Links from June 2008 (Phil Gyford: Links)

Links for Sunday 29 June 2008

Amazon.com: "Revolutions and State Collapse": I love this Listmania list, especially the first part of it with comments. Saw it ages ago but didn't save it at the time.
285 - London’s Lost Rivers « Strange Maps: Idea for public art project: Brass markings on roads, pavements, buildings, etc. that mark the path of the rivers that are now hidden. (via Ted Mills)
Bottle Tracker - Baby Tracker Software by Trixie Tracker: Anything this obsessive makes me feel much more relaxed about my levels of personal quantification. (via Kevin Kelly)
Phpmyfamily::home: Allows people to collaborate on researching their family's genealogy. Nice idea, but looks pretty ugly and confusing.
Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds: Lets you create tag clouds that are much more lovely than the usual. (via Blackbelt Jones)
Slides: Professional Frontend Engineering | Nate Koechley's Blog: A presentation that nicely describes a role that is close to some of what I do. Interesting to see new (in a larger scale) roles become identified and solidified. (via Infovore)
MagCloud: Self-publishing, publish-on-demand magazines. Send a PDF, and they handle printing, delivery, subscriptions, etc. Seems such an obvious idea now Derek Powazek and co have done this. (via Daring Fireball)

Links for Wednesday 25 June 2008

Click opera - Fixated on the fixie: Momus on fixed gear bikes. (via blackbeltjones)
24 ways: Tracking Christmas Cheer with Google Charts: A good guide on how to use Google Charts. (via Simon Willison)
MuxFind: Search for Muxtapes: Finds muxtapes (online playlists) similar to artists or other muxtapes you like. (via Haddock)
Drivers of Change: A thing from Arup that would be directly up the street of me eight years ago. And maybe sometime in the future. (via City of Sound)
Daytrotter | A Constant Reminder That People Burn And So Does Time | The Mountain Goats: MP3s of four newish songs recorded specially for this site by the Mountain Goats. Lovely lovely.
Displacements – today and tomorrow: Very nice video / installation art thing, worth a look. (via Kottke)
Goings On: Online Only: The New Yorker: Syndey Pollack looked for "the ache" in stories. "It is the ache of having one chance at deep love in a lifetime of shallow loves, and losing it too early." Yes, that's it exactly. (via Daring Fireball)

Links from June 2008