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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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)

  5. 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)

  6. Tiny.swf

    The little analogue clock from the new BBC homepage, all BIG. (via Alan Connor)

  7. GeeKyoto2008 - 17 May 2008

    Just booked my ticket. Clever people getting together at the Conway Hall “to discuss the future and how we’ll live in it.”

  8. Infinity Data Systems | Odysseus

    A successor to Eudora, an alternative to the Thunderbird-based one. Somewhat behind schedule, but one lives in hope.

  9. PhpRtf development blog » About PhpRtf Lite

    Make RTF documents using PHP. Free, LGPL licensed. Guess which PHP to RTF code I’m trying first.

  10. Smart Systems - Created the RTFGen which is a RTF generator for PHP

    Basic version is free, others run to hundreds or thousands of euros.

  11. Make RTF with PHP : PHP -> RTF File Generator : Create MS Word documents with PHP

    $58 US.

  12. The Fell Types - My Revival Fonts

    Fonts derived from late 17th century printing.

  13. FPDF Library - PDF generator

    Another PDF-generating PHP class.

  14. R&OS: pdf class

    For making PDFs using PHP, as used by Dompdf.

  15. Dompdf - The PHP 5 HTML to PDF Converter

    Uses CSS rules to style the PDF output I think (can’t get the demo to work…).

  16. Advanced Course - Spacelab 07/08 - The Fantastical

    Photos from our class in which we made puppets and costumes on the theme of “the abyss”. (I haven’t finished anything for it yet.)

  17. Against go bag silliness « Adam Greenfield’s Speedbird

    I’ve seen a few links fly by about making up emergency “go bags”. Adam Greenfield offers some less excitable advice from experience. (via ChrisDodo)

  18. Redland Green School Overspend - The Report | James Barlow

    Nice deadpan assessment of an apparently poor report into the £6.4 million overspend on construction of a new Bristol school. (via the Bristol Blogger)

  19. Apartment Therapy New York | AT Europe: London Close-up - The Amazing Staircase

    If we ever live somewhere that we can make a new flight of stairs in… (via Boing Boing)

  20. British Association for Performing Arts Medicine | BAPAM: health care for perfoming artists, musicians, dancers, actors

    Specialist treatment for performers, including free health assessment clinics.

  21. Why We Banned Legos - Volume 21 No. 2 - Winter 2006 - Rethinking Schools Online

    Interesting articles on how a class of children played with Lego and how the teachers attempted to help them structure the play fairly. (via Haddock)

  22. Gigantic.com - tickets for gigs, concerts and festivals

    via ChrisDodo who says: “cheaper than the outrageous and shit seetickets”

  23. Time Out London’s Guide to the 50 Best Websites about London, including Blogs, History Sites, Going Out, Shopping and Communities - Features - London - Time Out London

    Pepys’ Diary featured as one of 50 Best Websites About London.

  24. High-Design Bible Draws Attention - WSJ.com

    A brief mention for Pepys’ Diary and a quote from me.

  25. Blogs Without the Links - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog

    More press for Pepys’ Diary.

  26. Oxymoronic ‘Book of Blogs’ | Newsweek Books | Newsweek.com

    Press for Pepys’ Diary.

  27. BBC drops Grange Hill | Media | guardian.co.uk

    Damn. I’ve still been enjoying recent series, and the next one will be the last. I bet you it (and Top of the Pops) will be brought back by future BBC decision makers, like Dr Who was.

  28. SF - RM Williams Boots - Everything You Wanted to Know - Style Forum

    I love this level of obsession about any subject, and this is a fine example.

  29. Breaking Through - New York Times

    Just because I find it interesting what movies make a performer’s reputation, and in some cases makes it harder for them to different roles later. (via Kottke)

  30. How To Spot A Psychopath :: The Six Ugliest Space Lego Sets :: January :: 2008

    Eesh, some nasty things there. Personally I was always dubious about Space Lego that wasn’t blue and grey. (via Blech)