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The BBC can be an open source for all of UK plc | Media | The Guardian ‘In the corporate world, Facebook, Apple and Google have launched platform services that allow external developers and companies to build services using their code - but the BBC is uniquely placed to use those same principles to create a cultural and commercial resource for the nation.’ Building a Custom Lifestream Website with Sweetcron - NETTUTS SweetCron Themes - Free & Quality Themes for SweetCron Well, only one so far. Give Me Something To Read ‘Need something to read? Enjoy these selections from among the most frequently bookmarked articles on Instapaper.’ patrickrhone / journal » Blog Archive » Design Decisions: patrickrhone.com 2.0 I’ve been linking to excellent examples of...

Improving my Delicious command for Ubiquity - 0xDECAFBAD - Mozilla Firefox Great improvements, but this also highlights how counter-intuitive/confusing Ubiquity commands can be (see my comments on the post - it took me ages to work out how to use the new features, and I still can’t do my usual ‘quote something from the page I’m bookmarking, then add my own comment’ thing). PGP, IBM help Bletchley Park raise funds | News - Security - CNET News ‘A campaign will be launched on Tuesday to ask U.S. tech companies to help save Bletchley Park, whose wartime work helped lay the foundations of modern computing and crytography. ‘ Panic - Extras - Miscellanous Bits of Panic Panic are giving away Transmit 1.7 for OS 9, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the...

channel4.com - watch online New iPlayer-type service. Windows/IE-only. Pubic service broadcaster, my arse. Strange fiction | Review | guardian.co.uk Books Firefox 3 brings Ugliness to the Mac at Johan Sanneblad Most of this sloppy UI stuff has been getting on my wick too. Minimal Great post on minimal weblog design. Goes too far, but I’m going to borrow some of these ideas. Administrative Debris More minimalism for weblogs. I really like the editing in place features outlined here. plainview : software : the barbarian group Full-screen browser for OSX. Questions For Gore Vidal Psychogeography Self and Sinclair in conversation. Remember The Milk - Services / Remember The Milk for Gmail Really slick. LogicielMac.com - News : Snow Leopard : adieu les PPC ! The end of an era....

Heresy Corner: Blasphemy: the last rites "Few people seem to have noticed, but the law of blasphemy was repealed yesterday…" Jonathan Glancey on the influence 50s comicstrip Dan Dare has had on modern architecture Instant Rimshot "Mark As Unread" Doesn’t Work For Me Anymore | Ask Metafilter Email tips. Life Without Buildings: Art From Disaster: an architecture blog "…New Orleans homes still bear the spray-paint markings used by rescue workers… some residents have installed a metal sculpture permanently memorializing these new urban hieroglyphics." tms [fernLightning] "Allows basic cvs style operations on Time Machine volumes." Great for quickly checking what Time Machine has been up to. Goodreads | get book recommendations...

Getting things done (simply) in Leopard | Dennis Best "Gouge and Bite, Pull Hair and Scratch:" The Social Significance of Fighting in the Southern Backcountry URL as UI LW ORIGIN Interview about loopwheel machines, which make lovely comfy sweatshirts. mythologicalobjects - Mythological Objects by Christolina Minaret I’m starting to think I’m not clever enough to play this game… shorttermmemoryloss.com Nice homepage design. Nationwide iPhone shortage reported; 3G model soon? | One More Thing - CNET News.com Hope so - I’m teetering on the brink of getting an iPhone, 3G would tip me right over. Twitter / rabbitchaser: Hoping Slice has her phone … Hmmn. Avant Game: The Lost Ring - the alternate reality game for the 2008 Olympics 60% of Editors Blog...

Pharyngula: EXPELLED! Tee hee. Wikinear Site that shows you Wikipedia pages near where you are, assuming you’re updating your location via Fire Eagle. (Is this the first useful Fire Eagle-based thing?) TheDieline.com: Innovation in Wine Labels Tear-off strips on wine labels. Good idea, for drinker and wine-maker alike. Note (Ftrain.com) "I’ll use cave paintings as the model for my series. Omar will chase mammoths through the streets and Carcetti will wear a robe made from a wolf and Beadie will chew bear meat for her children before passing it from her mouth." Do Not Reply Chap owns donotreply.com, turns on catch-all. Wow....

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The iTunes 5 Announcement From the Perspective of an Anthropomorphized Brushed Metal User Interface...

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I made this... it only took 2 hours. I don't think I'll put it on...