2011-02-02 (Wednesday)

Writing

1. Coins and Experiments

   A pointer to some quotes from a couple of LRB articles that happen to mention Pepys.

   • 2011-02-02

Links

1. A Facebook story | A mother’s joy and a family’s sorrow | The Washington Post

   An obviously sad story, but actually bookmarked as an example of an annotated set of Facebook updates as a news story.

2. Tank Auth authentication library for CodeIgniter

   It’s been a while since I looked at CodeIgniter. Still no really obvious winner to the “how do I just authenticate people dammit?” question, but this looks like a front-runner.

3. Photo loss blogger to Flickr: You’re f*cking kidding • The Register

   In case you need even more reasons why trusting your stuff to even the most well-meaning third-party services is only as good as their ability to never, ever make a mistake. (via Lee)

4. The End of Blogging | The New York Observer

   Often, as here, the people noticing “the end of blogging” seem to have a very, very narrow definition of what “blogging” is. Thankfully, they’re wrong. (via Waxy)

5. On River Maps « somethingaboutmaps

   Not so much for the Harry Beck-style interpretation of the Mississippi River System, but for the interesting explanation of the decisions and compromises involved in the exercise. (via Blech)

6. Global Village Construction Set - Open Source Ecology

   Creating the fifty “tools/technologies for building post-scarcity, resilient communities” and open-sourcing the plans. (via Kottke)

7. The difference between the UK, Great Britain, and England [video] - Holy Kaw!

   A very good description of the differences, which was an education to me. I can never remember all of this stuff. (via @tomcoates)

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