2008-03-05 (Wednesday)

Writing

1. Hanging on to the reins

   We spent a few weeks doing chorus work at the end of this term, but after all that I’m still clueless as to what makes a good chorus piece.

   • 2008-03-05

Links

1. Litmus: Pricing and signup

   24 hours passes now available for this Browsercam-like site for testing web pages and emails against different rendering engines. (via Daring Fireball)

2. Yahoo! Developer Network: Fire Eagle Launches - O’Reilly Conferences

   Tom Coates launching Fire Eagle. Yay congratulations Tom (and team)! We miss you over here you know.

3. Equidistant Objects with CSS - CSS-Tricks

   Spacing things out horizontally with CSS. (via Simon Willison)

4. Fundable Online Fundraising

   Ask people to pledge money to something you do. No one pays anything until you reach your funding target. (via Kevin Kelly)

5. Kevin Kelly - The Technium - 1,000 True Fans

   The idea that you only need a relatively small number of people willing to pay you occasionally for your work in order to make a living. (Stewart Lee suggested he needed 7,000 fans in 2005.)

6. AntiRSI - TECH.inhelsinki.nl

   I’ve tried a few apps that nag you to take a break from the computer. I was using TimeOut but this manages to be both more subtle and more insistent.

7. Eric’s Archived Thoughts: Reset Reloaded

   I keep Googling this, so bookmarking it might be easier.

8. Leather Backpacks

   More leather backpacks. Fewer recommendations for these that I’ve seen.

9. Leather Briefcases, Backpacks, Custom Briefcase, Custom Backpack

   More leather bags, including custom orders.

10. Does anyone here have any experience with Saddleback Leather? - Page 2 - Ask Andy FORUMS

    Photos of a Saddleback Leather briefcase.

11. The Gadgeteer - Saddleback Leather Company Briefcase

    Glowing review with lots of photos

12. Flickr: J. Mark Bertrand’s photos tagged with saddleback

    Photos of a Saddleback Leather briefcase.

13. Briefcases from the Saddleback Leather, Co..

    Expensive, lovely-looking bags. But comments on some forums suggest the workmanship doesn’t live up to this site’s hype.

14. Laptop Backpacks by booq(R)

    I’ve spent a lot of time researching nice backpacks, not finding much that’s practical and looks good. These are current front-runners.

15. Save the Railway Path | The campaign to save the Bristol to Bath cycle path from being turned into a bus-lane

    Protest site over some daffy plans to let buses run alongside the peaceful but well-used Bristol to Bath cycle path.

16. Cityofsound: Robin Hood Gardens is not the same as a digital model of Robin Hood Gardens

    Dan Hill’s excellent summary of the protest going on over plans to demolish the London housing estate. I hope they renovate rather than destroy.

17. David Cameron: More people engaged in local life means local politics revitalised

    Cameron wants more local government data published online in open formats for people to do stuff with. Cites TheyWorkForYou.com. (via Alan Connor)

18. Automatic writing | eG weekly | EducationGuardian.co.uk

    Fascinating. Philip M Parker can generate a book automatically when someone orders it. I stumbled across one for sale on Amazon. (via Haddock)

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