2014-05-05 (Monday)
Links
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ntlk’s blog: Chrome obfuscates the URLs, Google benefits
More good words on why a Google Chrome hiding URLs is bad. “Removing the URLs from the browser is an attempt to expand and consolidate centralised power.” (via Stellar)
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Adactio: Journal—URLy warning
Jeremy Keith is, as usual, right. Chrome removing the URL bar makes me much sadder, and a bit angrier, than any UI tweaking should.
Tweets
@FinalBullet @russss …getting a pension, getting decent holiday, in central London, with plenty of resources." Not exactly charity work :)
@FinalBullet @russss Well, yeah. Behind every "we're doing important work" is "and working with nice, clever people, getting paid well…
@FinalBullet @russss But I'm just reading between the lines, having never worked there.
@FinalBullet @russss I'd find dealing with that disconnect difficult myself, but understand completely why people do it. This is the chance.
@FinalBullet @russss Because if you wait for your favourite party to be in power… they might decide to screw it all up even more.
@FinalBullet @russss …and so it would be stupid to not join the non-political civil service and take this opportunity while it exists.
@FinalBullet @russss I *imagine* it's more that this has been a very rare moment when it's possible to do digital stuff the "correct" way…
@matthewward @MarkMellman (I can see the general idea, but it feels overly skewed to make a particular point.)
@matthewward @MarkMellman Looks more like “costs of tech have fallen more than other things” (shock!), esp given the skewing of the y-axis.
Liked tweets
Other forthcoming 80s nostalgia Lego:
Miner's Strike Lego
ICBM Lego
IRA Lego
Tipper Gore Lego
Falklands War Lego
When The Wind Blows Lego