Friday, July 30, 2004
Boing Boing: Ancient hard-drive, guy in bunny suit
Boing Boing: Ancient hard-drive, guy in bunny suit
"On Gizmodo, this stunning image of an ancient, room-sized hard drive being serviced by a guy in a clean-room bunny-suit. The best part is that this thing and a million of its brothers put together probably had a lower capacity than the USB memory built into the pen I lost last month. Link"
"On Gizmodo, this stunning image of an ancient, room-sized hard drive being serviced by a guy in a clean-room bunny-suit. The best part is that this thing and a million of its brothers put together probably had a lower capacity than the USB memory built into the pen I lost last month. Link"
Thursday, July 29, 2004
US wins David Blunkett Lifetime Menace Award
The US wins David Blunkett Lifetime Menace Award | The Register - Privacy International inspired awards for over-bearing and interfering organisations.
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Boing Boing: UK Big Brother Awards pix and video ..... "MoblogUK has pix and videos from last night's Big Brother Awards at the LSE, hosted by Mark Thomas, which were a hoot. Link"
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Boing Boing: UK Big Brother Awards pix and video ..... "MoblogUK has pix and videos from last night's Big Brother Awards at the LSE, hosted by Mark Thomas, which were a hoot. Link"
BBC News - archived newspaper front pages
Excellent link - simple picture archive of newspaper front pages, starts at 1st August 2003. Papers include Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, Sun, Times, Daily Star Sunday, Indepenedent on Sunday, Observer, Sunday Express.
Not all days covered either and navigation not easy as drop-downs at the bottom reset to first date every time so need all selecting again.
Try this code to get pop-up in a window ...
<a href="#" onclick="javascript: void window.open
('http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/newspapers/29_july_2004/html/1.stm'
, '1091057177', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0
,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=499,height=476,left=180,top=100');" class="pbl">
Example is shown in this link ... EXAMPLE HERE
Not all days covered either and navigation not easy as drop-downs at the bottom reset to first date every time so need all selecting again.
Try this code to get pop-up in a window ...
<a href="#" onclick="javascript: void window.open
('http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/newspapers/29_july_2004/html/1.stm'
, '1091057177', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0
,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=499,height=476,left=180,top=100');" class="pbl">
Example is shown in this link ... EXAMPLE HERE
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Boing Boing: Cthulhoid casemod
Unbelievable case mod - see it - believe it - Boing Boing: Cthulhoid casemod
"Cthulhoid casemod - This lovingly detailed Lovecraft-inspired casemod is great -- it's the Necronomicase!" Link
"Cthulhoid casemod - This lovingly detailed Lovecraft-inspired casemod is great -- it's the Necronomicase!" Link
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
How Many Words-Per-Minute Do You Read?
A little site to test your reading speed - How Many Words-Per-Minute Do You Read?
Slashdot | Sony's $700 Linux-based Remote Control
Very cool remote - Slashdot | Sony's $700 Linux-based Remote Control
King Arthur and his Bytes of the Round Table | The Register
Digital storage and effects on modern films - King Arthur and his Bytes of the Round Table | The Register
ClockLink.com
Nice site with some good clocks to add to your website - ClockLink.com
J-Walk Blog:? Lego Guitar
J-Walk Blog:? Lego Guitar
"An album containing photos of Brad's awesome guitar constructed entirely out of Lego pieces."
"An album containing photos of Brad's awesome guitar constructed entirely out of Lego pieces."
Slashdot | Mini PC Grows Up? Shuttle XPC Reviewed
Launching Favorites from the Address Bar with Keyword Names
Monday, July 26, 2004
Boing Boing: Every Nintendo in a polished wooden box casemod
Boing Boing: Every Nintendo in a polished wooden box casemod
"This guy deconstructed a NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, and GameCube, then built this beautiful polished wood enclosure for all of them so that they could coexist in one incongruous box. Link"
"This guy deconstructed a NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, and GameCube, then built this beautiful polished wood enclosure for all of them so that they could coexist in one incongruous box. Link"
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250 Review
Saturday, July 24, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? Web Mistakes
Blog's the word in big business | CNET News.com
Blogs are the hottest new enterprise tool - according to this article. Blog's the word in big business | CNET News.com
Buzzgrinder: William Shatner is No Has Been!
How odd - saw the link to the ShoutFactory mov file through blogdex yesterday.
This seems to be the first blog to break it though - assuming the date is corect. Buzzgrinder: William Shatner is No Has Been!
A new William Shatner album - things are getting stranger by the minute.
This seems to be the first blog to break it though - assuming the date is corect. Buzzgrinder: William Shatner is No Has Been!
A new William Shatner album - things are getting stranger by the minute.
Friday, July 23, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? Google Page Rank
J-Walk Blog:? Google Page Rank
Here's some HTML code that displays your Google Page Rank and gives you a nice little icon for your page.
Here's some HTML code that displays your Google Page Rank and gives you a nice little icon for your page.
J-Walk Blog:? Most Powerful Browser
Neat one - includes little pic showing what happens when you add a whole load of toolbar add-ons in IE - scary thought is I think a lot of our kids actually do this at home - or am I being unkind?
J-Walk Blog:? Most Powerful Browser
J-Walk Blog:? Most Powerful Browser
Google Fight
Too much time on my hands - I hadn't seen this before - a place for keywords (or people names) to fight off to see which is most popular.
Google Fight
Try this fight - of many possibles - Luke Sywalker vs Darth Vader.
Google Fight
Try this fight - of many possibles - Luke Sywalker vs Darth Vader.
The Project Apollo Image Gallery
Excellent site - good links to what appears to be a vast number of pictures, many scanned in. Thumbnails lead to standard and hi-res versions. Great quality too. Worth a look for reference some time.
The Project Apollo Image Gallery
The Project Apollo Image Gallery
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Program Details for Top Gun
Nice link via Internet Archive to a large video (in a compact animated GIF format too) taken from game shots - plays like a trailer for Top Gun.
Program Details for Top Gun
"This is a Desert Combat Movie dedicated to the DC 0.3 Harrier. It is based on the Wake map, watch the Harrier in all its beauty while listening to the Top Gun soundtract 'Danger Zone'." -- DCR Productions website.
A flight movie made with the Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat mod and featuring the Harrier Jumpjet. Sky, sound, and mild stunts, such as flying under bridges. (HEL)
Program Details for Top Gun
"This is a Desert Combat Movie dedicated to the DC 0.3 Harrier. It is based on the Wake map, watch the Harrier in all its beauty while listening to the Top Gun soundtract 'Danger Zone'." -- DCR Productions website.
A flight movie made with the Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat mod and featuring the Harrier Jumpjet. Sky, sound, and mild stunts, such as flying under bridges. (HEL)
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
VeloNews: 2004 Tour de France Special Coverage
Useful link which has excellent aerial pic of Alpe d'Huez with labels on the 21 hairpins. VeloNews: 2004 Tour de France Special Coverage
Fonts by DincType - TdF Collection
Five free fonts to mark the TdF - they have others too. Fonts by DincType - TdF Collection
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Boing Boing: Extreme minimalist ASCII boob art
Quite funny in a little 'emoticon' style - Boing Boing: Extreme minimalist ASCII boob art
"Fourteen lines, 28 total breasts, 6 characters maximum per line. Link"
"Fourteen lines, 28 total breasts, 6 characters maximum per line. Link"
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Does he mean us?
Nice article putting up a defence of the 60's - in response tto Blair's latest pronouncements that current problems are all due to 60's lack of self-control. Pah!
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Does he mean us?
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Does he mean us?
Boing Boing: How to unlock your crippled Computer Shop modem for free
How to bypass the Supanet connection - Boing Boing: How to unlock your crippled Computer Shop modem for free Link
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Slashdot | Is Math A Sport?
BIKINI BOUNCE - FROM LASTMINUTE.COM
Silly flash game - BIKINI BOUNCE - FROM LASTMINUTE.COM
Bounce on the bosom and collect items - weird.
Bounce on the bosom and collect items - weird.
Saturday, July 17, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? Mr. Sheep
J-Walk Blog:? Mr. Sheep
"Welcome to Mr. Sheep's inter-world-web-superhighway-site-thing. This is where I publish images and small animations, made using Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 and Animation Shop 3."
"Welcome to Mr. Sheep's inter-world-web-superhighway-site-thing. This is where I publish images and small animations, made using Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 and Animation Shop 3."
J-Walk Blog:? Lunch Clock
Friday, July 16, 2004
Boing Boing: Models from Space: 1999 model-maker
Boing Boing: Models from Space: 1999 model-maker
"Here's a wonderful gallery of the models of Martin Bowers, who did the model-work on Space: 1999 (some are for sale!). Link "
"Here's a wonderful gallery of the models of Martin Bowers, who did the model-work on Space: 1999 (some are for sale!). Link "
Boing Boing: First-gen Imagineer Sam McKim dies
Boing Boing: First-gen Imagineer Sam McKim dies
"Sam McKim, the gen-one Imagineer who designed the first souvenir park maps, has died of heart failure at 79. Link"
"Sam McKim, the gen-one Imagineer who designed the first souvenir park maps, has died of heart failure at 79. Link"
Star Trek flat: yours for $1m | The Register
J-Walk Blog:? Song Shapes
J-Walk Blog:? Song Shapes
"This is pretty cool: The Shape of Song. The diagrams in The Shape of Song display musical form as a sequence of translucent arches. Each arch connects two repeated, identical passages of a composition. By using repeated passages as signposts, the diagram illustrates the deep structure of the composition.
You can select a song from the list and view its shape -- or upload your own MIDI file. The shape below is, of course, one of the tracks from Pachelbel's Canon."
"This is pretty cool: The Shape of Song. The diagrams in The Shape of Song display musical form as a sequence of translucent arches. Each arch connects two repeated, identical passages of a composition. By using repeated passages as signposts, the diagram illustrates the deep structure of the composition.
You can select a song from the list and view its shape -- or upload your own MIDI file. The shape below is, of course, one of the tracks from Pachelbel's Canon."
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Lord of the Rings domain fight enters realms of fantasy | The Register
Interesting article about name dispute - Lord of the Rings domain fight enters realms of fantasy | The Register
Best bit is link to text of letter by Groucho Marx to Warner Brothers about dispute over use of Casablanca name in film title.
Best bit is link to text of letter by Groucho Marx to Warner Brothers about dispute over use of Casablanca name in film title.
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Funfurde: word. clock.
Another clock link - this time from a newly-added feed - about funky furniture.
Funfurde: word. clock.
"When I think about what time it is, I usually think in relative terms, not the absolute numbers most clocks use. If it's almost twelve o'clock, for instance, I usually think something cunning like, 'It's almost twelve o'clock.' I don't usually think 'It's 11:57:02.'"
Funfurde: word. clock.
"When I think about what time it is, I usually think in relative terms, not the absolute numbers most clocks use. If it's almost twelve o'clock, for instance, I usually think something cunning like, 'It's almost twelve o'clock.' I don't usually think 'It's 11:57:02.'"
Smarter Image Hotlinking Prevention: A List Apart
Boing Boing: Backyard Coaster
Boing Boing: Backyard Coaster
"The Blue Flash is a roller coaster that John Ivers constructed in his rural Indiana backyard" Link
"The Blue Flash is a roller coaster that John Ivers constructed in his rural Indiana backyard" Link
Boing Boing: Dancing almond optical illusion
Brilliant - yes an over-used word here - but it is ... Boing Boing: Dancing almond optical illusion
"Here's a nice optical illusion. A bunch of almond-looking things arranged in a particular pattern appear to undulate. (Also, don't miss the link to the confounding checkershadow illusion, which I wrote about a couple of years ago in BB.)" - Link
"Here's a nice optical illusion. A bunch of almond-looking things arranged in a particular pattern appear to undulate. (Also, don't miss the link to the confounding checkershadow illusion, which I wrote about a couple of years ago in BB.)" - Link
Monday, July 12, 2004
www.is.deprecated
www.is.deprecated
"www. is deprecated from a blogdex link. The definition of 'waste of time' .. www. is deprecated .. misguided folks .. no-www.org
no-www.org"
"www. is deprecated from a blogdex link. The definition of 'waste of time' .. www. is deprecated .. misguided folks .. no-www.org
no-www.org"
Slashdot | Video Chat Via Transparent Desktop Overlay
Boing Boing: 1982 British TV PC ads
Boing Boing: 1982 British TV PC ads
"Here's a collection of downloadable TV ads for videogame and PC technology aired on British television in 1982, including Frogger and the Atari VCS. Link"
"Here's a collection of downloadable TV ads for videogame and PC technology aired on British television in 1982, including Frogger and the Atari VCS. Link"
Boing Boing: One backpack to shlep, store and *charge* the whole device-array
Boing Boing: One backpack to shlep, store and *charge* the whole device-array
"One backpack to shlep, store and *charge* the whole device-array
The JuiceBox is a backpack crammed with one man's entirety of chargers, docks and wall-warts, wired together so that plugging in one single lead powers the entire device-array. Included devices are a Dell Axim X3i, Jabra BT250 headset, Nokia 6310i, iPod, etc... " Link
"One backpack to shlep, store and *charge* the whole device-array
The JuiceBox is a backpack crammed with one man's entirety of chargers, docks and wall-warts, wired together so that plugging in one single lead powers the entire device-array. Included devices are a Dell Axim X3i, Jabra BT250 headset, Nokia 6310i, iPod, etc... " Link
Slashdot | The History Of Pentium
Boing Boing: Nintendo Breakz
Boing Boing: Nintendo Breakz
"Nintendo Breakz is a collection of 40 short (<45 sec) remixes of classic Nintendo theme music" - Link
"Nintendo Breakz is a collection of 40 short (<45 sec) remixes of classic Nintendo theme music" - Link
PDF tagging for the blind | The Register
Sunday, July 11, 2004
Boing Boing: 'Bootleg Objects' is a casemod project
Boing Boing: 'Bootleg Objects' is a casemod project
"'Bootleg Objects' is a casemod project that starts with design classics like this 1973 Bang & Olafsen tape-deck, Technics turntables, etc, and builds PCs and displays into them ('In the series of the Bootleg Objects, the BO.02 is a representative of the era of the music cassette. However, the cassette slot now houses a smart card reader. Further, a DVD-drive is hidden behind a previously unused groove in the front panel, and a 16:9 TFT display has joined the object on the sly. The legendary slider control formerly used to control the radio tuning now becomes both a display and controller for a whole slew of functions. Consequently, instead of 'tuning' the label now reads 'anything'.') Link"
"'Bootleg Objects' is a casemod project that starts with design classics like this 1973 Bang & Olafsen tape-deck, Technics turntables, etc, and builds PCs and displays into them ('In the series of the Bootleg Objects, the BO.02 is a representative of the era of the music cassette. However, the cassette slot now houses a smart card reader. Further, a DVD-drive is hidden behind a previously unused groove in the front panel, and a 16:9 TFT display has joined the object on the sly. The legendary slider control formerly used to control the radio tuning now becomes both a display and controller for a whole slew of functions. Consequently, instead of 'tuning' the label now reads 'anything'.') Link"
Buyers's Guide to Broadband in UK
Saturday, July 10, 2004
Guardian Unlimited Books | News | Where to stick grocer's apostrophe
Slashdot | Jumping From Computer To Computer
Linksys touts Wi-Fi signal boost upgrade | The Register
Thursday, July 08, 2004
Spiderman2 captured in a LEGO movie
WARNING - it is a big download - broadband only I guess.
Opens a QuickTime window and starts downloading - and sometimes playing.
Link to the LEGO animated version of Spiderman2 movie - great.
Opens a QuickTime window and starts downloading - and sometimes playing.
Link to the LEGO animated version of Spiderman2 movie - great.
Slashdot | KDE 3.3 Beta "Klassroom" Released
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Slashdot | Fedora, SuSE And Mandrake Compared
Monday, July 05, 2004
Breaking Windows .: Fun with Google Searches
Some interesting uses - try finding open directories on sites for MP3s etc - Breaking Windows .: Fun with Google Searches .: July 01, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? An Entertaining 404 Error
J-Walk Blog:? An Entertaining 404 Error
"When you try to access a Web page that doesn't exist, it raises a 404 error. Most of the time, these error screens are dull. This one isn't."
"When you try to access a Web page that doesn't exist, it raises a 404 error. Most of the time, these error screens are dull. This one isn't."
Slashdot | RDF For Desktop Metadata?
Friday, July 02, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? King Of Kustomizers
J-Walk Blog:? King Of Kustomizers
"George Barris is the King of Kustomizers. And he has a gallery of kars that he has kustomized -- including this krazy Munster's Koach"
"George Barris is the King of Kustomizers. And he has a gallery of kars that he has kustomized -- including this krazy Munster's Koach"
J-Walk Blog:? Printing On Your Nails
J-Walk Blog:? Printing On Your Nails
"Ladies, check out the ImagiNail Experience. It's like a printer for fingernails"
"Ladies, check out the ImagiNail Experience. It's like a printer for fingernails"
J-Walk Blog:? Expensive Cities
J-Walk Blog:? Expensive Cities
"From CNN: World's most expensive cities. The list ranks 144 cities from around the world. The top three most expensive cities to live in are Tokyo, London, and Moscow."
"From CNN: World's most expensive cities. The list ranks 144 cities from around the world. The top three most expensive cities to live in are Tokyo, London, and Moscow."
Slashdot | Comparing Internet Cafe Rates Worldwide
Slashdot | Comparing Internet Cafe Rates Worldwide - interesting links to map and table.
Boing Boing: Web Zen: Retro Video Game Zen
Boing Boing: Braille-outputting PDA
Boing Boing: Braille-outputting PDA
"This is a new Braille-outputting, Bluetooth-enabled WiFi PDA that runs WinCE: Link"
"This is a new Braille-outputting, Bluetooth-enabled WiFi PDA that runs WinCE: Link"
Boing Boing: Artificial sweeteners
Boing Boing: Artificial sweeteners
"Artificial sweeteners disrupt your body's ability to accurately guage your caloric intake and regulate your appetite accordingly. Link "
"Artificial sweeteners disrupt your body's ability to accurately guage your caloric intake and regulate your appetite accordingly. Link "
