2012-07-10 (Tuesday)
Writing
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Face.com closes its API after Facebook purchase
Face.com announce they’re closing their API only three weeks after saying how they’ll keep supporting their developers.
Comments I've posted on other sites
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Markdown Editing for Sublime Text 2: humble beginning - Brett Terpstra
I might be missing something, as no one else seems to have this problem, but I can’t work out how…
Links
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The physical constraints of London’s streets | As Easy As Riding A Bike
Countering the “London’s streets are two narrow for proper Dutch-style cycling lanes” idea with many, many photos of London’s wide main roads. (via Cyclists in the City)
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Origin of the @reply – Digging through twitter’s history | Anarchogeek
Nice bit of digging. (via Kottke)
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Another Studio - MONUmini Barbican Tower
10cm tall stainless steel sheet model of a Barbican tower.
Tweets
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@hondanhon Shut up about displays Dan! I'm trying to decide if an 8" iPad would go better with my MaBook and iPhone than a 10" iPad!
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@paulpod I expect the UN has an agency specifically focused on eradicating blocky websites from the world's retina screens.
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Had enough of pundits agonising over sizes iPads, whether to design for retina displays, blah blah. I should read people with real problems,
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Me writing about Face.com closing its APIs and ranting a little about tech acquisitions: bit.ly/Ou65fB
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400th check-in at the BRIG. Can't wait for my prize! A medal? A sticker? A piece of whimsical future-retro Internet-connected old tat?
Westminster, England, United Kingdom
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@phl Ah. They don't make it immediately obvious. They should adopt your tweet as a tagline.
Liked tweets
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Sales of the 50 Shades trilogy last week were almost twice as high as the sales of the next bestselling 1,000 paperback novels combined