January 2009
corenominal, ever seen this quote? "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
Shift_Wreck: I think I may have seen that once or twice :)
I have it tattoo'd across my forehead.
im thinking of having it removed.
listening to "Flower - Moby" →
Work of art » http://tr.im/1k
claimID: Plinky →
Not really sure yet. Some kind of creative motivator service?
listening to "Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson" →
Watched CSI: Stargate Atlantis last night - unexpectedly awesome - the money they must have spent on the soundtrack alone… Stones, Cash and Manson!
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Openbox logout icons
On and off for the last week I have been experimenting for pretty much the first time with some icon designs for an Openbox logout script being written by Nik_Doof for #! CrunchBang Linux. I’ve attached a screenshot below of the 0.1 release in action, as well as some alternative icons. I plan to revamp the icons: I’m going to try a set making better use of PNG transparency, and also...
listening to "The Future - Leonard Cohen" →
Happy Blue Monday everyone :D :D :D
listening to "Straight Out Of Compton - Nina... →
‘Here’s a murder rap to keep yo dancin, with a crime record like Charles Manson’
listening to "Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might... →
I love Blip, but it’s starting to get a little overloaded with ads.
Brainfart: auto-generated 'newsrooms' for...
Robert Scoble posted an interesting comment on FriendFeed earlier. I really screwed up today. When the plane crash happened I should have opened a friendfeed room. Here’s why: 1. A room can hold multiple searches from http://search.twitter.com so I could have tracked a lot more items. 2. A room would have been a permanent repository of info about that event. 3. I could have mixed...
Twitter hands over another username
This time it’s Daily Mail parody @Notdailymail_uk (formerly @dailymail_uk) who one day found their username had been taken without warning or opportunity for defence. The key difference here is that this account is clearly parody. Read the full story here Posted via email from foomandoonian’s halfblog | Comment »
Truthiness in advertising
This comment in the Metro about the atheist bus ad campaign made me laugh (attached below). Almost as much as the complaints that the campaign breaks the advertising code ‘on the grounds of substantiation and truthfulness’. Lordy.
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Penguin cartoon
I’ve spent this evening working on a cartoon penguin in Inkscape. I’ll release this with a liberal Creative Commons licence and as an SVG when I’m sure I’m happy with it. I’ve also attached my work in progress for those who may be curious. Any constructive criticism is welcomed. :)
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A community for designers to share screenshots of interesting and beautiful design.
listening to "Take Me Out (Daft Punk Remix) -... →
Another mother of a cover…
Why would a serious company rip off such a well...
The Shortex one is hilarious. It’s not even well implemented. And they’ve stolen the iconic BBC clock! (found via Your Site is Valid)
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Public transport: a short rant
I like public transport in theory, but in practice it’s pretty crappy. Last night I got crowded by three loud and stupid teenagers who stank of alcohol and drowned out my podcast with details of their personal lives. This morning I missed the bus, but not because I was late, prompting the following snotty email to Cardiff Bus: This morning, I arrived at the bus stop five minutes early to...
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listening to "Bohemian Like You - The Dandy... →
So what do you do? Oh yeah, I wait tables too. No I havent heard your band.
listening to "Gimmie Some Salt - Clap Your Hands... →
I was in the kitchen; Cooking up a shark; Sally’s out preparing; Witty remarks
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Fast Dial: A great Firefox add-on goes bad
Fast Dial is a great little Firefox add-on that gives you the speed dial functionality found in Opera. Rather, I should say it was a great add-on. I have just this minute updated to the latest version (2.15) and been greeted by some rather unwelcome modifications:
An unwanted searchbox has found its way to the top of the page
A sponsored link has been added in place of one of my shortcuts
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listening to "Seven Nation Army (white stripes) -... →
I love it when the Lips cover a song that is already aces bells :D
Matt Smith, the new Doctor
Much has already been said about the casting of Matt Smith as the new Doctor. Watch a short interview with him and see what you think. A few highlights excerpted below. I hope my transcribing skills haven’t done him any injustice. On the significance of the role: ‘It sort of has the… ummm … the iconic kind of status that Robin Hood or Sherlock Holmes or … and...
listening to "I Fought The Law - Green Day" →
So, is Blip legal? I mean, if you were a big company, would you be happy to use the service?
Posterous: Analytics (yay) - Tag RSS (boo)
Posterous has recently added support for Google Analytics, making the service instantly more valuable. Not that I strictly need this myself, but I do find the stats fascinating. Sadly though, I just discovered that the blog does lack one important feature I had assumed it would have: RSS feeds for each tag. Being able to filter content by tag is tremendously useful, and I can already see from my...
Last photos of 2008
Taken from the tops of two different ‘mountains’ near Caerphilly, these are the last pictures taken by me in 2008 (and my first post for 2009). I’d have taken a picture of the first sunrise too, but I actually completely missed the first morning of the year! Happy 2009…
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