Archives for the 'g33k' Category
salt
Sunday, November 20th, 2005
is salt really worthy of a domain name?
www.salt.gov.uk
whether it will get cold
Saturday, November 12th, 2005
This is what I like to see:
The symbol in the middle that is, another new one for me. It apparently means ‘very cold’ (you would never have guessed) (-2°C). that’s the forecast for this evening here in Edinburgh.
By the way, the squiggle did make sense.. sort of, because the wind was blowing around all […]
weather squiggle
Thursday, November 10th, 2005
I use the forecastfox plugin for firefox, which tells me about the weather outside - present and predicted for today/tomorrow.
It’s particularly useful for when I’ve been in the (windowless, air-conditioned) lab for a number of hours and want to know what to expect when I walk outside.
Sometimes the weather symbols are wacky, and […]
boombox laptop
Monday, November 7th, 2005
did you know that it was possible to blow internal computer speakers? nor did I, but my iBook speakers just distorted and a reboot didn’t fix it. hmm.
free the postcode
Thursday, August 18th, 2005
the mapping between your post code and longitude/latitude is copyrighted information.
isn’t it time to free the postcode?
fancy new fm
Wednesday, August 10th, 2005
last.fm got a fancy new look. they also got a custom new player.
for those who don’t know it, you can listen to me.
mouse envy
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
how much do i want a mighty mouse?
remix culture
Sunday, May 1st, 2005
right on my doorstep:
REMIX CULTURE: Creative Commons and Creativity
Sponsored by the Department of Media and Film, University of Sussex.
this friday. magic.
google local+maps uk
Tuesday, April 19th, 2005
maps.google.co.uk
local.google.co.uk
wait
Thursday, March 17th, 2005
waiting for Matlab to spit out the results of training backprop nets is the new watching paint dry.