Sunday, February 29, 2004

SoYouWanna.com home 

Lots of mini-guides to "stuff".

SoYouWanna.com home

Summarise a Novel in 25 Words 

Great idea to do. This is a thread on a discussion board called 'I Love Books'.

Summarise a Novel in 25 Words

Flabber.nl :: Bloody Pingu 

Help the "polar bear" smack Pingu for miles across the ice. (A simple game).

Flabber.nl :: Bloody Pingu

The INQUIRER Guide to Exploding Batteries 

A nice (and long) article by Charlie Demerjian about rechargeable batteries. Good info about how they work and some reasons why they explode - now and then.

The INQUIRER Guide to Exploding Batteries

Gentium ? a typeface for the nations 

An interesting site with lots of typography stuff and very open source too.

Gentium ? a typeface for the nations

Guardian Unlimited | Today's issues | Leap Year 

Some useful info about Feb 29th.

Guardian Unlimited | Today's issues | Leap Year

Saturday, February 28, 2004

Overview of Aging and Accessible Technology 

Some 'useful' ideas about how to cope with aging and computer- accessibility.

Overview of Aging and Accessible Technology

Friday, February 27, 2004

Matchstick Rockets 

Matchstick Rockets

J-Walk Blog:  Typewriter Fonts 

J-Walk Blog:  Typewriter Fonts

Online : UK eUniversities and Higher Ed. 

Online degrees and university correspondence courses : UK eUniversities

Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)

Thursday, February 26, 2004

Classical Computer Science Texts 

A list of some "heavy" stuff - well-known names abound in here, great reference point.

Classical Computer Science Texts

Slashdot | Mini-ITX Clustering 

Fantastic ......

My favourite beasties now get together in a cluster, brilliant pix and description via Slashdot to miniITX.com.

Slashdot | Mini-ITX Clustering

Slashdot | Borg Cube Case 

Nice link to a case mod site too.

Slashdot | Borg Cube Case

J-Walk Blog:? Are You A Cynic? 

Link to Beeb flash item, nice quiz though.

J-Walk Blog:? Are You A Cynic?

Wednesday, February 25, 2004

Ultimate Boot CD 

A PC CD this time, filled with lots of useful utilities and tools.

Ultimate Boot CD

Slashdot | 3D Display, No Glasses Required 

Slashdot | 3D Display, No Glasses Required

Don't laugh - it's still better than one of those books off Ebay 

A very silly guide to building your own computer.

Don't laugh - it's still better than one of those books off Ebay

J-Walk Blog:? Write Like Leonardo 

J-Walk Blog:? Write Like Leonardo

The Black and White about Grey Tuesday 

Lessig on the legal aspects of the Grey Album remix controversey.

The Black and White about Grey Tuesday

J-Walk Blog:? Office Adventure 

A text-based adventure game set in the Office.

J-Walk Blog:? Office Adventure

Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Animals on the Underground 

Animals in the London Underground maps.

Animals on the Underground

Build-your-own sub.Personal Submersible: Pat Regan - Nautilus Minisub 

Personal Submersible: Pat Regan - Nautilus Minisub

Sunday, February 22, 2004

Slashdot | Remember The Heathkit HERO? Check Out '912' 

VIA motherboard based robot stuff.

Slashdot | Remember The Heathkit HERO? Check Out '912'

Things that are the new black 

A neat collected list of things that are the "new black". Massive load of links, some good ones.

Things that are the new black

Enigma machines - real and simulated 

A Dutch RISC-OS site in fact with a section on the Enigma machines. Some cool program simulators as well as build-it-yourself sections. Rather neat too.

Enigma

Saturday, February 21, 2004

IP Address Locator  

Very neat tool, lots of geographical info related to IP location too.

IP Address Locator

Which Peanuts Character are You? - Quizilla 

Which Peanuts Character are You? - Quizilla

Thursday, February 19, 2004

2003 National Meet Page - bubble cars and the like 

2003 National Meet Page

GROW - a java game 

GROW

Live Linux CDs 

Nice list of bootable CDs.

Live Linux CDs

Tuesday, February 17, 2004

My LEGO computer at work 

My LEGO computer at work

J-Walk Blog:? Create A Beer Label 

J-Walk Blog:? Create A Beer Label

Monday, February 16, 2004

The Honda Humanoid Robots 

Asimo - on tour and in the UK during Feb 2004 half-term hol.

The Honda Humanoid Robots

Plus Beeb article.

Search For Tomorrow (TechNews.com) 

Good article about Google and search engines replacing libraries and librarians. Good, bad or..??

Search For Tomorrow (TechNews.com)

Sunday, February 15, 2004

Classic '80s Games : Play Now! 

Classic '80s Games : Play Now!

www.drawyourboss.com -- stick it to the man! 

www.drawyourboss.com -- stick it to the man!

The Value of an Encyclopedia on CD-ROM 

Comparing a CDROM to the Internet as a tool for research.

The Value of an Encyclopedia on CD-ROM

Slashdot | Specialized Knoppixes for Fun and Profit 

Slashdot | Specialized Knoppixes for Fun and Profit

Slashdot | Metal Gear Solid's Rex & Ray in Lego Blocks 

More LEGO.

Slashdot | Metal Gear Solid's Rex & Ray in Lego Blocks

Saturday, February 14, 2004

J-Walk Blog:  Old Watches 

J-Walk Blog:  Old Watches

Slashdot | Shuttle XPC Linux Network Appliance 

Slashdot | Shuttle XPC Linux Network Appliance

Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Slashdot | What The Internet Isn't 

Slashdot | What The Internet Isn't

Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Slashdot | A New Face For Robotics 

Slashdot | A New Face For Robotics

HOW WIDE IS THE WORLD WIDE WEB?................ 

An amusingly wide page.

HOW WIDE IS THE WORLD WIDE WEB?................

J-Walk Blog:? Science Photos 

J-Walk Blog:? Science Photos

Monday, February 09, 2004

BBC - Science Human Body - Psychology Tests 

BBC - Science Human Body - Psychology Tests

J-Walk Blog:  Create-A-Nerd 

J-Walk Blog:  Create-A-Nerd

Molecular Expressions: The Silicon Zoo - A Dog's Life (Darkfield) 

Molecular Expressions: The Silicon Zoo - A Dog's Life (Darkfield)

Sunday, February 08, 2004

Counties of Great Britain 

This is an interactive map where you tick the counties visited, they appear yellow on the blue map. When done click the 'complete' button to get both a picture (png) and some HTML code for pasting to a website.

Quite neat. Similar to one I saw a week ago for USA states.

Counties of Great Britain

And another link to a more wide-ranging site that does similar.

J-Walk Blog: Where You've Been

Slashdot | What to Get My Geek for Valentine's Day? 

Slashdot | What to Get My Geek for Valentine's Day?

Includes this section with roses are red type poem a long way into the comments too.

EducationGuardian.co.uk | News crumb | Homework fails to make the grade 

EducationGuardian.co.uk | News crumb | Homework fails to make the grade

plus

BBC NEWS | Education | Homework causes family arguments

Saturday, February 07, 2004

Tokyo Qool 

Tokyo Q magazine is running a special feature on the Nakano Broadway shopping complex.

Tokyo Qool

Exploring Footers: A List Apart 

Exploring Footers: A List Apart

J-Walk Blog:  Acme Stuff 

Link to label-maker and license plate (US style) site.

J-Walk Blog:  Acme Stuff

DNA/How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet 

DNA/How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet

Mean Valentine's Day cards 

A link to some off-beat cards indeed.

Mean Valentine's Day cards

Friday, February 06, 2004

PBS | I, Cringely . Archived Column 

Bemoaning poor communication in the modern age.

PBS | I, Cringely - If We’re in Trouble, Its Probably Because People No Longer Really Listen

Thursday, February 05, 2004

Car and Driver Magazine : Virtual Tour of VW's Transparent Factory : September?2003 

Car and Driver Magazine : Virtual Tour of VW's Transparent Factory : September?2003

Cory Doctorow - Eastern Standard Tribe 

2nd downloadable novel. Links to theother stuff from here and close by.

Cory Doctorow - Eastern Standard Tribe

Out of the Box Computers > Think Tank 

Out of the Box Computers > Think Tank

Slashdot | Ten Technologies That Refuse to Die 

Slashdot | Ten Technologies That Refuse to Die

Slashdot | From Silicon To Microprocessors 

Slashdot | From Silicon To Microprocessors

Animations 

Several links to a bunch of "homemade" flash-type animations. Some great ideas.

Animations

Wednesday, February 04, 2004

Number 6 drawn with the foot 

Number 6 drawn with the foot

Slashdot | Decode Your Barcode, Get Your Personal Info 

Slashdot | Decode Your Barcode, Get Your Personal Info

Tuesday, February 03, 2004

J-Walk Blog:  Happy Birthday Julia 

This notes Google logo in honour of mathematician Gaston Julia (of the fractals fame), but also has link to a collection of Google logos. Nice.

J-Walk Blog:  Happy Birthday Julia

J-Walk Blog:? One More Clock 

Barcode clock - excellent and simple too.

J-Walk Blog:? One More Clock

And here's the other link from this blog.

J-Walk Blog: Nothing But Online Clocks

The Man in Blue > Experiment > SSCrabble 

Brilliant - Scrabble in the web browser.

The Man in Blue > Experiment > SSCrabble

Janet Jackson - half-time strip during Superbowl XXXVIII 

Blog post about half-time show, with comments referring to JJ flash.

J-Walk Blog: Janet Jackson note

Other links to this "story" . . . . .

DRUDGE REPORT - more Janet Jackson

Some more pix of Janet Jackson - this time via BBC site.

Janet Jackson's Super Bowl strip

Picture of Janet Jackson after Justin Timberlake exposed her during the half-time show 1st Feb 2004.

Does this look accidental? Costume still in his hand. Nicely pulls away in one piece. She does not look too surprised here.

Janet Jackson exposed during Superbowl

FCC Is Investigating Super Bowl Show (washingtonpost.com)

Janet Jackson nipple cupcakes

Spyware free Real Player 

Via Beeb itis possible to get spyware free Real Player software. See this link.

Spyware free Real Player

Favorite Poem Project: The Poems: This Is Just to Say 

Favourite poems project.

This link is to a very neat 12 line poem by William Carlos Williams. Some other gems here too, idea for site nice as well.

Favorite Poem Project: The Poems: This Is Just to Say

Monday, February 02, 2004

J-Walk Blog:? Orgulator 

Another site that changes the look and feel of a given web page. Quite neat.

J-Walk Blog:? Orgulator

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