#web (88 notes)
- Weeknotes: week 13· Better late than never.
- Adding a post scaffold generator to an Astro blog· Way back when this blog was built with Hexo, I used the convenient Scaffolds feature as a way of bringing some consistency to blog posts.
- Goodbye orange kinesis roadmap· After 20 years of on-again, off-again blogging, it's become clear that writing essay-length posts while trying to focus on work is hard. I can blame the…
- Continuous deployment of static sites from Codeship to WebFaction with rsync· Mmm, that's a a bit of a mouthful.
- From Ghost to Hexo· I've moved this blog from Ghost to Hexo.
- Trying out Ghost· A couple of weeks ago I moved this blog from Tumblr to Ghost. I'd wanted to do so since Yahoo acquired Tumblr. I don't have any trust left in Yahoo after…
- The Atlas of True Names· The Atlas of True Names
- A personal timeline of front-end web work· I've been thinking about how much the process of building websites has changed since I laid down my first crappy `frameset` nearly fifteen years ago, so…
- MunrOverground Map· MunrOverground Map
- Issue tracking basics· Some basic issue tracking concepts and tips, aimed mainly at project and account managers who may not have much experience in this area.
- Aha. The story behind the landlord hat. Putting a Landlord Hat on the Landlord | The Chopping Block· Aha. The story behind the landlord hat. Putting a Landlord Hat on the Landlord | The Chopping Block
- Chat tools: HipChat and Flowdock· Update 2015-08-21
- Donationware June 2012· The end of scoping and planning is nigh. Good-oh. We’ll be setting up tools over the next few weeks so I should be in a position to donate to…
- Security, passwords and whatnot· I’ve been slightly concerned about my rather lax security habits for a year or so. My state escalated from ‘slightly concerned’ to ‘mildly freaked out’…
- Comments· A timely article from Smashing, Publish What You Learn:
- Busywork· I had hoped to avoid blog-related busywork until I’d been posting for a few months but a few minor things were annoying me, so I thought them worth fixing.
- Donationware· I’ve been thinking a bit too much about paying for things.
- betterthan: You What?· I’ve found that attempting to use new tools and techniques during real production doesn’t really work for me. I get tied up in doing the work and find it…
- Hello· Right, blogging again. This time it’s vaguely technical.
- (via Architizer Blog » Bonsai Architectures and Pebble-Infrastructures)· (via Architizer Blog » Bonsai Architectures and Pebble-Infrastructures)
- Paul Russell: Charity, Bournemouth· Paul Russell: Charity, Bournemouth
- Shard 2012 – Nick Wood, Hayes Davidson – Home – Millennium Footbridge· Shard 2012 – Nick Wood, Hayes Davidson – Home – Millennium Footbridge
- The hand carved Marbelous table has spiraled supports and a simple maze carved into the legs. There…· The hand carved Marbelous table has spiraled supports and a simple maze carved into the legs. There is even a little shelf at the base for the marble box.
- First snow of the season· A postcard of Edinburgh Castle in winter, from Postcards to Chris.
- Month 107· November was a quiet month and most of the things I did can’t be talked about publicly right now, so this monthnote should be mercifully brief.
- Month 105· I tend to lose track of things I’ve managed to get done, so have been thinking about keeping weeknotes for a while. I reckon monthnotes might be a better…
- LBS SEO Recruiter Spam· LBS SEO Recruiter Spam
- Checking in on Saturn – Boston.com· Checking in on Saturn – Boston.com
- Real World Web· Real World Web
- via oldcomputers.net· via oldcomputers.net
- SEO copywriters· SEO copywriters
- Portfolio Jochem Faudet – Grow Your Own· Portfolio Jochem Faudet – Grow Your Own
- My blog just turned 3· My blog just turned 3.
- Endeavour· Space Shuttle Endeavour silhouetted against Earth’s atmosphere, via headlessness and NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day.
- Mars rising over Haleakala Crater Moonbow· Mars rising over Haleakala Crater Moonbow
- Welcome to the Milky Way Transit Authority· Welcome to the Milky Way Transit Authority
- Edward Burntyksky – Alberta Oil Sands #6· Edward Burntyksky – Alberta Oil Sands #6
- The Ultimate Uncluttered Tube Map – Londonist· The Ultimate Uncluttered Tube Map – Londonist
- (the teeming void): Weather Bracelet – 3D Printed Data-Jewelry· (the teeming void): Weather Bracelet – 3D Printed Data-Jewelry
- Famille Summerbelle: London Paper Cut Map· Famille Summerbelle: London Paper Cut Map
- Creative Review – Rubik’s Cube Type Stamp· Creative Review – Rubik’s Cube Type Stamp
- 100% LED Watch· 100% LED Watch
- ThinkGeek :: Tauntaun Sleeping Bag· ThinkGeek :: Tauntaun Sleeping Bag
- 20×200 : think-make-think· 20×200 : think-make-think
- via Off The Meatrack· via Off The Meatrack
- High as a Kite by Slinkachu· High as a Kite by Slinkachu.
- Riding a Wave with Dustin Humphrey – Shoot The Blog· Riding a Wave with Dustin Humphrey – Shoot The Blog
- ICANN Board Approves Wide Expansion of TLDs· So if McDonald’s wanted a TLD… …then ICANN has .chzbrgr?
- code_swarm - Flickr SVN· code_swarm - Flickr SVN, a visualization of flickr's SVN repository created using code_swarm.
- “Of course, we couldn’t resist setting ourselves a technical challenge with the design to try and…· “Of course, we couldn’t resist setting ourselves a technical challenge with the design to try and do something particularly ‘dopplresque’ with them.”
- Artist Admits He Didn’t Actually Use GPS, DHL to Create ‘Biggest Drawing in the World’ | Gadget Lab…· Artist Admits He Didn’t Actually Use GPS, DHL to Create ‘Biggest Drawing in the World’ | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
- The Telectroscope – 22 May-15 June 2008. London and New York· The Telectroscope – 22 May-15 June 2008. London and New York.
- Tubbypaws, via Nick and Jess· Tubbypaws, via Nick and Jess.
- Customizing Myspace· Paul: I reckon the only thing to do is get in there and give it a crack
- SHIFT | PEOPLE | NON-FORMAT· SHIFT | PEOPLE | NON-FORMAT
- Lawrence Yang – Growth | GelaSkins· Lawrence Yang – Growth | GelaSkins
- Cup Of Tea by David Shrigley· Cup Of Tea by David Shrigley.
- Bad usability calendar via roamin· Bad usability calendar via roamin.
- Glitch Browser· Glitch Browser
- “Since Turrell bought the 400,000-year-old, 2-mile-wide crater in 1979 and began moving tons of…· “Since Turrell bought the 400,000-year-old, 2-mile-wide crater in 1979 and began moving tons of earth to carve out different kinds of viewing chambers and…
- Posterwhore: A visual blog of poster art from artists, illustrators, designers, ad agencies, etc· Posterwhore: A visual blog of poster art from artists, illustrators, designers, ad agencies, etc.
- its amazing how out of sync teh web actually is· Fazal: its amazing how out of sync teh web actually is
- WoopWoop· Creating a distributed tag-based radio using Last.fm.
- Keep It On Ze Rinky-dink· Time passes. Things happen. Beer is drunk. No functionality is added (to the weblog, at least). Re-design? Don’t even go there. Just get that twig out of…
- Chiba· William Gibson has an official web presence to complement the launch of his new novel, Pattern Recognition. There’s even a shiny new weblog and forum to…
- Nostalgic Oblong· Aw, look: the first edition of O’Reilly’s 1996 Web Master in a Nutshell in handy searchable HTML! Comes as part of the complete Web Developer’s Library.
- In The Beams· Yahoo’s LAUNCHcast service is surprisingly well done (but unsurprisingly seems to choke when using Mozilla or Phoenix). There is, of course, an entirely…
- French Mods Can’t Drink· Poorly publicised I Monster website, featuring a comprehensive discography and mp3s of unreleased tracks.
- Put My Comp-Sci Skills To Work· While discussing a New York Times article on L33T speak invading schools, one slashdotter ends up reworking The Lord’s Prayer with modern idioms:
- Hillside· A virtual tour of Keele University.
- Always The Last· The Right to Know from the Information Commissioner purports to “give information on how to access files and records held on you by people and…
- Hecatomb· One last thing; Whelk (the best of Upsideclown).
- Dead Flag Blues· iCandy reviews Six Feet Under at Screenburn. Related: official Six Feet Under website.
- Slice Of Cheese· WaiWai is “a section of the Mainichi Daily News that brings articles from Japan’s weekly tabloids to foreign readers”. Cheeky, punning nonsense.…
- Speakeasy· Random Word Generator. Favourites so far include wagenegle, framelechable, scrudicturns, bylarlous, lubbses, sistral, bitwences, tection, lovememons and…
- Cut Faster· Coldcut have updated the website for their excellent Solid Steel radio show. It now includes all the playlists since 1998 and archives of some shows.
- Geek Joke· Stolen from the inestimable Mr Beach.
- Personals· “Happily attached small anime girl seeks internet weirdo“. Apparently. Apply within.
- Googling Free· Google announces Web APIs (will hopefully lead to people making good use of the things that they find). Related: slightly obsessive (in a good way) Google…
- Keep it simple· Another weblog. Just what the world needs.
- It hardly rivals the Stortroopers, but it's fun anyhow.· It hardly rivals the Stortroopers, but it's fun anyhow. Make your own Mr Men. Here's mine (ta to Sam at DK).
- From extenuating circumstances via ashtray - Minidisc…· From extenuating circumstances via ashtray - Minidisc player with wireless watch remote... a good excuse to upgrade from my old (i.e. shit) MD.
- Another very tasty Blog tool - Bloghop.· Another very tasty Blog tool - Bloghop. Please feel free to vote for me ;)
- I was so excited about this site that I just spilt water all over my PC.· I was so excited about this site that I just spilt water all over my PC. Arse. Anyway, Blue Lines - it's just very good - go and see for yourself! And…
- I'm far too busy scanning hats (don't ask) to skate naked around the office...· I'm far too busy scanning hats (don't ask) to skate naked around the office... besides, we haven't got the space in here. But according to Attachments,…
- They leap, they scamper!· They leap, they scamper! Oh no, they've fallen over the cheese again. No Blog today. Except this...Onvocation V2000 Competition (pinched from UKNM).
- Skim - always embarrassing learning about something from…· Skim - always embarrassing learning about something from The Times, but there you go. Maybe I'll invest in a bag or something... ;)
- Hmmm...· Hmmm... well, it's a blog. Got bored of my holding page, and also sending out hundreds of emails to people about stuff. So it's all going here now.