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Saturday 18 May 2013

Google Earth as a tool for planning dinghy cruises
I enjoy cruising my sailing dinghy around the rivers and coastline of Essex and Suffolk, and have recently discovered a feature in Google Earth which makes planning trips that little bit easier. Google Earth now has a ‘historial images’ [...] Tomski
Celebrate the Steps - Margate seafront Saturday May 18th, 3pm
It started with a tweet last Saturday. Then came a hashtag #celebratethesteps. Then it spread to Facebook. And in the space of a week, it grew to what resulted in a sunny afternoon event with over a 100 people. (I think?).Here's the story:[View the [...] Margate Architecture
Bookmarks for May 17th from 10:06 to 14:11
This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 17th from 10:06 to 14:11: Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of [...] Extenuating Circumstances

Friday 17 May 2013

What we have been reading this week May 17, 2013
communications-act-murdoch-internet The Accidental Death of a Cyclist | Rouleur Magazine james_corbett: From the man who brought you the great Senna doc,comes a film on Marco Pantani. Looks fantastic http://t.co/KBj2J4LRRG via @rouleurmagazine [...] Alex Balfour
Bookmarks for May 16th from 01:52 to 20:41
This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 16th from 01:52 to 20:41: Limelight: an app to catalog your [...] Extenuating Circumstances
…and gravy
John Gruber replies to my gentle spoofing of his post about Larry Page’s statements with a measured and considered piece which highlights his key point: That Page was simply being hypocritical: “What major tech giant has Google not pitted itself &# [...] Technovia

Thursday 16 May 2013

Apple versus (after John Gruber)
(Before reading this post, read John Gruber’s post here) UPDATE: John’s written a thoughtful response to this post, which I’ve added some gravy to in a further response. Both, I think, are worth reading.) Steve Jobs, on stage in 1997 [...] Technovia

Wednesday 15 May 2013

Bookmarks for May 14th through May 15th
This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 14th from 18:17 to 14:10: How, When and Where Will The First Truly [...] Extenuating Circumstances
GBPIzzaCo did a lovely thing...100 reasons to be cheerful, Margate
[View the story "GBPizzaCo's reasons to be cheerful Margate" on Storify] Margate Architecture
The Grocer on Mary Portas', Margate and what the FOIs reveal - The high-street circus continues
Fresh in from the Grocer Magazine:"The Mary Portas road show continues: this week the Queen of the High Street’s Channel 4 show touched down in Margate, featuring yet more cockneys, market traders and claims of TV trickery. After [...] Margate Architecture
How any of the Big 3 could own connected products
I've been doing some competitive landscape analysis around connected products/Internet of Things platforms -- I'll write up my thoughts soon. During research I touched on Bluetooth 4, which seems like it could be the connective tissue of a [...] Interconnected
Press Release - Former Margate Town Team Members response to Mary Queen of the High Street, May 14th 2013
Press ReleaseWednesday May 15th 2013Last night's screening of Mary Portas' Mary Queen of the High Street produced by Optomen Television (May 14th 2013, Channel 4) told a story which is contradicted by the records we hold as former members [...] Margate Architecture
Bookmarks for May 13th through May 14th
This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 13th from 17:32 to 15:34: What is Design on scriptogr.am – &# [...] Extenuating Circumstances

Tuesday 14 May 2013

Pricing hardware and changing business models
How To Price Your Hardware Product, Marc Barros: The mistake most hardware startups make is they don't charge enough because they don't think of the problems they will encounter at scale. They don't calculate the real cost to deliver their [...] Interconnected
Bookmarks for May 13th from 05:50 to 16:41
This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 13th from 05:50 to 16:41: - Chapter 2 – Crib sheet: [...] Extenuating Circumstances

Monday 13 May 2013

Bookmarks for May 10th through May 13th
This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 10th from 18:03 to 03:53: Alice E. Kober, 43 – Lost to [...] Extenuating Circumstances
Chromes OS, Android, and the future of Android apps
Sundar Pichai, who recently took over Android from Andy Rubin, pours some cold water on the “Chrome OS and Android to merge” rumours in this interview with Wired. But he does leave one door open: ” We want to do … Continue [...] Technovia
Why single sourced rumours about Apple should be taken with a pinch of salt
You know, if you wanted two paragraphs to sum up the perils of tracking Apple’s supply chain ‘build plans’, they would be these: In Nov. 2011 DigiTimes reported that Apple had “slashed” orders for iPhone 4S parts 10% [...] Technovia
Baron Munchausen rides again
Lock up your wine cellars! The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen is back in print, thanks to the good works of the Mayan god Chaahk and his representatives in the home counties, Lightning Source print-on-demand. This is a reprint of the [...] COPE
Techitment
It’s looking to be quite a week for tech announcements. Last night Nokia teased a new camera focused lumia, with a htc one style metal enclosure. That’s announced tomorrow. The following day is google I/O which never disappoints, I&# [...] Mostly This

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Saturday 18 May 2013

Untitled | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: by gandhidandi Kim
Untitled | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: by 'Layka Kim
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Flickr Favourite: . by neon.tambourine Kim
L | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: L by aidudai Kim
dark branches | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: dark branches by Neal Gillis Kim
Leaves in black and white - Dark | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: Leaves in black and white - Dark by Visions photographiques Kim
Mist on Ben Venue | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: Mist on Ben Venue by Andy O'Donnell Kim
Winter - Forest Drive | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: Winter - Forest Drive by Celeste33 Kim
Weightless Cats - I Can Has Gravity? - YouTube
Weightless Cats - I Can Has Gravity? AIRBOYD Kim
Glory | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: Glory by kevin dooley Kim
Monochromatica | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: Monochromatica by Ravages Kim
Untitled | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: by Laura Galley Kim
Morning Mist | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: Morning Mist by RickyNJ Kim
-\\ | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: -\\ by Nanagyei Kim
Untitled | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: by Yoko ❥ (Paulina) Kim
Contours | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: Contours by paulwoolrich Kim
The Summit | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: The Summit by Garry - www.visionandimagination.com Kim
Tempus fugit | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: Tempus fugit by Claudio.Ar Kim
Il Ficcanaso | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: Il Ficcanaso by Al_fred Kim
remember to look up | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: remember to look up by camil tulcan Kim
Drops of Coal | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr Favourite: Drops of Coal by ecstaticist Kim

Friday 17 May 2013

ThemeCreationGuide - chromium - A guide and a reference for creating themes using extensions. - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Google Project Hosting
Chrome Theming Guide Kim
Using Icon Fonts | Go Make Things
Dotcode

Thursday 16 May 2013

Package Managers: An Introductory Guide For The Uninitiated Front-End Developer - Tech.Pro
starred items / Dotcode: Package Managers: An Introductory Guide For The Uninitiated Front-End Developer - Tech.Pro / from Haddock Links http://www.haddock.org/blogs/ Via dotcode Kim
The top 20 data visualisation tools | Feature | .net magazine
A nice summary of everything from Excel to Gephi. (via Dotcode) Phil Gyford
APIs which provide lyrics of requested song - Stack Overflow
Dotcode
The top 20 data visualisation tools | Feature | .net magazine
"From simple charts to complex maps and infographics, Brian Suda's round-up of the best – and mostly free – tools has everything you need to bring your data to life " Dotcode
UWE Graduation Ceremony 1993 - YouTube
Blimey, nearly twenty years ago. Everyone is so smooth and wide-eyed. (12:30 if you're wondering.) Phil Gyford

Wednesday 15 May 2013

The Online Photographer: (OT) All You Need for Great Sound
Suggestion for great-sounding iPhone/iPad amp and small speakers. More suggestions in the comments. Phil Gyford
Recurring Developments
Showing which episodes of Arrested Development each of its recurring jokes appears in. I've been researching recently; even better than I remembered. (via Waxy) Phil Gyford
How long will your experiment take?
How long do you need to run your A/B test for? Dotcode
Le tournebièvre
Antimega

Tuesday 14 May 2013

Composer
Dependency manager for PHP. I'm out of touch with PHP and hadn't heard of this. Phil Gyford
CSSS: A brief introduction
Nice CSS based slide system by Lea Verou Dotcode

Monday 13 May 2013

The Power of Relativity | Game Tycoon
Wise. Alice
Converting html special character in excel - Stack Overflow
But Allen Gammel you are AWESOMER. Kim
CellView Add In
Oh. My. god. Chip Pearson you are a god among men Kim
Formatting Marks
Removing paragraph breaks from excel using a formula followed by a cunning copy / paste as values. Ha. =SUBSTITUTE(F6,CHAR(10),"|") Kim
Overpass API
don't really know what it does, but could be useful in the future Antimega
Six degrees of IMDb founder Col Needham | Film | The Guardian
On the success of the IMDb’s “creator”. Doesn't even mention that the site's value to Amazon in 1998 was all the data contributed by volunteers. Imagine if Wikipedia was solely the work of Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Grrrrrr. Still angry. Phil Gyford

Sunday 12 May 2013

CSS Architecture | Appfolio Engineering
Lots of good thoughts on structuring CSS. (via Tom Taylor) Phil Gyford
Comedy | Bill Bailey | Cockney v Classical - YouTube
Comedy | Bill Bailey | Cockney v Classical CapnJacksCabin Kim

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