Links
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The Perfumed Garden
I’ve been very much enjoying this weblog that posts Peel Session MP3s (there’s a long list in the sidebar under ‘Active Sessions’).
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CD/Album Cover Art Search
Might be useful at some point in the future, like so many things. (via Meish)
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Index to Poetry by Title
Lots of Rilke’s poems. Might be handy when I need some poetry for college classes. (via Ben Hammersley)
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Chez pim: Pad Thai for beginners
Sounds tasty and feasible. (via MegP)
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A Low Impact Woodland Home
The houses are a bit cutesy for my liking, but working on them (or something similarly self-buildy) over the summer would be interesting. If, you know, one didn’t have to work.
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Review: iDefrag for OS X - PaulStamatiou.com
Raves for a disk defragging tool for Macs, and discussion about the fact it is needed despite what many think.
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53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without | Smashing Magazine
Handy to have so many in one place. (via Daring Fireball)
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The Stage | Newsblog | The play(wright)’s the thing….
About group-devised theatre vs theatre written by a playwright, which made some things floating in my head solidify a bit. (Plus my comment beneath it.)
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Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime components
Makes QuickTime work with all the video formats you’re actually likely to use. Free. (via Haddock)
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Correo - a new mail client for OS X
Thunderbird-based email client from the people who do Camino. (via Blech)
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EO Newsroom: New Images - San Francisco Skyline
Fantastic aerial photo, especially if you view the full image. Not that I’m envious of so many people I know moving there or anything, oh no. (via Pulse Laser)
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WWOOF (UK)
World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms in the UK.
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WWOOF Independents - home page
World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms for people who want to volunteer for a “holiday”.
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Trevorlittle.com - nyc photos » Power Washing 188 Suffolk St.
Wow. Shows how dirty some New York buildings have become over the years. The difference is incredible. (via Kottke)
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YouTube - Silent Star Wars
Beautifully done. Makes me unsuitably happy. (via Boing Boing)
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Zf-twitter - Google Code
Tim’s PHP class for reading Twitter data. Uses the Zend Framework.
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Telegraph | News | London-on-Sea: the future of a city in decay
Map of how much of London may flood. Run for the hills. (via Haddock)
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Isabelkate: long time no write
Descriptions of my LISPA teachers by Isabel who’s in the afternoon group. Probably more enthusiastic than I’d be, but isn’t that always the case.
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John Sentamu: Face to faith | Guardian daily comment | Guardian Unlimited
The Archbishop of York on how ethics are not the same as feelings, law, social norms or religion, and how ethics in business are important. Also, I hadn’t noticed comments on Guardian articles before (in tiny tiny text).
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How to Backup Your DVD Movies
Excellent screencast on how to back up DVDs on your Mac. (via Daring Fireball)
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Xmas card shoot :o) - a photoset on Flickr
Sam’s very good and scary Christmas photos.
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YouTube - A Charlie Brown Christmas (full length)
Joy! I love the internet and I now feel Christmassy. And I think Charlie Brown grows up to become Jon Ronson.
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Interviewing the man behind The Wire. - By Meghan O’Rourke - Slate Magazine
Interesting interview. Sees the show “as a 66-hour movie” and “a Greek tragedy, but instead of the gods being petulant and jealous Olympians hurling lightning bolts down at our protagonists, it’s the Postmodern institutions that are the gods” (via Kottke)
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ColourLovers Coup.0 :: Colour Lovers
Odd but interesting and useful site for sharing colour palettes, marred only by over-busy design and annoying Flash. (via Haddock)
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Writers Dreamtools - Decades - 1650
Guide to what was happening in different fields in consecutive decades through history. Good if you ignore that knowledge changes with geography and social position. (via Kottke)
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MemoryMiner - Digital Storytelling Software - Downloads
Really nice Mac application for organising photos from your past around people and places. (via Haddock)
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Running Movable Type 3.3 with LightTPD and FastCGI (Tapirtype Blog)
Detailed instructions for doing this on TextDrive hosting.
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FLV Online Converter - vixy.net
Free online Flash video converter, can convert YouTube videos into something usable. (via Daring Fireball)
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The Taiyo Yuden FAQ - Blank Media - Club CD Freaks
How to identify which CDs/DVDs were made by Taiyo Yuden. (via Daring Fireball)
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How To Choose CD/DVD Archival Media » Ad Terras Per Aspera
Use DVD+R discs manufactured by Taiyo Yuden, if you can identify it. (via Daring Fireball)