April 2007 Archives

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I guess now all those folk paying millions for 99% uptime might get a refund;-)

(via: monkchips)

• Nitram+Nunca
  very sexy widgets from designer Kei Sasaki and developers hmdt
  (tags: code design graphics widgets)
• jQuery datePicker home
  really nice date picker implementation using jquery
  (tags: jquery javascript code)
• kelvinluck.com
  the guy is not only a top jquery developer but actionscripts as well :-)
  (tags: programming WebDesign flash design code jquery javascript)

• { style:phreak; } » Standard Forms - Updated
  nice form implementation but still uses

  tags. See div-less version at http://donkeyontheedge.com/standards/form1.html

  (tags: xhtml standards code)

A fan of Feynman writes an uplifting tribute: Richard Feynman: A Curious Character

Tucking into the mega opus "Mood Aberdeen" created by Sean Wilke for Nick's 40th birthday.

It's a huge thing, more than fifteen hours of solid jazz, expertly intertwining the classics with the obscure. Am currently in "Fitdee". Thanks again Sean:-)

ed: the following added 16/7/2007

There's a man out there who can't listen to jazz anymore... I'm adding the playlist below to cheer him up.

Mood Aberdeen. A moment in Sean and Nicki's life expressed in six movements:-)

I knew nothing of jazz until I met Nicki and she started playing me the tapes Sean and Harry and duncan had lovingly crafted for her. Sean's playlist below sort of captures that moment of wonder for me and I hope it might give a fresh taste to those in need...

last night.

Haven't got time to go into it but the place is Les Chineurs, 55 rue de Bretagne 75003 Paris

• songs:illinois: "I don't wanna be Jar Jar Binks no more" - Star Wars twee from The Bobby McGee's
  Woo hoo great song from a compilation Billy is working on
  (tags: fun music)

Well, very impressed by the free and so far very reliable wifi on the GNER train to Inverness. I was worried I'd need to be on one of the 'Mallards' to guarantee conectivity but no, things are working fine...

Makes a change from the Eurostar where everything is provided free in biz class. On GNER you have to buy your own coffee and the sandwiches are a bit on the grim side.

Makes me yearn for the old British Rail cooked breakfast. It was a model of solid silver and inefficiency (I think it took like four people to serve it) but darn what a way to start the day:-)

• Chalkhills: Making Plans for Nigel cutout characters
  Great little site with info re xtc stuff
  (tags: music xtc)

• www.pengoworks.com - /workshop/jquery_demo/
  Great collection of jQuery demos
  (tags: jquery web2.0 code javascript)

• Social Square
  Beautiful site with ligatures, e-sharps and even those viking "O"s
  (tags: blogging socialsoftware design typography,)
• Web avant-garde
  Henriette's "Green Meme", will hopefully get to it before 2034
  (tags: greenmeme tag)
• WAR AND PEACE - AND POVERTY
  Quote: The goal of Media Lens is to promote rationality, compassion and respect for others.
  (tags: politics journalism poverty)
• Contact Details - 2ndchancepc.co.uk
  Time for a new hard drive and battery :-(
  (tags: powerbook battery)

Really loving my new employer. I just had to pay for a CHAPS transfer to ensure that I get paid on my payday. On top of that I have to pay GBP100/month to get paid at all.

Of course I shouldn't be taking it out on Gordon Brown seeing as he's just defaulted on his promise to help the UKs poorest children and is no doubt still trying to find a way to finance the UK's defence budget hike to GBP33.6 billion for 2006-07. Quite a tough bit of accounting.

Still, I guess I'm being stung by IR35 which after all was one of the seeds planted under Thatcher (I seem to remember in a kind of distant, non-accurate sort of hazy way...)

Check out Google's amazing new product TiSP.

Nicely done but I guess you expect nothing less from The Big One:-)

Have just finished rolling out Jon Aquino's Mental Garden: Twitter: Increasing number of twitters shown in Twitter blog badge but with the loop set to 5 instead of 10. Looks like it's all working:-)

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