February 2012
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Pause for thought
These days, if I were to write code it would be Java or even Haskell, and I would design the heck out of the system using UML, incorporating design patterns. Given half a chance, I’ll specify the operations formally, using OCL; and if you give me total freedom, I’ll specify it in Z (i.e. symbolic logic and set theory) and mathematically prove the design before coding.
Some of the software...
“We thought we were going to get paperless offices; instead we got new...”
– Sign Of The Times: Safety Maps Help You Plan For Catastrophe | Co.Design: business innovation design (via iamdanw)
June 2010
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May 2010
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Neil Gaiman interviewed by Maddy Gaiman. Love it. →
DOES NOT COMPUTE
Phone Merton Council to ask a question. Straight through to answerphone message which says: “Please do not leave a message, we don’t check them on this number.” Then the automated recording kicks in to say: “Please leave your message after the tone.” *beep* WTFFMATE?
April 2010
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It happens to the best of us, old chap. ;-)
Stephen Fry on Apple’s iPad for TIME magazine:
Jobs leans back on his chair, feet up on the table, a welcoming grin on his face. My first question is a nervous babble that lasts five minutes. He listens with patient amusement and answers, “Yes.” Or possibly, “No.” I cannot remember what the question was. I had forgotten to turn on the recorder. I do so now,...
March 2010
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Zipping It To School →
February 2010
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Rebec to the future
Via bsag:
I was listening to an album of music played on Medieval instruments (by Sym) and suddenly remembered the music used in the trailer for the BBC Four Medieval Minds series. Here is Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Purple Haze’ arranged for rackett, tef, shawm, rebec, viol and recorder. The graphics aren’t half bad, either. If they made a whole album of covers like this, I’d buy it like a shot.
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GIS Mapping Shows What Discrimination Looks Like →
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I wish more advertising was this subtle →
“Surprise Dinner” by DDB Los Angeles for Ameriquest
December 2009
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Tom's Glossary of Book Publishing Terms →
September 2009
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Immersion →
Photographer Robbie Cooper shows just how focused young video-game players can be.
WatchCracker - Madiba and the 1995 Rugby World Cup - amazing video:
Stuff like this has me crying like a baby. So so so inspiring. :-)
August 2009
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July 2009
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“Mac people always smile because shit just works, thus they have more time to be...”
– ~Seyhan Aydin
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BLACK CAB SESSIONS - Chapter Seventy : The Walkmen →
So beautiful, just… wow.
June 2009
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Wander around 'Wonderland' →
This is beautifully engaging… too bad it has such finite borders. :-)
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WatchAfro Ninja finally lands that jump [video] // Current - Because everybody deserves a second chance. :-)
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Internet Mapping Project →
Instructions: Draw a picture of the internet, as you see it. Indicate your “home”.
These are just beautiful.
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June 2 - International Iceberg Appreciation Day
niceberg:
On any given day, you would think of icebergs once maybe, in passing. Somedays you might not even think of them at all! But you should. Here’s some good reasons why:
Icebergs are also known as ‘bergs. Ergo, they’re hip and down with the kids.
When an iceberg melts, it actually makes a sound, and this sound is called ‘Bergie Seltzer’. Imagine calling your kid that.
The National Ice...
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May 2009
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I should try this...
rhiarti: That lovely Mr @ememess did my coursework for me!
One of the pieces of coursework was “instant poetry”. The directions were to pick two or three sentences from a book, newspaper or magazine and transform them (within certain guidelines) into poetry. Nearest book to hand was Only Forward. Ended up with two poems as the first was, bar one sentence break, copied verbatim and felt like...
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WatchThis just blew my mind: Video: FIFA STREET 3 “Mad Soccer Moves” promo
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