Writing tagged Misc
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Haddock Blogs feeds are back
The Haddock Blogs RSS feeds disappeared for a bit. They’re back now.
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Ghostly fingers of APIs
I created a graphic showing all the bits of my online life that update each other.
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Showing them one tiny corner
More on the stock market graphs, and working out how to improve them.
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Graphs that lie
Annoyed by stock market graphs whose y-axes don’t start at zero, and correcting them.
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Head of the tiny pack
On the death of David Foster Wallace.
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Way too jaded
My thoughts on dConstruct 2008, whose talks left me underwhelmed.
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View past days on Haddock Blogs
Haddock Blogs was broken for a bit, but as compensation you can now browse to older days of posts.
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Rush hour on the Barley Highway
Last year I bought a fixed-gear bike. Here’s what I think of it. But I’m also wondering why Parisians have a much more relaxed cycling culture.
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Stop and go “Huh?”
An idea by Russell Davies, and the hostile reactions to it, reminded me of how contextless so much writing is online.
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More Twitter angst
My tweets are now public again, the lesser of two evils I think.
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Haddock Blogs changes
A summary of the recent changes to the Haddock Blogs site and feeds.
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I’m not bugging your phone
I’ve made my Twitters private and this has meant that some people I know can no longer read them. Sorry.
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Bottom of a locked filing cabinet
More fun with BT Yahoo! attempts at helping people who can’t send email through their service.
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Beware of the Leopard
The struggle we went through trying to resolve an issue with BT (and their associated brands) and their SMTP server settings.
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Personal University
The Personal MBA reading list has got me all excited.
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Optimism and creativity
I’ve been wondering whether being optimistic helps creativity. I compare Modernism, 1960s Californian music, and 1970s New York music.
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The Haddock Directory is now closed
The Haddock Directory is closing after nearly a decade of daily links.
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My year in email
Looking at statistics generated by Eudora for my email usage.
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Some of Leslie’s ambitions
An email Leslie Harpold wrote in response to the question “What do you really want to do which is completely removed from your job?”
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What percentage of restaurants fail after one year?
Investigating the frequent claim that 90% of restaurants fail in the first year.
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This is on the new server
If you can read this, you’re looking at the site on the new server. Hopefully it’s no…
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Moving servers
Rather than spend this sunny day without work sitting outside, I’m in the process of moving…
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Captionless exhibitions
I’ve been getting frustrated by exhibitions that don’t have any descriptions for their exhibits.
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HotWired demo site from 1995
A demo version of the HotWired website from 1995.
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Wanted: A walking map of London for Palm OS
The map application I used on my old Palm Vx doesn’t work on my new Treo. I miss its walking directions and can’t find a more modern replacement.