Links from December 2004

Links for 30 December 2004
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
Extisp.icio.us - philgyford
What my tags look like.

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Links for 2 December 2004
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
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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