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Yearly Archives: 2007
The Hallows Approach (and Predictions)
The final Harry Potter book comes out in less than 24 hours, and while the media hype has been immense, it does not take away from the fact that these were very good books indeed — much better than the … Continue reading
Tagged Books
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Fun with synthesized RSS feeds
In an ideal world everyone would have full-content RSS feeds. Until then making your own isn’t that hard — and it’s getting easier by the day with mash-up tools like Yahoo Pipes. Here are some I’ve created: Digg Direct – … Continue reading
Tagged Code, Software, Technology
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Get your blog iPhone-ready
Apple’s releasing a new phone today (if you didn’t know that, you’re lucky). Beside curing all manner of ills, the phone has a great web browser that should get people really interested in using the web while on the move. … Continue reading
Tagged Cyberspace, Software, Tips
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Most Brits spell “organize” wrong
Using -ise for words like ‘maximise’ and ‘organise’ is a relatively new phenomenon in Britain, probably because maximize with a z looks too American to British eyes. In fact, the -ize form originated in Britain and is the preferred international form.
The Ladies of Grace-Adieu
I enjoyed reading Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, and so was especially glad to be able to read The Ladies of Grace-Adieu, her book of short stories (apparently her next novel is a ways off). The stories, (mostly?) … Continue reading
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CNN-IBN covers Blackle, gets most of the story wrong
According to CNN-IBN “Google has done its bit to save energy by launching Blackle — a Google search page that saves energy”, based on the theory that black pixels take less energy to display than white pixels. (Here’s a screen-grab … Continue reading
Tagged India, Media, Technology
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I’ve always liked Weird Al Yankovic, but I had never heard his Lasagna song, sung to the tune of La Bamba. (And if you’ve never heard of Weird Al before, listen to his Jurassic Park and his hilarious retelling of Star … Continue reading
June 1, 2007
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The Web Just Got an Upgrade
Google Gears is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using JavaScript APIs. According to TechCrunch, one of the first demos to use Gears will be … Google Reader, which will add a green download … Continue reading
Tagged Software, Technology
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Happy 50th, Helvetica
The BBC celebrates Helvetica’s 50th birthday. Check out the comments, where amateur font geeks have gathered to make bad font jokes (sample: “Two fonts walk into the bar, and the barman says, ‘sorry lads, we don’t serve your type.’”) and wistfully talk … Continue reading
Tagged MLP, Technology
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Pins and Labour
That the new 20 pound note would feature Adam Smith is old news. What I hadn’t known is that his pin-manufacturing ‘case study’ would be immortalized on banknotes as well: