Friday 27 January 2012

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Liked: Jack Frost by rooreynolds Kim
LAPD cracks down on drone aircraft use by real estate agents
Lee
Mark Shuttleworth » Blog Archive » Introducing the HUD. Say hello to the future of the menu.
SQUEEEE. God, I might have to try ubuntu. Kim

Thursday 26 January 2012

Tour | Sifter
Kim
Computer Pub, Hackney Wick London 1965 - YouTube
Computer Pub, Hackney Wick London 1965 dorlec01 Kim
Everyone in United Kingdom - Web design inspiration from siteInspire
Kim
Sample IT policies, disclaimers and notices | Business Link
Legal boilerplate for websites Kim
Mega-man: The fast, fabulous, and fraudulent life of Kim Dotcom
Lee

Wednesday 25 January 2012

32 Pictures That Will Make You Say Awwwwwwww
BEARS IN A TREE Kim
Mark Shuttleworth » Blog Archive » Introducing the HUD. Say hello to the future of the menu.
Seems a little... intimidating. And I say this as someone who usually has a number of Terminal apps open constantly. Lee
Delayed Gratification | The UK's Quarterly Almanac | Last to breaking news
"Slow Journalism measures news in months not minutes, returning to stories after the dust has settled. The Slow Journalism Company offers an antidote to throwaway media and makes a virtue of being the last to breaking news. Its publications are [...] Kim
Vegan Worcestershire Sauce, Two Ways - NYTimes.com
Antimega

Tuesday 24 January 2012

Chris Heathcote: anti-mega: sand in the vaseline
starred items / Anti-Mega: sand in the vaseline / from Haddock Blogs http://www.haddock.org/blogs/ Via Chris Kim
What the Internet Means for How We Think About the World - Preoccupations on Tumblr
starred items / What the Internet Means for How We Think About the World / from Preoccupations on Tumblr http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/ Via (author unknown) Kim
Güeros Brooklyn and Whirlybird -- New York Magazine Underground Gourmet Review
breakfast tacos..... in New York Antimega
HTML5 Please - Use the new and shiny responsibly
"Look up HTML5, CSS3, etc features, know if they are ready for use, and if so find out how you should use them – with polyfills, fallbacks or as they are." Dotcode

Monday 23 January 2012

Eat Noodles Love Noodles: Dim Sum in London - December 2011 Update
Antimega

Sunday 22 January 2012

PreRollSD.mpg - YouTube
Preroll clock. You beauty. Kim
Androids Always Escape by Chris Zabriskie on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
Loved track: Androids Always Escape by Chris Zabriskie Kim
Megaupload Details Raise Significant Concerns About What DOJ Considers Evidence Of Criminal Behavior | Techdirt
"The issue here is that the ["top 100"] list apparently removes files that are likely infringing. [...] If Megaupload's list showed infringing works, then they'd be charged with inducement... but removing them from the list makes them guilty of [...] Lee
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Will Cameron's call for popular films mean more silent comedies? | Comment is free | The Observer
Very good Stewart Lee piece on the value of doing things you care about, rather than being all David Cameron and doing something "more commercial". (via @moleitau) Phil Gyford

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