Saturday, January 31, 2004

Keeping your blog secret 

A blog about blogging - article here is about keeping your blog secret - and why.
so this is mass communication?

Excel fun and games 

Excel fun and games

ban comic sans :: Putting the Sans in Comic Sans 

As well as promoting the REDUCED use of this font it has links to the Comic Sans Appreciation Society and the Illustrated History of Comic Sans.

ban comic sans :: Putting the Sans in Comic Sans

J-Walk Blog:? Scrabble Solitaire 

J-Walk Blog:? Scrabble Solitaire

Friday, January 30, 2004

J-Walk Blog:? Ambigrams 

an ambigram is a word that's written in such a way that it reads the same when it's upside down

J-Walk Blog:? Ambigrams

Miss Europe contests 

Details and pix of Miss Europe contests from 1948 to current.

Miss Europe

Thursday, January 29, 2004

Neave Games ...Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Tetris, Asteroids and more 

Excellent little site with some CLASSIC (in the proper sense) games to download. Have tried Space Invaders and Asteriods, both very true to the originals.

Remember and go back again.

Neave Games ...Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Tetris, Asteroids and more

Slashdot | Ctrl-Alt-Del Inventor To Retire From IBM 

Slashdot | Ctrl-Alt-Del Inventor To Retire From IBM

Wednesday, January 28, 2004

BBC NEWS | Technology | E-mail to art gallery in an instant 

Hype Gallery online. Quite nice way to show exhibits and to get contributions from readers.

BBC NEWS | Technology | E-mail to art gallery in an instant

Tuesday, January 27, 2004

Slashdot | Worst Cars Of All Time Rated 

Slashdot | Worst Cars Of All Time Rated

J-Walk Blog:  Murphy's Other Laws 

J-Walk Blog:  Murphy's Other Laws

Monday, January 26, 2004

J-Walk Blog:? Paper Toys 

Links to good site with lots of downloadable and printable sheets. Look quite easy to do as well - NOT like origami.

J-Walk Blog:? Paper Toys

Sunday, January 25, 2004

Boing Boing: if IKEA was a video game 

Some thoughts on going shopping at the Swedish furniture store.

Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things: if IKEA was a video game

Slashdot | Han Solo in Lego Carbonite 

Slashdot | Han Solo in Lego Carbonite

Web2Mail to the rescue 

A useful service it seems.

Web2Mail to the rescue

Saturday, January 24, 2004

Mars Rover Blog 

Spoof of a blog.

Mars Rover Blog

Friday, January 23, 2004

Slashdot | Forgotten Electronics of the 70s and 80s 

Slashdot | Forgotten Electronics of the 70s and 80s

Badger Badger Badger 

Flash site.

Badger Badger Badger

J-Walk Blog:  Lists From Timothy McSweeney 

J-Walk Blog:  Lists From Timothy McSweeney

J-Walk Blog:? Drive Him Insane 

J-Walk Blog:? Drive Him Insane

Thursday, January 22, 2004

Two Beeb items about brainpower 

BBC NEWS | Health | Sleep 'can increase brain power'

BBC NEWS | Health | Juggling 'can boost brain power'

Wednesday, January 21, 2004

J-Walk Blog:  MusicPlasma 

J-Walk Blog:  MusicPlasma

Slashdot | Cell Phone Is The Most Hated Invention 

Slashdot | Cell Phone Is The Most Hated Invention

Slashdot | Spotlight On Windows-Powered Gadgets And Gizmos 

Slashdot | Spotlight On Windows-Powered Gadgets And Gizmos

J-Walk Blog:? Modern Cars That Never Made It 

J-Walk Blog:? Modern Cars That Never Made It

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Slashdot | Shrinking the PC is a Zen Thing 

Links to review of Shuttle's new 'Zen' sff system.

Slashdot | Shrinking the PC is a Zen Thing

J-Walk Blog:? Desktop Calendars 

J-Walk Blog:? Desktop Calendars

Monday, January 19, 2004

J-Walk Blog:? Math And Physics Applets 

J-Walk Blog:? Math And Physics Applets

Sunday, January 18, 2004

BBC NEWS | Help | RSS | RSS Feed (Really Simple Syndication) 

BBC NEWS | Help | RSS | RSS Feed (Really Simple Syndication)

Slashdot | The Star Wars Car 

Someone has modded a car - very good set of pics too.

Slashdot | The Star Wars Car

Slashdot | Linus on SCO, and the Desktop Being 10 Years Away 

At last! (yes - I'll allow myself a pling there)

Someone realises (quite a few someone's in fact) that Windows is actually useable because that's what people want. When Linux desktops get that (and some consistency) maybe they'll be on the right track. Till then - I can leave it.

Slashdot | Linus on SCO, and the Desktop Being 10 Years Away

defencemechanism.com | Color Toy 

Simple colour selector. Drag the 3 sliders, create a colour, it generates 5 other colours to complement yours.

Good.

defencemechanism.com | Color Toy

Mr. Picassohead 

Mr. Picassohead

J-Walk Blog:  Make A Jackson Pollock Painting 

J-Walk Blog:  Make A Jackson Pollock Painting

J-Walk Blog:? Isometric Constructor 

J-Walk Blog:? Isometric Constructor

Create a Comic site 

stripcreator - a site where you can create your own 3-part comic strip.

Simple drop-down boxes to choose characters and backgrounds.

Sketch a face 

Create a caricature online - fun site.

Sketch a face

Saturday, January 17, 2004

J-Walk Blog:? Trip Wonker 

J-Walk Blog:? Trip Wonker

Mailinator 

Free email service.

Make up a name, use it, collect mail. - Forget it.

No privacy.

Mailinator

Thursday, January 15, 2004

J-Walk Blog:  The Mouseboard 

J-Walk Blog:  The Mouseboard

Slashdot | Windows that Double as LCD Monitors 

Slashdot | Windows that Double as LCD Monitors

J-Walk Blog:? A Non-Lethal Use For A Mousetrap 

J-Walk Blog:? A Non-Lethal Use For A Mousetrap

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

J-Walk Blog:  A Goood Colection Of Typographcal Errrors 

J-Walk Blog:  A Goood Colection Of Typographcal Errrors

Jetway system allows two users on same PC 

Jetway system allows two users on same PC

Slashdot | Biometrics in the Workplace 

Slashdot | Biometrics in the Workplace

Guardian Unlimited | Today's issues | 35mm cameras 

Guardian Unlimited | Today's issues | 35mm cameras

Slashdot | Solar Powered Jacket Charges Your Gadgets 

Slashdot | Solar Powered Jacket Charges Your Gadgets

J-Walk Blog:? Very Long Words 

J-Walk Blog:? Very Long Words

Tuesday, January 13, 2004

J-Walk Blog:  Good Blog Names Redux 

J-Walk Blog:  Good Blog Names Redux

J-Walk Blog:? The Shoe Project 

J-Walk Blog:? The Shoe Project

Monday, January 12, 2004

Text Details for First 100,000 Prime Numbers, The 

Project Gutenberg item.

Text Details for First 100,000 Prime Numbers, The

J-Walk Blog:  The Hunderwasser House 

A very odd building - hunderwasser - under water perhaps? Pix.

J-Walk Blog:  The Hunderwasser House

Wired 12.01: View - Lawrence Lessig 

Excellent (short) article on how USA is imposing its will on world - notes copyright laws and agriculture provisions.

Well written indeed - the man is brilliant.

Wired 12.01: View

Slashdot | Apartment Lit Solely by LEDs 

Slashdot | Apartment Lit Solely by LEDs

LAN gaming mat offers relaxez vous 

LAN gaming mat offers relaxez vous

Sunday, January 11, 2004

J-Walk Blog:? Scrabble Scorer 

J-Walk Blog:? Scrabble Scorer

Saturday, January 10, 2004

J-Walk Blog:  Blogging Sins 

J-Walk Blog:  Blogging Sins

J-Walk Blog:? Nonverbal Dictionary 

J-Walk Blog:? Nonverbal Dictionary

Friday, January 09, 2004

J-Walk Blog:? A Paper Camera 

A real functional pinhole camera made from paper.

J-Walk Blog:? A Paper Camera

Thursday, January 08, 2004

J-Walk Blog:? False Perspective 

A link to some pix with interesting angles.

J-Walk Blog:? False Perspective

The DigiBarn Computer Museum 

The DigiBarn Computer Museum

J-Walk Blog:  Music Fun From The BBC 

Online sequencer to have a play with - there's a mixer there too.

J-Walk Blog:  Music Fun From The BBC

Wednesday, January 07, 2004

J-Walk Blog:  A Gzip Experiment 

J-Walk Blog:  A Gzip Experiment

Tuesday, January 06, 2004

J-Walk Blog:  Create A Font 

J-Walk Blog:  Create A Font

J-Walk Blog:  Heads Drums 

J-Walk Blog:  Heads Drums

Slashdot | VIA/Apex Game Console Details Leaked 

Slashdot | VIA/Apex Game Console Details Leaked

Monday, January 05, 2004

J-Walk Blog:  Movie Theater Vs. DVD 

J-Walk Blog:  Movie Theater Vs. DVD

Instant Bureaucracy (@ chickenhead.com) 

Instant Bureaucracy (@ chickenhead.com)

Slashdot | Knoppix Tips and Tricks 

Slashdot | Knoppix Tips and Tricks

Slashdot | Knoppix Tips and Tricks 

Slashdot | Knoppix Tips and Tricks

PCs to change radically in 2004 

PCs to change radically in 2004

J-Walk Blog:  Old Software Repository 

J-Walk Blog:  Old Software Repository

Sunday, January 04, 2004

Slashdot | The Hidden Costs of Bargain Electronics 

Some good points about "slave labour" conditions and low-paid shop-workers. Worth remembering these points.

Slashdot | The Hidden Costs of Bargain Electronics

BBC NEWS | Magazine | Christmas reading digest 

About a book pointing out punctuation errors - became a best-seller - called "Eats, Shoots & Leaves".

BBC NEWS | Magazine | Christmas reading digest

Saturday, January 03, 2004

J-Walk Blog:  Watch TV Over The Net 

Links to excellent site with loads of links to TV stations - great.

J-Walk Blog:  Watch TV Over The Net

And while not all TV links actually work (probably depends on day and time) they're not all small views either, some load happily via Real Player or Windows Media Player ... ooops ... that probably damns Linux machines ... hehe.

Kubrick 2001: The space odyssey explained 

A lot of time has been spent on this - though I'm not sure it really sheds much light on 2001. Interesting all the same.

Kubrick 2001: The space odyssey explained

Thursday, January 01, 2004

BBC NEWS | Magazine | E-cyclopedia's glossary of 2003 

A big list of words that have become used in 2003.

BBC NEWS | Magazine | E-cyclopedia's glossary of 2003

J-Walk Blog:  His Receipts 

A link to a site that has pictures of (all) his shopping receipts - erm, yes.

J-Walk Blog:  His Receipts

Guardian Unlimited Film | News | We love sound of napalm in the movies 

Guardian Unlimited Film | News | We love sound of napalm in the movies

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Kill a rat 

And 100 other things to do this year.

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Kill a rat

Slashdot | Top Searches of 2003, A Dave Odyssey, Banned Words for 2004 

Slashdot | Top Searches of 2003, A Dave Odyssey, Banned Words for 2004

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