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) More
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 Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life). Maeda is a world-renowned graphic designer, visual... More
links for 2007-02-20 Flickr Leech (because paging sucks) – thanks to Nick S-J for the link. (tags: flickr) More
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 my own wake. The next day I also want to ring up those who don’t... More
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 Challe music. Join us for some early morning running (and here too) round the local... More
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 out. In one scene a ten year old boy is in conversation with a Professor... More
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 problems rarely occurred. So he created this shoe which simulates the effect of walking barefoot... More