6 degrees Flickr Graph is a brilliant use of the Flickr API concept Flickr Graph is an application that explores the social relationships inside flickr.com. It makes use of the classic attraction-repulsion algorithm for graphs. Start exploring your contacts by entering your flickr username or the email address you used to register there Designed and built by... More
Fontastic Just came across this nifty gizmo called What the font?! – nice idea, very easy to use, and it works pretty well If you want to know what font someone’s used for, say, an advertisement, a book, an album cover… take a picture of some of the text and upload it to the site. It... More
Time for an Olympic bid “Big Ben” illuminated with London 2012 Olympic bid logo On my cycle journey home from work this evening More
Request to Google When I search Google for tat gallery… …and it says “Did you mean tate gallery?” I’d like to tell it “No” More
Chip and PIN Chip and PIN as a method of payment has been in the UK for a couple of months now, and according to all the major card companies is the most secure system so far. According to this info on UK government website crimereduction.gov.uk, the initiative is costing £1.1billion. This to combat plastic fraud which in... More
Doh! From The Register: Chav burglar collared by webcam A 19-year-burglar has just begun an 11-month stretch at Her Majesty’s Pleasure after he was captured burgling a house by the owner’s webcam. Fed-up software engineer Duncan Grisby set up the surveillance system following a previous burglary three years before. It recorded deliciously crisp images of Benjamin... More
A new challenge I’m about to start training for the 2005 Crystal Palace Triathlon which takes place on 29th May. It’s a half triathlon: 750 metre swim 20km cycle ride 5km run The cycling and running should be doable, I’m looking for swimming tips though. Hopefully we’ll go past the dinosaurs… More
It was the chicken’s day off This from razorhead’s blog which I stumbled on the other day and is well worth a read. There are five types of road crossing in use on UK roads: Refuge: these are the islands in the centre of the road usually demarked by illuminated keep left/right signs which have be battered by cars that managed... More