Links from January 2004

Links for 31 January 2004
Handy tips for choosing contents insurance and claiming on it

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Links for 30 January 2004
After 2,000 myDoom emails so far this week, Knowspam's looking awfully tempting again

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Links for 28 January 2004
Accessible National Rail Enquiries!
From Matthew Somerville, who also brought you accessible Odeon.

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Links for 27 January 2004
Fascinating (and long) undercover US car salesman tale

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Links for 26 January 2004
Zoom in on zip codes (try 77058 (where I used to live) or 90210)

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Links for 25 January 2004
Interesting Guardian history of the New York Review of Books and its editor
That guy who sold loads of travel books near Waterloo Station and in the City actually stole them all!
(Scroll down to above 'The micro chart')
The Barbican's waste disposal system in great detail
“Making public the intimately personal is a revolutionary act”

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Links for 23 January 2004
Awesomely detailed site about the Barbican as a place to live
Collection of 1950s-70s artists' impressions of the Barbican
Forum for residents of the Barbican

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Links for 21 January 2004
For three quid my life's that tiny bit better
Portsmouth's Tricorn Centre will be demolished in March
Looks like it was built by Blakes 7 modelmakers. In a good(ish) way.

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Links for 20 January 2004
Free list mapping postcode areas to latitude/longitude
My postcode <--> latitude/longitude convertor still works

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Links for 19 January 2004
The most recent 'Archive Hour' on Radio 4 was a good one about the history of the Post Office

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Links for 15 January 2004
A List Apart on 'faux columns' in CSS. I was hoping for a magical solution. Instead: well, duh!

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Links for 14 January 2004
I nearly forgot: I'm a
Oooh, 'Mapping the Metropolis' exhibition of historical London maps until Feb 28

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Links for 9 January 2004
It's the last day for 'Early Bird' prices for Emerging Tech

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Links for 6 January 2004
Who reads your RSS feed? Better than nothing.

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Links for 5 January 2004
Simon Hoggart on Christmas circular letters

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