Links from December 2004
- Links for 30 December 2004
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- Seb's Open Research - del.icio.us backlink feeds
- And a post about Commentlogging beneath that.
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- Links for 23 December 2004
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- Photos: Mecha evolution | CNET News.com
- The history of giant robot exoskeletons in five easy steps.
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- Links for 20 December 2004
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- cityofsound: Los Angeles: Grand Theft Reality
- Particularly for the deja vu photos of virtual and real LA.
- USATODAY.com - Play is under siege
- USA Today advocates adaptively designed toys for kids (if not in so many words).
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- Links for 19 December 2004
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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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- Links for 18 December 2004
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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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- Links for 17 December 2004
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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.
- Pas/Cal's cover of Last Christmas
- A jolly picture and a free MP3. Merry Christmas!
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- Links for 16 December 2004
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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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- Links for 15 December 2004
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- Soho Theatre - Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
- Went last night and it was a lot of fun - on till 23rd December.
- Access Magazine
- “Official magazine of the University of California Transportation Center” available for download twice yearly.
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- Links for 14 December 2004
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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.
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- Links for 12 December 2004
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- torrent.hackz.nl
- Never be stuck for a torrent again.
- Computers > Movable Type > Making A Dynamic Upload Directory
- Involves hacking the perl, but could be handy at some point.
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- Links for 10 December 2004
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- [css-d] Font size inheritance
- So that when, yet again, I forget how to fix IE5's inability to inherit font sizes into table cells, I can find the answer.
- Sparkly Trainers | The travels of Mary Loosemore: Napoleon Dynamite - the movie
- What she said. It's not funny, it's embarrassing in a smug “I'm cool, look at those retro losers” Guardian Guide kind of way.
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- Links for 9 December 2004
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- Rodcorp: How we work: Ricardo Semler and Semco, entrepreneur
- Intriguing snippets about Semco's determine-your-own-salary, all-meetings-voluntary style practices.
- List-based CSS / JavaScript menus
- What it says. Seems to work in most browsers you'd care about, and degrades nicely in others.
- Tech Report: HPL-2004-216: How and Why People Use Camera Phones
- If I link to it maybe I can get away without reading it?
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- Links for 8 December 2004
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- Del.icio.us/philgyford/top
- My new 'top' tag for all the links that might conceivably be of interest to other people, ignoring the dull stuff bookmarked for me.
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- Links for 7 December 2004
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- Rodcorp: How we work
- Fascinating collection of snippets about different people's work habits.
- Poynter Online - How I Wrote The Sopranos: Deconstructing the Stories Behind the Bada-Bing
- Summary of David Chase and team's process for creating the nested stories and arcs.
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- Links for 4 December 2004
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- Extisp.icio.us - philgyford
- What my tags look like.
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- Links for 2 December 2004
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- Microsoft's Netscan generates maps of Usenet group activity
- Posted ages ago, the date got mangled on import.
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- Links for 1 December 2004
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- Tim's Bandwagon: Bumping into Bodoni Mutant in Budapest
- Tim spots one of his fonts in the wild, years after releasing it on the net.
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