Monthly Archives: February 2007

links for 2007-02-27

[Reading time: < 1 minute] Resources – Stencil Revolution (tags: stencil fonts) Alan Perlis – Wikiquote “Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.” Thanks to my Dad for the link. (tags: perlis epigrams alanperlis)

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The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda

[Reading time: 2 - 3 minutes] Every now and then I read something that seems to coincide with my life so perfectly I imagine there must be an Amélie-like character who has placed it in my path. This is certainly … Continue reading

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links for 2007-02-20

[Reading time: < 1 minute] Flickr Leech (because paging sucks) – thanks to Nick S-J for the link. (tags: flickr)

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links for 2007-02-15

[Reading time: < 1 minute] BBC NEWS | Magazine | Why I will be at my own wake “I realised I wanted to thank them all for being part of my life and being my friend, that’s why I decided … Continue reading

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This week in the East Dulwich Forum

[Reading time: 1 - 2 minutes] Stuff that’s caght my eye in the excellent East Dulwich Forum. Moxons the fishmongers has opened a shop on Lordship Lane. Two Trees Lounge has closed – shame, the did good pizzas and had … Continue reading

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Child genius

[Reading time: 1 - 2 minutes] Channel 4′s Child Genius made interesting viewing. In a Seven Up style format, it will follow several “gifted children” – they are so bright their IQs are off the scale – as they develop … Continue reading

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links for 2007-02-08

[Reading time: < 1 minute] YouTube – Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us (tags: web 2.0 anthropology)

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MBTs

[Reading time: 1 - 2 minutes] Prompted by DulwichMum’s comment in my previous post, here’s some info on MBTs. MBT stands for Masai Barefoot Technology and is the “invention” of a Swiss doctor who observed that the Masai tribe in … Continue reading

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If East Dulwich was…

[Reading time: < 1 minute] a mum, she’d be pushing a Bugaboo round the park in her MBTs. a house, it would be having its loft converted.

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links for 2007-01-31

[Reading time: < 1 minute] Tomski: The BBC’s Fifteen Web Principles (tags: web webdesign lists tomski tomloosemore) Gestalt psychology – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (tags: gestalt)

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