Wednesday, March 31, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? NewsMap
J-Walk Blog:? NewsMap
"Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. A treemap visualization algorithm helps display the enormous amount of information gathered by the aggregator."
Interesting one.
"Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. A treemap visualization algorithm helps display the enormous amount of information gathered by the aggregator."
Interesting one.
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? The Work Ethic Calculator
J-Walk Blog:? The Work Ethic Calculator
"If you have a copy of Excel installed, download this Work Ethic Calculator."
"If you have a copy of Excel installed, download this Work Ethic Calculator."
Monday, March 29, 2004
Lord of the Rings Dot Gif
Lord of the Rings Dot Gif
A "slightly" condensed version of Lord of the Rings. A sort of animated gif - funny.
A "slightly" condensed version of Lord of the Rings. A sort of animated gif - funny.
Sunday, March 28, 2004
Slashdot | Simputer Available?
Slashdot | Simputer Available?
"The Simputer (marketed by PicoPeta, the inventors and manufactured by the Defence Electronics PSU - BEL) has a website now and is available for sale (including outside India). Some pics can be found at the picture gallery. This story has been discussed a few times before here at /. here, here and here. Of particular note are some of the features, notably the device goes beyond the typical handheld/PDA and has some brand new innovations. For instance, it uses accelerometers to sense motion and this is used to give commands to the computer (for instance, to zoom a picture, you just have to move the Simputer towards you and to turn a page, you flick it like you would turn a page for a book. Also has an integrated smart card reader plus writer, very useful for several business applications"
"The Simputer (marketed by PicoPeta, the inventors and manufactured by the Defence Electronics PSU - BEL) has a website now and is available for sale (including outside India). Some pics can be found at the picture gallery. This story has been discussed a few times before here at /. here, here and here. Of particular note are some of the features, notably the device goes beyond the typical handheld/PDA and has some brand new innovations. For instance, it uses accelerometers to sense motion and this is used to give commands to the computer (for instance, to zoom a picture, you just have to move the Simputer towards you and to turn a page, you flick it like you would turn a page for a book. Also has an integrated smart card reader plus writer, very useful for several business applications"
J-Walk Blog: The Interrobang
J-Walk Blog: The Interrobang
"The INTERROBANG was created to fill a gap in our punctuation system where writers often used typographically cumbersome and unattractive combinations of the question mark and exclamation mark to punctuate rhetorical statements where neither the question nor an exclamation alone exactly served the writer. (HOW ABOUT THAT?!)"
See here too.
"The INTERROBANG was created to fill a gap in our punctuation system where writers often used typographically cumbersome and unattractive combinations of the question mark and exclamation mark to punctuate rhetorical statements where neither the question nor an exclamation alone exactly served the writer. (HOW ABOUT THAT?!)"
See here too.
Slashdot | Boolean Logic : George Boole's The Laws of Thought
Slashdot | Boolean Logic : George Boole's The Laws of Thought
"The Globe and Mail has a piece about the man behind Boolean Logic - George Boole - The Isaac Newton of logic. 'It was 150 years ago that George Boole published his classic The Laws of Thought, in which he outlined concepts that form the underpinnings of the modern high-speed computer"
"The Globe and Mail has a piece about the man behind Boolean Logic - George Boole - The Isaac Newton of logic. 'It was 150 years ago that George Boole published his classic The Laws of Thought, in which he outlined concepts that form the underpinnings of the modern high-speed computer"
Saturday, March 27, 2004
GHOST TOWN
GHOST TOWN
Elena, Russian lady, riding motorbike through Chernobyl area. Brilliant writing about "things" and excellent pictures too.
Elena, Russian lady, riding motorbike through Chernobyl area. Brilliant writing about "things" and excellent pictures too.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Digital paper makes device debut
BBC NEWS | Technology | Digital paper makes device debut
"Soon you could be reading a book printed on electronic paper. "
"Soon you could be reading a book printed on electronic paper. "
UKBlogger map
UKBlogger map
Nicely generated map of UK blogs - not too hard to look over to aggregator and UK.weblogs.co.uk.
Nicely generated map of UK blogs - not too hard to look over to aggregator and UK.weblogs.co.uk.
Friday, March 26, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? Pixel Characters
J-Walk Blog:? Pixel Characters
"I'm not sure what these are actually good for, but there are a lot of them: Pixel Characters. And some are even animated."
"I'm not sure what these are actually good for, but there are a lot of them: Pixel Characters. And some are even animated."
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
TAKAGISM
TAKAGISM
A bunch of interesting Flash stuff. Includes a game called Crimson Room - how DO you get out though???
A bunch of interesting Flash stuff. Includes a game called Crimson Room - how DO you get out though???
Untitled Document
Untitled Document
Generate random numbers on the web - uses true quantum values (eh!) and can use programmed web url for direct access.
Generate random numbers on the web - uses true quantum values (eh!) and can use programmed web url for direct access.
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Stupid Email Disclaimers
World Airport Codes
Welcome to SWEDX , Welcome to a NEW World !
Welcome to SWEDX , Welcome to a NEW World !
Who'd a thunk it - wooden mice, monitors, keyboards, etc.
Who'd a thunk it - wooden mice, monitors, keyboards, etc.
gamelab :: games
gamelab :: games
Seems to be an online game developer. Links here to several free games on the web including LEGO Worldbuilder.
Seems to be an online game developer. Links here to several free games on the web including LEGO Worldbuilder.
J-Walk Blog:? Free Animated GIFs
J-Walk Blog:? Free Animated GIFs
"These animations are provided so people who participate in the WWR chat room can add some graphics to their comments. But people who want to design a cheesy Web site will find lots of other uses for them."
"These animations are provided so people who participate in the WWR chat room can add some graphics to their comments. But people who want to design a cheesy Web site will find lots of other uses for them."
Monday, March 22, 2004
Motion Induced Blindness
Saturday, March 20, 2004
LogoGame.com - Most addicting logo guessing game created!
LogoGame.com - Most addicting logo guessing game created!
26 letters - 26 'items' to guess what they are from. Various games.
26 letters - 26 'items' to guess what they are from. Various games.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | The planets descend on the UK
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | The planets descend on the UK
"Spaced Out, as it is called, aims to create the world's largest scale model of the Solar System. The model will be constructed across the UK, and will also be supported by a dedicated website. "
"Spaced Out, as it is called, aims to create the world's largest scale model of the Solar System. The model will be constructed across the UK, and will also be supported by a dedicated website. "
J-Walk Blog: Icon Evolution
J-Walk Blog: Icon Evolution
"See how icons used by various operating systems have evolved over the years. For example, here's how the Calculator icon has changed in Windows."
There's more as it has some good pix of various OS over the years, see Windows v1.01 for example. Eek.
"See how icons used by various operating systems have evolved over the years. For example, here's how the Calculator icon has changed in Windows."
There's more as it has some good pix of various OS over the years, see Windows v1.01 for example. Eek.
TypeKey
New Scientist : Earth faces sixth mass extinction
Earth faces sixth mass extinction
The Earth may be on the brink of a sixth mass extinction on a par with the five others that have punctuated its history, suggests the strongest evidence yet.
The Earth may be on the brink of a sixth mass extinction on a par with the five others that have punctuated its history, suggests the strongest evidence yet.
Airport Codes: The ABC's?? A History and Explanation
Typophile Forums: Double-spacing after periods
Typophile Forums: Double-spacing after periods
"Double-spacing after periods" - forums thread about use of double-space after full-stops, interesting thoughts for reference one day.
"Double-spacing after periods" - forums thread about use of double-space after full-stops, interesting thoughts for reference one day.
Friday, March 19, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? World License Plates
Boing Boing: Fun Web button maker
Thursday, March 18, 2004
Boing Boing: Electric Sheep artificial life DVD launch March 31, San Francisco
Boing Boing: Electric Sheep artificial life DVD launch March 31, San Francisco:
"Spot Draves is the author of the brilliant Electric Sheep screensaver -- this is a distributed rendering application that grabs its users' computers' idle cycles to create computationally expensive, vivid and beautiful animated fractals"
"Spot Draves is the author of the brilliant Electric Sheep screensaver -- this is a distributed rendering application that grabs its users' computers' idle cycles to create computationally expensive, vivid and beautiful animated fractals"
Boing Boing: Flickr has blog support!
Boing Boing: Flickr has blog support!
It's really, really, insanely easy to blog photos you receive in flickr, Ludicorp's sweet image-sharing-and-socializing app.
It's really, really, insanely easy to blog photos you receive in flickr, Ludicorp's sweet image-sharing-and-socializing app.
Joel and Jill Gott: Jurrasic Fart
Boing Boing: Toy rollercoaster with inversion and electric lift-hill
Boing Boing: Toy rollercoaster with inversion and electric lift-hill
"Caines sez, 'Coaster Dynamix is taking pre-orders ($499.00) for a kick-ass roller coaster model kit. The coaster kit has an electric lift-hill and an inverted train. They attached a camera to the train and included this footage in the video that is on the site.' "
"Caines sez, 'Coaster Dynamix is taking pre-orders ($499.00) for a kick-ass roller coaster model kit. The coaster kit has an electric lift-hill and an inverted train. They attached a camera to the train and included this footage in the video that is on the site.' "
J-Walk Blog: Stupid Browser things
J-Walk Blog: Stupid Browser Tricks
Couple of nice links to sites that manipulate the window the browser is in.
Plus - Let Me Out. Another silly one - simply bloke tapping on screen saying "Hello, let me out".
Couple of nice links to sites that manipulate the window the browser is in.
Plus - Let Me Out. Another silly one - simply bloke tapping on screen saying "Hello, let me out".
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Boing Boing: Swiss Army Knife with USB
Boing Boing: Swiss Army Knife with USB
"The next edition of the classic Swiss Army Knife will feature a built-in USB key. The wired knife is one of many novelties scheduled to debut at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany from March 18-24"
"The next edition of the classic Swiss Army Knife will feature a built-in USB key. The wired knife is one of many novelties scheduled to debut at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany from March 18-24"
J-Walk Blog: Beat Up Your Computer
J-Walk Blog: Beat Up Your Computer
"Throw some virtual punches at a computer system, and watch it fall apart before your very eyes. This might make you feel a whole lot better."
Spanish language but easy to understand Flash applet.
"Throw some virtual punches at a computer system, and watch it fall apart before your very eyes. This might make you feel a whole lot better."
Spanish language but easy to understand Flash applet.
YayHooray! - Projects & Design - LET'S DRAW ROBOTS!
YayHooray! - Projects & Design - LET'S DRAW ROBOTS!
Massive page has thread with lots of pix of robots drawn by various contributors. Pretty neat ideas and cool drawings.
Massive page has thread with lots of pix of robots drawn by various contributors. Pretty neat ideas and cool drawings.
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Boing Boing: Ninjas and Pirates, Dwarves and Elves: how to understand the world
Boing Boing: Ninjas and Pirates, Dwarves and Elves: how to understand the world
"Tom Coates has written an hilarious and insightful essay in which he attempts to rank his friends and their operating systems (!) on two axes: Elf/Dwarf and Ninja/Pirate. I'm digging the 2X2 graphs."
"Tom Coates has written an hilarious and insightful essay in which he attempts to rank his friends and their operating systems (!) on two axes: Elf/Dwarf and Ninja/Pirate. I'm digging the 2X2 graphs."
J-Walk Blog:? April Fool's Day Hoaxes
Monday, March 15, 2004
everyday icons
Free paper toys to print and assemble
Boing Boing: Free paper toys to print and assemble
Boing Boing: Steampunk submarine free paper toy
Boing Boing: Japanese foldable robots
Boing Boing: Tremendous Star Wars paper models
yet more paper Star Wars toys
Boing Boing: NASA has its own line of paper model toys
Boing Boing: paper replica of rifle from Aliens
Boing Boing: Turn any 3D file into a paper model
Boing Boing: Steampunk submarine free paper toy
Boing Boing: Japanese foldable robots
Boing Boing: Tremendous Star Wars paper models
yet more paper Star Wars toys
Boing Boing: NASA has its own line of paper model toys
Boing Boing: paper replica of rifle from Aliens
Boing Boing: Turn any 3D file into a paper model
CaRP: Freeware Caching RSS news feed Parser
CaRP: Freeware Caching RSS news feed Parser
CaRP: Caching RSS Parser
CaRP: Caching RSS Parser
- Display the news: Convert RSS newsfeeds to HTML and show them on your website. Keep your website fresh effortlessly!
- Export news: Generate a JavaScript version of your existing RSS feed, enabling any website to easily import it with a simple script tag.
Sunday, March 14, 2004
Boing Boing: Radical alien-style cube case
Boing Boing: Radical alien-style cube case
"This is a sweet PC case -- 'The bare-bones chassis includes three large acrylic windows, cut-outs for a mind-numbing 11 fans, chrome front-panel switches, and a set of medium-duty casters. You can remove the drive bays, the motherboard tray, and the backplane, and Xoxide plans to offer interchangeable drive bay modules for buyers who prefer different configurations. All three acrylic panes are fitted into the case's U-shaped wraparound cover, which removes them from harm's way whenever you work inside"
"This is a sweet PC case -- 'The bare-bones chassis includes three large acrylic windows, cut-outs for a mind-numbing 11 fans, chrome front-panel switches, and a set of medium-duty casters. You can remove the drive bays, the motherboard tray, and the backplane, and Xoxide plans to offer interchangeable drive bay modules for buyers who prefer different configurations. All three acrylic panes are fitted into the case's U-shaped wraparound cover, which removes them from harm's way whenever you work inside"
Slashdot | Build Your Own LCD Picture Frame
The Film Asylum - Home of Fantastical Cinema
The Film Asylum - Home of Fantastical Cinema
Good looking site with up-to-date details of films, DVDs. Includes UK dates too.
Good looking site with up-to-date details of films, DVDs. Includes UK dates too.
Saturday, March 13, 2004
Boing Boing: Binary LED watch from TokyoFlash
Boing Boing: Binary LED watch from TokyoFlash
"New from TokyoFlash, purveyors of fine and impractical Japanese hipster novelty watches: the LED by Binary. It's a watch with a naked printed circuit board, on which are situated 10 LEDs, which glow to display the time in binary notation. ?8900.00 -- about $80"
"New from TokyoFlash, purveyors of fine and impractical Japanese hipster novelty watches: the LED by Binary. It's a watch with a naked printed circuit board, on which are situated 10 LEDs, which glow to display the time in binary notation. ?8900.00 -- about $80"
The Mazes!
J-Walk Blog:? Moog Appreciation
J-Walk Blog:? Moog Appreciation
"For some reason, I just love photos of complex, Moog synthesizers. Do you? These music synthesizers speak to me. They tells me something about art, technology, and the wonderful mind of humankind. Images of Moog synthesizers remind us of the intricacy of our brains and the awesome promise of tomorrow. Moog synthesizers allow us to transcend space and time."
"For some reason, I just love photos of complex, Moog synthesizers. Do you? These music synthesizers speak to me. They tells me something about art, technology, and the wonderful mind of humankind. Images of Moog synthesizers remind us of the intricacy of our brains and the awesome promise of tomorrow. Moog synthesizers allow us to transcend space and time."
Popular Science | BMW's Easter Egg
Friday, March 12, 2004
SiS motherboard advertising
SiS motherboard advertising
Almost computer porn movie with activating their dual-channel chipsets, soundtrack of this flash movie is quite retro too.
Almost computer porn movie with activating their dual-channel chipsets, soundtrack of this flash movie is quite retro too.
What's in Your Gadget Bag, Cory?
What's in Your Gadget Bag, Cory?
What (geek guy) Cory Doctorow carries around and finds useful - or terrible.
What (geek guy) Cory Doctorow carries around and finds useful - or terrible.
Boing Boing: Transparent briefcase PC case
Boing Boing: Transparent briefcase PC case: "Transparent briefcase PC case "
J-Walk Blog: three links to tying things
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Creative Commons : Whiteboarding as Art?
Creative Commons : Whiteboarding as Art?
Followed the leads to this brilliant site featuring thoughts/ideas of Eileen Clegg - visual journalism.
The Agility Factor
Followed the leads to this brilliant site featuring thoughts/ideas of Eileen Clegg - visual journalism.
The Agility Factor
J-Walk Blog: Messy Desks
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
O'Reilly Network: The world's two worst variable names [Mar. 07, 2004]
Boing Boing: Fonts used in Disney parks
Boing Boing: Fonts used in Disney parks : "Fonts used in Disney parks "
Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Boing Boing: How news travels through blogs
Slashdot | A Motherboard That Doesn't Require An OS
J-Walk Blog: HTML Humor
J-Walk Blog:? VBA Humor
Monday, March 08, 2004
Microsoft Typography
A very useful site from MS - all about fonts.
Microsoft Typography - Free font information, TrueType, OpenType, ClearType
Microsoft Typography - Free font information, TrueType, OpenType, ClearType
Slashdot | A History of Video Game Controversy
Sunday, March 07, 2004
Boing Boing: Software-based PVR
Boing Boing: Software-based PVR
Software-based PVR that's feature-complete SnapStream's 'Beyond TV 3' is a software-based PVR that turns your PC into a TiVo-plus-plus, capable of streaming stored programs to your browser and auto-skipping commercials. Basically, it's as though they made a TiVo whose only considerations were what you, the customer, would likely want to see, and not what the Hollywood studios would prefer.
Software-based PVR that's feature-complete SnapStream's 'Beyond TV 3' is a software-based PVR that turns your PC into a TiVo-plus-plus, capable of streaming stored programs to your browser and auto-skipping commercials. Basically, it's as though they made a TiVo whose only considerations were what you, the customer, would likely want to see, and not what the Hollywood studios would prefer.
Slashdot | Matchbox Sized Color Projectors?
Quizilla!
Which Weird Latin Phrase Are You? - Quizilla
Friday, March 05, 2004
Latest List Apart articles
Wired News: Chameleon Card Changes Stripes
Wired News: Chameleon Card Changes Stripes
Feed it your credit-card magstripes and your loyalty-card bar-codes, seal it with your fingerprint, then, on demand, it can mimic any of the cards in your wallet.
Feed it your credit-card magstripes and your loyalty-card bar-codes, seal it with your fingerprint, then, on demand, it can mimic any of the cards in your wallet.
Lego Color Guide - Britdog Models.
J-Walk Blog:? The House Of Books
Literally a house of books. Carvedin wood, almost every item appears to be a book. Excellent set of pictures in linked sequence.
J-Walk Blog:? The House Of Books
J-Walk Blog:? The House Of Books
Thursday, March 04, 2004
world subways
Interesting site showing subways of various world cities to the same scale. Links to the various places as well.
world subways
world subways
Microsoft Office Specialist Competition
FOTOSEARCH
Excellent site for photos. Big archive, some for sale, many royalty free too. Lots of categories plus keyword searches.
Search 50 Stock Photography and Stock Photo Vendors
Search 50 Stock Photography and Stock Photo Vendors
J-Walk Blog:Â The Early Days Of Offices
J-Walk Blog:? Create A Word Search Puzzle
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
Some animated gifs - amusing
Colour test - seeing or reading.
Sword Swallowing To The Hilt
J-Walk Blog:Â The Essay Generator
J-Walk Blog:? Excel As A Database
It's a description in the form of hand-drawn cartoons and notes - quite good.
J-Walk Blog:? Excel As A Database
J-Walk Blog:? Excel As A Database
Slashdot | Gyroscopic Wireless Mouse
J-Walk Blog:Â Curious Calculations
J-Walk Blog:? Flipping Coins
Tossing a coin is apparently not quite random.
J-Walk Blog:? Flipping Coins
Tossing coins is not truly random - shock - horror.
Toss Out the Toss-Up: Bias in heads-or-tails: Science News Online, Feb. 28, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? Flipping Coins
Tossing coins is not truly random - shock - horror.
Toss Out the Toss-Up: Bias in heads-or-tails: Science News Online, Feb. 28, 2004
Monday, March 01, 2004
Slashdot | World's Smallest Homebrew RC Unit
