2010-11-14 (Sunday)
Writing
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‘Where Good Ideas Come From’ by Steven Johnson
My notes on the book.
Links
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Annotator | Open Knowledge Foundation
Looks good. jQuery and python (or other backend) for annotating HTML pages. (via Infovore)
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How do sites prevent vanity URLs from colliding with future features? - Quora
Just for the list of suggested blacklist terms that shouldn’t be allowed for usernames, so as to avoid future URL conflicts.
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Free Map of London (Communities and Open Space Survey) 1943 from the Probert Encyclopaedia Map Archive
More precise than the previous 1943 map of London areas and/but very nice. (via Blech)
Tweets
@holgate Hello. Please read my personal appeal.
@quinnnorton Help me. Read it. Please.
@quinnnorton Hello. Please read my personal appeal.
Hello. Won't SOMEONE please read my personal appeal?
@macintosh Hello. Please read my personal appeal.
@gnat Hello. Please read my personal appeal.
@gwire Hello. Please read my personal appeal.
@hondanhon Stop looking at me!
@macintosh He can still see you. He's behind the telly.
@spaceboy If you blink, Jimmy Wales takes a step towards you. DON'T BLINK! DON'T BLINK!
One of the nicest things about both Fix and Look Mum No Hands is the routinely friendly, happy service. Inclusive, un-hipster.
@schulze You know at the beginning of disaster movies... *everyone's* expecting a calm day then.
@stml Welcome home! London has been crying in your absence. It should cheer up now you're back.