January 2009
37 posts
marc:
Men - The Dodos
Yes, I’m posting two...
“Just watched ‘The Wrestler’,loved it, i wouldnt be surprised if...”
– AlanCarr on Twitter
“What’s really important is to not understand how to do magical things with code,...”
– Learning to Think Like A Programmer
WatchJump London, you know that documentary on Parkour which was on channel 4 a few years back, well it’s here to watch in full.
“Blowing shit up is what made Doom, but it can’t hurt it to be coupled with...”
– Prize-winning author Graham Joyce to write script for Doom 4
question: What iPhone case are you using?
answers by reblog please :)
Birmingham Twestival 2009 Raffle / Prizes →
Sounds pretty good, hope to see a few of you there perhaps?
Updated: One day left to stop MPs concealing their... →
This is pretty worrying
The best computer game ever made
brilliantology:
buyhercandy:
thommo:
A mate (who runs his own IT business and who i buy all my shit through) just sent me a text saying he has just installed Transport Tycoon and is playing it.
This is for me possibly the best game ever made, i think it just beats sim tower.
TT was realised in 1994!!!
I remember Transport Tycoon! I loved that game. 1994, for serious? Holy shit. That’s so...
Iron & Wine - House by the Sea,
For sublime...
Panels →
We’ve now got a good mix of meet ups happening in city. I’m wondering if it’s time to do something a little more formal so I’m proposing a series of discussion panels.
To start things off how about “How to be a better blogger”. Get four established bloggers to talk about what they do and follow it with a Q&A. I’m happy to moderate (want to get more experience in this). Hold it in the back...
WatchHow cool is this?
The $300 Million Button
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It’s hard to imagine a form that could be simpler: two fields, two buttons, and one link. Yet, it turns out this form was preventing customers from purchasing products from a major e-commerce site, to the tune of $300,000,000 a year. What was even worse: the designers of the site had no clue there was even a problem.
The Daily Mail Oncological Ontology Project →
“A blog following the Daily Mail’s ongoing mission to divide all the inanimate objects in the world into those that cause or cure cancer” via (Pete Ashton)
WatchHow To Be Trailer, with that guy of of twilight in it, looks good.
“Porsche’s move took three years of careful maneuvering. It was darkly brilliant,...”
– How Porsche hacked the financial system and made a killing
“If you can spend them on adding stuff that users care about instead of...”
– Mr. Moore gets to punt on sharding - (37signals)
Type and Architecture Tour of Digbeth →
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