2010-03-26 (Friday)
Writing
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Week 353
Back on Project Humphrey after a break, and all is good.
Photos
Links
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Final edition: Twilight of the American newspaper—By Richard Rodriguez (Harper’s Magazine)
Lovely article that is more a reminiscence of a lost San Francisco and childhood than it is another “we must save newspapers” plea.
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Tea Party Lights Fuse for Rebellion on Right - NYTimes.com
interesting article on the “Tea Party” Right in America. Also scary. Hadn’t realised how much they had in common with crazy paranoid Patriots.
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jCarousel - Riding carousels with jQuery
There are lots of things like this, but I’ve used this one and it seems very nice.
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Experimental Rockets at the Naze - Windows Live
There was secret rocket testing going on at Walton on the Naze during World War II.
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Why records DO all sound the same | Word Magazine
Fascinating account of the process of making an album/track and all the technological stuff that happens to the music these days. (via Tom Taylor)
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Placehold.it - Quick and simple image placeholders
One of those things you didn’t know you needed until you saw it. Very handy. (via Infovore)
Tweets
Analogue or digital friction? Sticky chocolate cake fingers on the trackpad.
@spaceboy @samuelpepys' court case is too laborious to fit into tweets. Business, not personal. You should read the full diary! #upselling
@blech Because some cyclists think you're only a cyclist if you ride the right bike and see it as a way of life, rather than transport.