June 2009
63 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-21) →
Adele (35)
The Weepies (13)
Rob Dougan (13)
Daniel Merriweather (10)
Melody Gardot (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
growlery: Definition →
a retreat for times of ill humor This, you must know, is the growlery. When I am out of humour, I come and growl here. — Dickens, Bleak House
I’m so using this word.
Sniffing Browser History with NO Javascript! →
Stealing your history… …without Javascript! My previous demo of sniffing a user’s history was pretty effective. However, a lot of people commented on it not working with NoScript, naturally. So, I set to work to create a version that does work even if you have NoScript enabled. If the previous version didn’t shock you, this one ought to.
Twitter on Paper →
Bonkers
Simulate Office Presence with Skype and VNC |... →
I also pipe my home desktop onto my cube’s monitor (using VNC). This combination is very close to actually being there in the cube. People walk right up to my cube and talk to me, just like they do when I’m in the office. Because my code’s up on the screen, we can work through issues there at my desk just like normal. Similarly, people glancing at my screen can see exactly what I’m doing (coding),...
Group Twittering with CoTweet - PeloLife →
All of us at Pelotonics Twitter individually, but didn’t have a good way to coordinate updates and replies to the @Pelotonics account. Until CoTweet, that is. CoTweet’s purpose is very similar to Pelotonics in that it helps a group collaborate–but specifically on Twitter. We’ve set up CoTweet on the Pelotonics account this week. You can tell because Troy, Daniel, and I are listed in the background...
Organize and Share the Web with Thumbtack :: the... →
Looking for a free method to be able to save, organize and share different information on the web? Today we take a look at Thumbtack from Microsoft Live Labs which offers functionality similar to services like Delicious or Clipmarks.
Even a bookmarklet, think maybe they’re fans of Tumblr?! ;) Microsoft doing something vaguely useful, surely not! :P
Opera Unite →
Opera Unite: a Web server on the Web browser With Opera 10, we are introducing a new technology called Opera Unite, radically extending what you are able to do online. Opera Unite harnesses the power of today’s fast connections and hardware, allowing all of us to help define the future landscape of the Web, one computer at a time. Read about how Opera Unite is going to change the way we...
Palm Pre Launches with System Fonts by Font Bureau... →
This past weekend’s notable release of the Palm Pre also saw the debut of custom fonts developed especially for the Pre by the Font Bureau.
To build a unique visual experience for the Pre user, Palm commissioned a suite of fonts from the Font Bureau, a type foundry noted for its many custom designs for major publications and corporations. The fonts, named Prelude, were designed by Font Bureau...
@ilovetypography:
RT @smartalecvt: Anonymous Pro is here! Freeware & fantastic: ms-studio.com/FontSal…
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This week on the show we...
THE Answer from Wolfram Alpha | DOGHOUSE Cartoon →
Cracks me up!
The Dollar Redesign Project | The Ministry of Type →
The American Dollar has not truly been redesigned since about the 1930s. The Dollar ReDe$ign Project is your opportunity to theoretically ‘change’ that. Yes, technically there are many limitations and complications when it comes to bank note design, but if the Swiss can do it on a regular basis, why can’t we North Americans too?
There are only a few designs on there at the moment, some a bit...
Tanya Gold: It wasn't singer Susan Boyle who was... →
Why are we so shocked when “ugly” women can do things, rather than sitting at home weeping and wishing they were somebody else?…
…”I am so thrilled,” said Amanda, “because I know that everybody was against you.” “Everybody was against you,” she said, as if Susan might have been hanged for her presumption. Why? Can’t...
John Cleese's Nigerian Lottery →
Sign up here to receive email from John Cleese, the British writer, actor and tall person.
Generally, emails from John will inform you about things he is doing, draw attention to stuff he is attempting to flog, and tell you about things he likes and wants to share with you, including special and exclusive offers, just because you bothered to sign up.
On such occasions that John is being...
Remember The Milk - Adding birthday reminders with... →
I wanted to setup a way of getting automatic tasks sent to RTM when someone’s birthday was coming up. I know I could just add repeating tasks for birthday reminders, but I wanted a bit more control over it, so it could be automated from my address book. i.e. if I added a contact to my mac address book then their birthday would automatically get sent to RTM as a reminder.
So, I wrote a little...
Max Mosley is wrong. The only split F1 needs is a... →
ResourceShelf » Blog Archive » Google Squared Goes... →
Google’s attempt to automatically turn unstructured data into structured content in a spreadsheet like format is now live from Google Labs. It’s called Google Squared. You can access it here.
Unlike Wolfram|Alpha where data is curated by W|A staff, the data accessible via Google Squared is not curated from a variety of sources but rather automatically culled and organized from various “open web”...
oinvite - Google Code →
The OInvite protocol helps facilitate the creation of unsolicited, spam-free “communications relationships” between various parties in unaffiliated domains or federations.
Essentially, OInvite enables cross-domain “friend requests” in a spam-free manner.
OInvite is intended to be used in systems where communication between two entities is controlled by the recipient of...
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Tiananmen in... →
Very sad anniversary today. Can’t believe it’s twenty years! Was only a kid, but remember it so vividly - my Dad had been to China twice for work which was most exciting for a child. We’d be-friended a lovely, young translator and after Tiananmen we couldn’t get in contact with her again. It was just awful. I convince myself it was censorship and ignore the fact that she...
What's a Handle? →
MyHandle allows users to maintain their privacy whilst being a single point of contact that manages where their emails are received by having a Handle as an easily memorable ID. The idea behind the site is to eradicate the complex and confusing email addresses users now have with a myriad of providers leading to widespread mistakes and lost messages. The system is based on the principle of having...
