Monthly Archives: February 2007

links for 2007-02-27

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

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 true of John Maeda’s book The … Continue reading

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links for 2007-02-20

Flickr Leech (because paging sucks) – thanks to Nick S-J for the link. (tags: flickr)

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links for 2007-02-15

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 to organise and go to … Continue reading

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This week in the East Dulwich Forum

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 a never ending source of Claude … Continue reading

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Child genius

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 to see how their lives pan … Continue reading

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links for 2007-02-08

YouTube – Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us (tags: web 2.0 anthropology)

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MBTs

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 Africa had fantastic posture and back … Continue reading

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If East Dulwich was…

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

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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