Monthly Archives: May 2007

links for 2007-05-25

Posted on 26 May 2007 by delicious

MPK20: Sun’s Virtual Workplace Sun does Second Life enterprise stylee. (tags: sun intranet secondlife collaboration 3d enterprise)

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links for 2007-05-21

Posted on 22 May 2007 by delicious

Ferdinand de Saussure – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In case anyone was wondering… (tags: ferdinanddesaussure saussure linguistics signifier signified)

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What I found out when my car broke down

Posted on 20 May 2007 by Nic Price

Predictive text for “tow rope” is “toy pope”.

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A joke my son told me

Posted on 20 May 2007 by Nic Price

A man walks in to a library and says “Fish and chips please” The librarian says, “Sorry sir, this is a library” So the man whispers “Fish and chips please”

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Happy Birthday Alan Johnston

Posted on 17 May 2007 by Nic Price

BBC correspondent Alan Johnston disappeared on his way home from his Gaza City office on 12 March. He is feared kidnapped in the lawless territory, where he is thought to have been the only international correspondent still working. Intensive efforts … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-05-13

Posted on 14 May 2007 by delicious

Technology Review: The Secret of Apple Design (tags: toread design apple)

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links for 2007-05-10

Posted on 11 May 2007 by delicious

BBC NEWS | Magazine | Helvetica at 50 Neville Brody calls Helvetica bland, unadventurous and unambitious. (tags: fonts typefaces helvetica design typography)

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Cyclists should be allowed to use the road

Posted on 10 May 2007 by Nic Price

I’ve just added my name to this petition: The new highway code requries cyclsits to use cycle facilities ‘wherever possible’. Many facilities are of poor standard, or just plain dangerous. cyclists should not be forced to use such facilities against … Continue reading →

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What’s in a name?

Posted on 8 May 2007 by Nic Price

A gem from the East Dulwich Forum… A friend once met an American called Randy who complained about “you Brits always sniggering at my name”, stifling his own giggles my friend politely reassured him though it had certain connotations in … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-05-06

Posted on 7 May 2007 by delicious

Epicenter – Wired Blogs David Weinberger in conversation with Cory Doctorow. “‘plan pilot’ or ‘notbook’ because not a lot of people are going to be finding those.” (tags: corydoctorow davidweinberger wired metacrap metadata explicit implicit tagging)

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