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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. More

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) More

links for 2007-01-28

Chatham House – The Chatham House Rule “When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed”. (tags: Chatham House rule) More

links for 2007-01-27

LOW MORALE ::: a series of flash animations portraying one man’s struggle to cope with working life. Animation, Low, Morale, Flash, LowMorale, cartoons, work, meh, monkeehub, media, monkeehub media, monkees, monkey, employment, death, escape, life, animat Genius. Thanks to John Howard for the link. (tags: office work humour humor cartoons funny) More

Five things

I’ve been tagged by Nigel Paine and Martin Belam – so here goes… Five things you might not know about me: I went to nine nurseries/schools including O Pequeno Principe (The Little Prince) nursery in Brazil and the Junior English School in Rome, Italy. At Southampton University I was the long-haired lead singer in a... More

Running track question

Why do we run in an anticlockwise direction on a running track? Has it always been anticlockwise? Is it clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere? [No, actually scrap that] Does it mean top athletes’ descendants will have shorter left legs than right? [Actually scrap that one too] More

Two today

Just realised this blog is two years old today. Blog Stats There are currently 413 posts and 202 comments, contained within 33 categories. Spam Akismet has protected your site from 27,716 spam comments. More

links for 2007-01-21

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Duck survives two days in fridge Sorry. Duck’s off. “A duck in the US state of Florida has survived gunshot wounds and a two-day stint in a refrigerator. A hunter shot the duck, wounding it in the wing and leg. Believing the bird was dead, he left it... More

links for 2007-01-20

The Phantom Tollbooth (film) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (tags: milo tollbooth phantom) BBC – bbc.co.uk Standards & Guidelines – Search Metadata Standards v2.0 (tags: bbc search metadata standards guidelines) BBC – bbc.co.uk Standards & Guidelines – Accessibility Guidelines v1.0 (tags: bbc accessibility standards guidelines web webdesign) Dulwich Hamlet Football Club (tags: football soccer London... More

links for 2007-01-16

Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines (tags: usability guidelines usability.gov) HappyCodr: Ruby on Rails Showcase (tags: ruby showcase happycodr tech dev design) More