Writing tagged Misc
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Pre-client spam filtering
After trying the very nice Knowspam.net I’m left uneasy by the whole idea of challenge and response spam filtering.
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Open mapping
Some folk in a German city have generated a set of freely-available mapping data, because authorities in Europe don’t release such information.
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Essex signposts and milestones
A great site of photos of signposts and milestones around Essex. No, it’s interesting.
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T610 dimness
The Sony Ericsson T610 is indeed lovely, but that review was right about the dim screen.
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Doonesbury via RSS
I made an RSS file that links to this week’s ‘Doonesbury’ strips.
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Freelance charging
How much does a freelancer need to charge to equal certain full-time annual salaries?
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Birkenstock
The Guardian’s lack of research, Birkenstock’s new range of shoes, and my fashion dilemmas.
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Domestic geeks
There is an emerging tradition of geeks analysing how to perform certain domestic tasks with the most efficiency.
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The Mapmakers
I just finished reading The Mapmakers (Amazon US, UK) by John Noble Wilford which was wonderful.…
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The Believer
McSweeney’s new mag can now be shipped outside North America. Hurrah.
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Life as a 19th century fire-eater
Part of Henry Mayhew’s interview with a street fire-eater is fascinating, but not for the weak of stomach.
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We’re all reporters now
Webloggers should respect “off the record” briefings… just as companies should be aware their employees might be well-read webloggers.
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Smoke: A London Peculiar
Issue one of a low-key and enthusiastic little zine about London.
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Social sausages
Social software and social capital at The Wonk Foundation; cocktail sausages; Microsoft missing the point; getting bored at talks; and how men in suits rarely live up to TV’s portrayal.
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Buy comics NOW!
Fantagraphics need you to buy some comics to help them out of a nasty hole…
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Especially lovely Richard Herring thing
“I wondered how many thirty-something overweight men were spending this glorious bank holiday night eating unpleasant, artery clogging fried food, before returning to their flats alone. I thought it was probably 29.”
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The all@ rite of passage
The journey from fun start-up to grown-up company is marked by one obvious rite of passage: the taming of the company-wide mailing list. Getting rid of the jokes and amusing URLs may be inevitable, but handle it wrongly and you’re in trouble…
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Walton from the air
Aerial photos of Walton-on-the-Naze and the town’s beautiful backwater.
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Haddock Blogs problem
Sorry about the flood of Live Journal entries — they seem to have changed all their URLs. Hopefully it’ll be OK from now on.
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London tours
You can do tours of the old hotel at St Pancras and the Freemasons’ Grand Lodge in Covent Garden.
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Tax-efficient giving
How to maximise your charitable donations for the benefit of both you and the charities.
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Ethical ISAs
Options for saving money that aren’t going to make the world even worse than it already is.
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Happy birthday Wired
Wired is ten years old. Gary Wolf writes about what things were like ten years ago. But nothing in…
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Big bag of words
A guide to talking like a gamer, an online language journal, and a language weblog.
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Road geeks
Celebrating geekery in an unexpected area… Chris’s British Road Directory.