January 2008
92 posts
Tate Modern: The Great Tate Mod Blog →
Tate Modern has a blog. And not a token effort blog, either, but a real blog, updated regularly with interesting content about the museum and other art museums, too.
Riddle me this
How can we have a complete power failure at work, in the entire building, and other buildings too, and the wireless internet keeps working? (I’m posting via my laptop)
I’m just saying.
Peacock Tail, again
I’ve re-enabled Richard Dunlop-Walters lovely Peacock Tail theme after a bit of playing around to make it do quotes the way I wanted it too, which was the inverse of how Richard designed it.
Tumblr Time
travors:
My posts are showing up on the site scattered and with the wrong timestamps - apologies, dunno why this is happening. For the record I didn’t have my 4pm snack at 11am.
I noticed this yesterday on my tumblog, too.
I think it has to do with the difference between local time and tumblr-time (which seems to be New York-time). And it seem that the difference comes into play...
“If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science-fiction...”
– William Gibson, from the preface to Burning Chrome.
Echelon
fro:
I was watching another generic TV story on some computer-gaming-control-for-kiddies-lockout-thingy last night, when who do I see pop up on the screen? That Guy Ben. He is the technologist that pops up everywhere. BTW, I don’t know if it’s intended irony or not, naming this device Echelon. I mean, really.
Of course, I missed this on TV.
What do cell phone reception bars mean? →
Not much. And there’s no standard, even on the same manufacturer’s phones. (via the prolific Nicolas Nova)
Peacock Tail →
nostrich:
A theme for Tumblr I just finished. All the details are there, so check it out.
I’ve just changed my theme from Richard Dunlop-Walters excellent Dayvan Mini to his equally awesome, and “typographically splendid” Peacock Tail.
…time passes…
Oh, and then I changed it back again, because I prefer how Dayvan Mini handles quotes.
Instapaper →
marco:
I’m ready to direct some traffic to my little side project, Instapaper. I’ve been using it for months and couldn’t live without it now.
Here’s the basic premise:
You come across substantial news or blog articles that you want to read, but don’t have time at the moment.
You need something to read while sitting on a bus, waiting in a line, or bored in front of a computer.
Instapaper...
Nigerians Seek Clooney as Mediator →
Amazingly, this is not from the Onion
Militants in Nigeria’s restive oil region on Saturday invited actor and peace activist George Clooney to visit the area and asked for U.N. intervention in their conflict.
Of course. In other news Matt Damon reunited North and South Korea.
numblr — On Tumblelogs →
Richard Dunlop-Walters says
I’ve been using Tumblr for about 6 months now. In that time, I have come to this decision: tumblelogs are the way forward.
And I completely agree with him. I’m totally looking forward to seeing his regular blog merge with his tumblog.
But as long as my “traditional” blog deals with heavy-duty researchy stuff and my tumblog crosses all the...
Sister Mary Angeline, the Milton Road Nun →
When I caught the bus, I’d see the Nun every day. Now I catch the train, I miss the Nun.
WatchKen Block takes his WRX to the slopes.
Dear Tumblrs
Do you think there’s a way for me to never hear again about Julia Allison or Jakob Lodwick?
KTHXBYE
Mashup: Sinatra and Elvis →
Old school mashup with the two taking turns singing each other’s song (it’ll make sense when you watch it).
I’m linking to un’s post (which autoplays) rather than reblogging because the yourememberthat.com flash player doesn’t get along with either my theme or Safari in general and I don’t care that much for autoplay. I wanted to reblog and disable autoplay, but the controls end up hidden so...
Rat-eating plant discovered in Cape York →
Don’t all the plants in Australia eat animals? — guy
Only the ones that aren’t poisonous.
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“Its only blatant eyesore and element of disorganization is a group of billboards...”
– Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, p295. I think she has a lovely turn of phrase. “Fatuously exhorting the passing throngs to pray in family groups” indeed.
“No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.”
– Slashdot in 2001, on the launch of the original iPod (Slashdot | Apple releases iPod)
Procrastinators discussion forum →
Oh, the irony.
“the Air is not just a lighter laptop, it is a conceptual shift in personal...”
– lonelysandwich. Lonelysandwich is going out on a limb here, saying that the Air is Apple way of changing the game. The Air says that personal computing is wireless. Just a shame that it doesn’t come with G3 telephony as well.
“I’d like to send our sincerest apologies for the interruptions to service over...”
– Really truly sorry. « Davidville
It’s been a long time since somebody has appologized this sincerely to me for a few hours of interrupted service. I think Tumblr could teach the rest of the Internet a few lessons on not sucking. — squashed
Testify!
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Jane Jacobs Revisited →
One of the best, and shortest, reviews of Jane Jacobs The Death and Life of Great America Cities.
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“American downtowns are not declining mysteriously, because they are...”
– Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, pp223.
Jay Leno's Garage - 1964 Honda SM600 →
Ohhhh. Old Japanese car restoration porn.
I Can Has Rezearch Papar? →
By Cyle Gage. Concluding with “I did it for the lulz” is cheap. When you’ve written an essay on internet culture, I wanna know why. I crave knowledge! Everyone knows internet people are information junkies.
— dailymeh
Gage’s “Epic Conclusion” of “I did it for the lulz” references the quote he gave on lulz from the ED near the beginning of the...
“He’s a dickhead kid. We don’t write articles about every dickhead...”
– Wikipedia users reject Corey Delaney entry | NEWS.com.au (“ick” reinstated by me; ACA is A Current Affair, a local tabloid current affairs show)
Time's up for petrol cars, says GM chief -... →
In a stunning announcement at the opening of the Detroit motor show, Rick Wagoner, GM’s chairman and chief executive, also said ethanol was an “important interim solution” to the world’s demand for oil, until battery technology improved to give electric cars the same driving range as petrol-powered cars.
If GM thinks that electric by way of ethanol is the way to go, and...