2010-07-09 (Friday)
Writing
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Week 368
Getting on top of things.
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Publishing with old dates in Movable Type
What I did to make the Pepys’ Diary website work with 343-year-old dates in Movable Type.
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Pirate economics
The pay differentials of 18th century pirates.
Photos
Links
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IanVisits » London Underground’s “secret” tube station
A fake tube station used for training staff in an office block. (via @jameswallis)
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Paul Morley: Perhaps I’ll finally give Glastonbury a go | Music | The Observer
Not that I want to reduce Morley to a music-list-making-machine, but I keep meaning to listen to some of the current music he listed here last month, as I’m so out of touch.
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How to build a web widget (using jQuery) - Alex Marandon
Good, clearly written, tutorial on writing a widget that will be included on third party websites. (via Dotcode)
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The Ultimate Carrot Cake with Mascarpone, Fromage Frais and Cinnamon Icing - Sweet - Recipes - from Delia Online
I made this a couple of weeks ago and it was indeed Ultimate. Recommended.
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You were doing it wrong | Ask MetaFilter
All the bits about pronouncing words wrong get a bit tiresome, but there’s some other fun stuff that people did wrong for years without realising. (via Waxy)
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LRB · Stephen Sedley · Enemies of All Mankind
For the bit about pirates, the old fashioned kind, and their equitable pay scales.
Tweets
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Talking people on the train are even more distracting and annoying when you realise they're almost exactly the same as you.
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@synx508 Awww, but it's quite sweet to get a chunk of 20th century delivered every year.
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Replaced one old, still wrapped Yellow Pages with a newer, smaller, wrapped Yellow Pages. They are simply memories of how we used to live.
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Breakfast, Pepys, new office fans, Chart Hits 83, bloggage, ticking things off. Time for the weekend.
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We've got the washing up situation sorted, but someone MIS-SHELVED A BOOK! Chaos, anarchy and revolution rule in #BRIG.
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@dorianmoore But when (if) the code finally works, all is good. Phew.