January 2012
Started reading Manhood for Amateurs by Michael... →
Ooh the Government has invented iStockPhoto! Gosh aren’t they clever! /facepalm #today
Science and Tech Ads - a set on Flickr →
See the northern lights. Own a house. Do another drawing I’m proud of. Just, you know, in general, not specifically next year.
December 2011
Jamie xx Essential Mix by Young Turks on... →
Loved track: Jamie xx Essential Mix by Young Turks
Adding iCal events and TaskPaper tasks to the... →
After installing Geektool, I added the following elements to my desktop : the time and date
the current weather
some system information
a list of upcoming events and tasks
To show the upcoming iCal…
“to create “content,” as in the collectively generated link website Digg.”
– Highlighted by Kim Plowright in You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier
“as many have suggested, during the administration of George W. Bush.”
– Highlighted by Kim Plowright in You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier
“There’s a piece about new Neolithic finds made further up the coast. Someone has...”
– Highlighted by Kim Plowright in Keeper by Andrea Gillies
“I want to see it in print, that we are approaching the beginning of the final...”
– Highlighted by Kim Plowright in Keeper by Andrea Gillies
“I must do something. I must do something about this. I must restrain myself from...”
– Highlighted by Kim Plowright in Keeper by Andrea Gillies
“is the brain’s petrol, and brain glucose levels plummet in Alzheimer’s;”
– Highlighted by Kim Plowright in Keeper by Andrea Gillies
“Recently researchers have pinpointed the entorhinal cortex, which feeds into the...”
– Highlighted by Kim Plowright in Keeper by Andrea Gillies
“The short-term memory is shot. The long-term memory is failing, but parts of it...”
– Highlighted by Kim Plowright in Keeper by Andrea Gillies
“The legitimate use of anti-psychotics may be useful for particular problems in...”
– Highlighted by Kim Plowright in Keeper by Andrea Gillies
BBC - Food - Recipes : Braised duck with peas →
Braised duck with peas
This hearty dish is a delicious way to cook duck for a wintry day. Serve with boiled potatoes to soak up the sauce.
Ingredients
2 x 1.35kg/3lb ducks and giblets
1 litre/1¾…
Oh, space *laboratory*, not space lavatory. Shatner’s clipped diction confused me, there.
TIL That I can hear my own eyelids. http://t.co/yNGphGsc
“Lay All Your Love On Me” by ABBA is my new jam. Listen: http://t.co/49QyQ72j #thisismyjam
I am at an office party. People are dancing to Salt’n’Peppa. Earlier, I helped an actor with a dislocated shoulder. Life is quite confusing.
Human Artificial Vision. Prosthesis for the blind.... →
Tactile Feedback
My five big data predictions for 2012: DATUM, DATUM, DATUM, DATUM and DATUM.
Just got my Christmas art: by and from @lottiephoto It has a BEAR. This is exciting! Squeak! http://t.co/KztY8mfU
How to evaluate a content management system » Step... →
Sometimes, your television might lie to you.
Roger Moore in emerald green tights. Mother of *god* I wasn’t expecting that.
Cowbird · About →
Cowbird is a simple tool for telling stories
and a public library of human experience.
We are a small community of storytellers, interested in telling deeper, longer-lasting, more nourishing stories…
I didn’t realise I had this album until my phone played it at me. My two favourite Jazz men on the same track. http://t.co/HwwRmTXA
pinterest.api.php - Laughing Meme →
Homebrew API for pinterest.
1oz8d @jim68000 http://t.co/gNeNJgcV
Styleguide — Paul Robert Lloyd →
Brilliant. Oh god, such pretty code.
RT @jim68000: Favourite picture of all time: http://t.co/HPFQYrHO < OMG @mugla look it’s #tttmea
Untitled →
Favourite: @holgate: We miss you, Leslie.
Holy cow, @oscarwilde has over 10k followers. I better start updating more often…
python-ws-discovery - ws-discovery implementation... →
A cross platform Python implementation of WS-Discovery as described in the specification draft at http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/04/discovery/. WS-Discovery is used as a web services discovery…
Abandoned reading Zero History by Gibson, William →
Just couldn’t get in to this one. First time that’s happened with Gibson.
Finished reading HELP!: How to Become Slightly... →
Good - gently amusing, with some nice practical stuff in it. Fairly obviously an expansion on newspaper columns though, rather than a stand alone project.
Finished reading Whoops!: Why everyone owes... →
Finished 6 Dec 11. Amazing book, has made me properly think about the financial crisis. The concept of ‘Socialism for the Rich’ was the thing that made me understand how broken the financial crisis is.
Finished reading The Happiness Project: Or, Why I... →
Made me mostly want to punch people.
Finished reading Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks →
I liked the tiny Hippo people best.
Finished reading How To Be a Woman by Caitlin... →
Interested that Feminism is now a thing in pop culture again. Also, really like the idea of reframing Feminism / Mysogyny as a basic expectation of politeness.
Also, very funny.
Mouse release: achievement unlocked. http://t.co/NFwQcsJj
[this is aaronland] "everyone was looking at a... →
It could maneuver so fast and hard that its pilots blacked out.â
the difference between a computer and a robot is the formerâs lack of effectors to change the world around it.
The major problem…
Wow. The ‘ribbon’ in the PC version of MS Office 07 is mental-model-breaking to the point of making me want to cry. Where IS everything?