2007-10-18 (Thursday)

Comments I've posted on other sites

1. Art and Heart: Grumble, grumble, yay!, meh?

   Bad luck about the bike - I’d try taking it back to where you got it. You’re only just outside the…

   • 2007-10-18

Links

1. BBC - Programmes

   What I’ve been working on, launched today: a permanent URL for every episode of every TV and radio programme. The data needs much improving and there’s lots more goodness to come…

2. Colleges and Universities - Education and Schools - Engineering - Technology - Science - New York Times

   Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering sounds different in a good way. “Learning the skill of how to learn is more important than trying to fill every possible cup of knowledge in every possible discipline.” (via Blech)

3. Cruciforum: crucially simple

   A very simple discussion forum that involves uploading a single file to your website. (via Simon Willison again)

4. The Information Freeway :: A map of the planet

   A very nice viewer for the Open Street Map data. I had no idea they had so much, and it looks gorgeous close-up. (via Simon Willison)

5. Get Lat Lon - find the latitude and longitude of a point on a map

   Wonderfully simple Google Maps tool by Simon Willison for doing what it says. Very handy for me for Pepys’ Diary.

6. Profiles: Stealing Life: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

   Long article about ‘The Wire,’ the show which is so good it ruins all other TV for you. (via Kottke)

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