Robokill – Lovely top-down robot RPG shooter game [via:waxy Tegaki blog – “It’s easy to create handwriting blog by mouse!” BBC: Sound Index – “The Sound Index is a massive index of the hottest bands and tracks that are being talked about on the internet right now.” … “IBM’s Semantic Super Computing is used to […]
Tag Archives: culture
Links for 2008-05-25
bowblog: What is Speechification? – Steve describes Speechfication. “we roam the corridors of the BBC’s archive selecting the stuff we think is really excellent, unusual or important and putting it on display” Wikiscanner reveals amusing HP-on-IBM vandalism – http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr is great, and helped me spot this cute litte edit from 2006. “Dell have now bought […]
Links for 2008-04-29
eco gadget shop: Current Cost monitor – “a device which receives information on electricity consumption from a transmitter attached to the domestic meter. The device then calculates the amount and cost of the electricity consumed” (in case you were wondering how to get hold of one) O’ReillyGMT: Speechification – “I can say categorically that Speechification […]
Links for 2008-04-16
Polaroid Digital Mobile Photo Printer (Zink) – Oooh. Zink (zero ink) technology. The colour lives in the paper. [See also here.] Song Chart Meme – a set on Flickr – Wonderful series of charts which represent song lyrics. Virtual Worlds News: Disney’s Virtual Magic Kingdom to Close Doors – Read the comments for a glimpse […]
Links for 2008-02-26
guardian.co.uk: All this online sharing has to stop – “But, um, music people? Better form an orderly queue. You think you were the first to suffer from your content getting ripped off and spread to the four corners of the earth? Get to the back of the line, bud. There’s a few people ahead of […]
Whatevers
Alice was kind enough to pick up a packet of ‘Whatevers’ for me from her local ASDA. Now I can be hip. Or groovy. Or whatever it is the kids say these days. According to the ASDA press release from last year With words like bothered, mint and minger becoming part of British culture ASDA […]
Links for 2008-02-09
Delicious Library – “Just hold the barcode on the back of any book, movie, CD, or video game in front of the camera and your item magically shows up on your digital shelf seconds later” [via:Andy Piper]. This is what I’ll be doing on Sunday afternoon then. Social Innovation Camp – 4th-6th April, London – […]
Links for 2008-02-05
LapJacks – Laptop Skins, iPod Skins And Vinyl Stickers – Alternatives to GelaSkins Laptop Skins by Schtickers – Shop, Create, Participate – More alternatives for stickers. Macworld | Mac OS X Hints | Disable Dashboard – “If you’d like to disable Dashboard, for either RAM usage or other reasons, here’s how to do it” KeyFixer […]
Links for 2008-01-18
earideas – “Earideas is a collection of the best thoughtful audio available on the web” An Eclectic Mind : Some Thoughts on the MacBook Air – “I believe that the 12” PowerBook is the best notebook computer Apple has ever made. Perfectly sized for travel, … I wish Apple would have brought that up to […]
Links for 2008-01-08
CIO.com: Confessions of a Facebook Addict – “To get the most out of these social networks requires a pretty high level of what industry analyst James Governor calls ‘declarative living.’ The more you share about yourself, the more value you get.” Ascent Stage: Favorite links of 2007 – John’s links for the year The Best […]