Monthly Archives: May 2007

links for 2007-05-25

[Reading time: < 1 minute] 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

[Reading time: < 1 minute] 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

[Reading time: < 1 minute] Predictive text for “tow rope” is “toy pope”.

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A joke my son told me

[Reading time: < 1 minute] 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

[Reading time: < 1 minute] 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 … Continue reading

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links for 2007-05-13

[Reading time: < 1 minute] Technology Review: The Secret of Apple Design (tags: toread design apple)

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links for 2007-05-10

[Reading time: < 1 minute] 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

[Reading time: < 1 minute] 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 … Continue reading

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What’s in a name?

[Reading time: < 1 minute] 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 … Continue reading

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links for 2007-05-06

[Reading time: < 1 minute] 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 … Continue reading

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Cycling charter from the Evening Standard

[Reading time: 1 - 2 minutes] I saw that David Cameron fellow riding his bike to work down Constitution Hill this morning on my cycle commute to White City. He appeared to have a bit of an entourage and wasn’t … Continue reading

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links for 2007-05-01

[Reading time: < 1 minute] Report a Hazard – FillThatHole.org.uk Brilliant website where you can use Google maps to report and pinpoint the exact location of a hole in the road or any other hazard that should be fixed. (tags: … Continue reading

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