2006-08-15 (Tuesday)
Links
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Cool Tool: Adventure Cycling
The woman cycling across the USA on the Saturday Guardian’s Travel section back page has got me intrigued…
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SovMusic.ru - Soviet Music
Lots of free Soviet MP3s. Hear a choir sing (apparently) ‘Capital Oppresses Us’ and other family favourites. Also, speeches and lots of Soviet posters.
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Understand - a novelette by Ted Chiang
Webb recommended this to Coates and it sounds interesting but I hate reading on the screen so maybe I’ll never get round to reading it even so. (via Plasticbag)
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Learning Movable Type: A Safe Way to Upgrade to MT 3.3
In the increasingly unlikely event that I can face upgrading, this will be handy. One day I’ll escape the computer.
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Create a Timeline : My Timelines
Create a timeline from an RSS feed. Not sure how useful it is, but might be interesting for something.
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Scout: Find your photographs in Flickr’s Explore
Read between the ads to find the form that lets you see whether/where your photos appear in Flickr’s magical Explore pages.
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MT Hacks FastSearch
PHP-based replacement for Movable Type’s generally inadequate in-built search tool.
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Dicewars - Flash game
Neatly done, time-wasting Risk-like online game. Must. Resist. (via Haddock)
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GogglesBeta09.swf
Server problems mean I’m probably the last person to link to this. Still fun. (via Haddock)
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Bikely - Discover and share your favorite bicycle routes
People sharing bike routes in different cities/countries. Using Google Maps. Interesting to see which way people go. (via Blackbeltjones)
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The New York Review of Books: Progressive but Not Liberal
I love stuff like this - moralism, justice, etc. But I can rarely concentrate enough to understand it fully. Subscribers only.