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Links for Friday 6 November 2009

Papercraft Self Portrait - Art Portfolio for Eric Testroete: This looks wonderful.
Why do we have an IMG element? [dive into mark]: The history of the image element in HTML. A great bit of documenting internet history. (via Waxy)
BLDGBLOG: One Million Years of Isolation: An Interview with Abraham Van Luik: On planning nuclear waste disposal, designed to be stable and safe for one million years. Longest-term futures work ever?
Flogr - Project Hosting on Google Code: Looks like a nice way to make a portfolio site from your photos stored on Flickr. Example: http://thecarruthfamily.com/michael/photos/ (via Infovore)

Photos taken 6 Nov 2009

10:49am: Wonderful! Someone's created @MrsSamuelPepys, @MaidJaneBirch, @WaynemanBirch, @MrPembleton. If you follow @SamuelPepys, follow them too. #ff
03:54pm: @annie_m I know exactly what you mean, but I promise @samuelpepys's tweets are all authentic! A little trimming to fit 140 characters aside.
03:54pm: @hellomatty Is it a full moon again? Be careful!
04:41pm: I'M David Smith! #davidsmith
11:39pm: Waiting for the "They're not pillows!" moment before going to bed.

New London Review of Books website: I did much of the HTML/CSS for the newly-relaunched LRB website.
Misfits: The “Misfits Online Experience” has just launched, with all code by me for Six To Start.