Links from April 2007

Links for Saturday 7 April 2007
No one belongs here more than you. Stories by Miranda July
Wonderful site that shows breaking all the rules can work if you do it with a flourish. (via Daring Fireball)
Noisy Decent Graphics: Interesting 2007
Fantastic ideas for doing all the supporting graphic/ product/ identity design around the Interesting 2007 mini conference. Lots of re-use of materials, very nice. (via Blackbeltjones)
Bible Study for Atheists
A chapter of the Bible per weblog entry, with commentary. Wish I'd heard about this when it started, as I'd like to know more of the Bible.
What do you do when your success ... sucks? (Skrentablog)
A look at how Topix worked out why the site didn't work and what they did about it. (via Haddock)
Kelvinluck.com: jQuery date picker
I've been dabbling with jQuery and this plugin makes doing just what I wanted as easy as it could be.
Good dim sum in London? | Ask MetaFilter
Lots of places I've never heard of (which isn't surprising). (via ChrisDodo)
Swobo Bikes - Otis
Currently fancying this bike a lot. But it's only mail order from the US. And maybe I'd prefer a more upright, old-fashioned bike. (via Haddock)

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Links for Friday 20 April 2007
São Paulo No Logo - a photoset on Flickr
Advertising on large outdoor hoardings has been banned. When I rule the world this will happen in London. Oh, and everywhere else, seeing as I'll rule the world. (via Haddock)
BBC Motion Gallery - Home Page
Very handy for finding clips of animals moving for thespian research purposes. And probably other things.
Launch (Ftrain.com)
Paul Ford, excellent on the inevitable public responses to a site launch and one's reaction to them.
BBC On This Day | 24 | 1956: Plans unveiled for homes in Barbican
Wonderful video from 1956 showing the site now occupied by the Barbican, and a gentleman demonstrating an incomprehensible perspex model of an early plan.
Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes - Proper English Title Capitalization
Fantastic. A script for anyone who, like me, gets annoyed by the American Tendency To Capitalise Every Word In A Track's Title And Album Name.
Building - 4861 - Milton Court - London
Current plan: destroy unique building (even if its beauty is debatable) and replace with dull glass tower. At least it's residential and Guildhall School rooms, but still, it hugely annoys me.
This time, only world class will do - Building Design
"If Milton Court on the Barbican Estate must go, its replacement has to be much, much better." Current plans are very dull and, worse, destroy the current walkway link to the Barbican and surrounding buildings.
Will-self.com » Blog Archive » Will Self's Writing Room - A 360 Degree View In 71 Photos
More photos of Will Self's room. I'd like to see the "Hockney-esque fractured portrait of the room".
Writers' rooms: Will Self | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Books
I love this series. As someone else said, they've mostly looked like typical taken-over spare rooms. Comfortable. Almost not like work rooms. Self's is reassuringly different.
Stewartlee.co.uk - reviews and writing - English Hecklers in New Zealand - May 2005
"In the 90s, Baddiel and Skinner let the thugs have our comedy. And then Oasis and The Happy Mondays let the thugs have our music. Now there are lads at indie rock gigs and lads at comedy. Where is our space? What belongs to us?" (via Oblinks)
House of Commons, Journal | British History Online
Going back to 1547 (and House of Lords), could be handy for Pepys. But, annoyingly, very un-guessable URLs for the daily archives. Hmm.

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