Links
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Bloggerheads (UK) - Jerry Springer, the BBC, Mediawatch UK, and those f**king c**ts at The Sun
Wonderful deconstruction of the insane rabid Christians’ and tabloids’ mindless campaign. The ironies keep on coming.
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The Linux Consultancy - Technical Information
Two wonderfully clear tutorials on PEAR’s HTML_QuickForm and Smarty (PHP stuff).
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A Decade of Webdesign
Or “A Decade of Bad Webdesign”? Near-illegible text and it’s impossible to tell what is and isn’t a link.
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David Raynes: Workflow 0.5
Movable Type plugin that lets you transfer ownership of an entry. Early days, sounds good so far.
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BBC Radio Streams
Direct links to streams to avoid the rarely-working-in-Mac-Firefox Audio on Demand pop-up.
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LRB | Michael Byers : On Thinning Ice
Good, but thoroughly depressing. We’re going to die. Or our children are.
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Keyboard Trays, Index
Another US place, but with the Back2 Banana Board & Pinnacle Arm at $364.
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Ergoboy: Keyboard Trays
In US, but same model and 1/3 price of Back2. $147-$250.
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Ergonomics Society: resources - products and services links
Would be better if the precious few UK ones were more obvious, but still handy.
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Tall Persons Club GB & Ireland
There’s a club for everyone.
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Ergomart Keyboard Trays
In the US, but lots of specs and a good sell. Up to $189.
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Essex History | Metafilter
My almost-ten-years-old Domesday Witham site got Metafiltered.
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Seb’s Open Research - del.icio.us backlink feeds
And a post about Commentlogging beneath that.
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Photos: Mecha evolution | CNET News.com
The history of giant robot exoskeletons in five easy steps.
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cityofsound: Los Angeles: Grand Theft Reality
Particularly for the deja vu photos of virtual and real LA.
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USATODAY.com - Play is under siege
USA Today advocates adaptively designed toys for kids (if not in so many words).
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BTEfnet.com - www.BTEfnet.net - www.BTEfnet.org (#BT - EFnet) - Torrent Listing for the past 14 days:
Because I keep forgetting the domain name.
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iamcal.com - publish - PHP : Searching with PHP and MySQL
If only all code examples were explained as well (and appeared so solid) as Cal’s.
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MVGroup
Good collection of Bit Torrented documentaries, including ‘Connections’ (you have to register for forums to see the listings).
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Pas/Cal’s cover of Last Christmas
A jolly picture and a free MP3. Merry Christmas!
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blinkx video search
Search TV and radio broadcasts. Works nicely, although clips are a bit short. “Smart Folders” (if you’re on Windows) sound good.
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This Magazine: The Rebel Sell
“If we all hate consumerism, how come we can’t stop shopping?” via haddock
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Access Magazine
“Official magazine of the University of California Transportation Center” available for download twice yearly.
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Soho Theatre - Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
Went last night and it was a lot of fun - on till 23rd December.
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Zach Braff’s Garden State Blog
It has a few flaws, but ‘Garden State’ is crammed with magical bittersweet moments. I didn’t want it to end.