Links from November 2007

Links for Thursday 29 November 2007
DebugBar - IE extension for web developer : DOM inspector, Javascript debugger, HTTP headers viewer, Cookies viewer
Looks handy for those times one has to painfully test things in Internet Explorer. (via Simon Willison)
Greyworld
Lots of lovely public art projects. No, really, public art that's fun and interesting! (via Haddock)
The new BBC homepage on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Lots of people commenting on one third of a design seen in a photo. So we haven't got past that "design is what it looks like" phase after all then, eh? Bah. (via Haddock)
Leslie Harpold | 43 Folders
"What Would Leslie Do" has been a handy mantra for me in awkward situations this past year. Many wise words here. (via Haddock)
Flickr: mills70's photos tagged with rickstones
I'm enjoying Ted's photos from our school in the 1980s. Fashions were strange weren't they.
IT Conversations: Gardner Campbell
My Pepys' Diary website is mentioned in glowing terms part way through this podcast by Jon Udell about education weblogs. Which is nice.
The Backlot (Watchmen)
I was trying not to get my hopes up about the movie, but then I saw this and I'm getting very, very excited. Hopefully this won't all end in tears.

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Links for Saturday 24 November 2007
Danny O'Brien's Oblomovka - Celebrating ORG's Second Birthday
The Open Rights Group is doing fantastic things for the UK online world. I joined when they started and if you join now the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust will match your contribution. Go!
Graphpaper.com - What I Learned in Art School (Is it Design Thinking?)
A list of skills learned in art school that aren't hands-on crafting skills. These are the best things about such places I think (via Purse Lip Square Jaw via Rodcorp)
A List Apart: Articles: Understanding Web Design
Zeldman on how too few people understand what web design is. Hence dumb flashy sites winning web design awards. (via Infovore)
Adam Curtis: The TV elite has lost the plot | The Register
'Power of Nightmares' etc creator on the BBC and other media being scared, the faults of blogs, user-generated content. "It's a time of great technical invention but it's a time of [artistic] stagnation."
Ben Goldacre: Now for ID cards - and the biometric blues | Comment is free | The Guardian
Can we all club together and buy Ben Goldacre an award for services to common sense or something? He's been on fire this year.
Journal.nonesuch.com: Nonesuch to Release Music from Five Years of "The Wire"
Sounds good… and only six weeks to go until the fifth season begins.
Indiepop Radio
Fantastic. "Indie songs with proper tunes and proper lyrics: Indiepop, Sarah Records, Brit-Pop, Shoegaze, Twee…" Streaming radio and a podcast.
VectorMagic
Nice, free web-based bitmap to vector graphic convertor. (via Ted Mills)

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Links for Saturday 17 November 2007
Room Thirteen - Where Music Rocks - Marseille Figs - The Dirty Canon
Good review for Dorian and co's new album, which is very fine.
Marseille Figs
Much much more on the band.
Dashing Tweeds » Tailored Outfits - Cycle Suit
Splendid cycling tweed outfits with reflective thread and Teflon coating. Splendid. (via Haddock)
Soundtrack To War
Good 90 minute documentary on what music US troops in Iraq, and Iraqis, listen to and make. Mostly: white troops listen to metal, black troops to rap.
Under the Radar - Miki Berenyi
Nice down-to-earth interview with the Lush lead singer. Reading about ex-pop stars having normal lives is odd. (via Blackbeltjones)
How to run Greasemonkey scripts in Safari - Simplehelp
Handy, works with Password Composer. Keep trying to switch to Safari but end up going back to Firefox for all the extras.

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Links for Saturday 10 November 2007
NUJ Freelance Fees Guide: Photography - Books - rates
Handy guide to examples of rates for use of photography. (via Haddock)
The RoundCube Webmail Project
Nice looking, free, open source web-based IMAP email client.
Interview: Phil Gyford | Wordsy
A half-hour interview with me about Pepys' Diary, in mp3.

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Links for Monday 5 November 2007
Best Literature Blog - The 2007 Weblog Awards
Please vote for Pepys' Diary, currently in second place. We need your vote! Vote early and often (yes you can vote once every 24 hours). Thanks!
Johnaugust.com » The Hollywood Standard
Recommendation of a book about the technical aspects of writing a film script, how to lay it out, etc. With a few caveats.
Russell davies: buffy - in our own time
Fantastic 'In Our Time' style mp3 discussing 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'. Made me want to go and watch it all over again.
spEak You’re bRanes
Amazing but depressing selection of comments left on the BBC 'Have Your Say' site. cf Mitchell & Webb's "You may not know anything about the issue, but I bet you reckon something." (via Ben Hammersley)
Outbound Cargos - Mens Trousers
Winner of the inaugural Phil Gyford Best New Trouser of the Year Competition. I'm very, very picky about trousers, but these are comfortable, long enough, look fine and, best of all, have superb pocketage.
YouTube - What's He Building?
Excellent Tom Waits track. I love the (spoken) lyrics and the video lives up to them. (via Haddock)

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Links for Thursday 1 November 2007
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert | Excerpt
"Most of us spend our lives steering ourselves toward the best of all possible futures, only to find that tomorrow rarely turns out as we had presumed." "Happiness is not really what or where we thought it was." (via Haddock)
ScienceDirect - Journal of Vocational Behavior : The role of chance events in career decision making
"Chance events were reported as influencing the career decisions of 69.1% of the sample." (via Haddock)
PsyBlog: Why Career Planning Is Time Wasted
The group who chose their sandwiches for the week in advance "are significantly less happy with their choices than the group who chose their sandwiches on the day." (via Haddock)
Amazon.co.uk: What Do I Do When I Want to Do Everything?: A Revolutionary Programme for Doing Everything That You Love: Books: Barbara Sher
The idea of self-help books makes me cringe, but this does sound intriguing… (via Oliver Burkeman in the Guardian)
Amazon.co.uk: One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success: Books: Marci Alboher
Also sounds cringeworthy (like most self-help books) but possibly ideal. (via Oliver Burkeman in the Guardian)

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