Monthly Archives: November 2007

links for 2007-11-17

Allan Jardine: Grid
A javascript bookmarklet which displays a configurable grid over any given webpage, useful for grid layouts.
(tags: web design layout css javascript bookmarklets)

Rands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook
An essay about 96% right about nerds, their lifestyles and relationships.
(tags: psychology relationships blog culture)

A kind of magic?
Or “What’s wrong with homeopathy”, a Ben Goldacre Bad Science […]

links for 2007-11-15

Google Pirate
Like Google but for torrentz and warez and things.
(tags: bittorrent search p2p music)

FormFiftyFive
Scottish (?) design blog
(tags: design blog inspiration)

StyleIgnite.com Analysis of Web 2.0 Design & Layout Trends Part 1
Part 1: Clean, Colorful and Horizontally Divided. Generically “Web 2.0″ but some very nice.
(tags: web design css inspiration layout web2.0 overview)

Ace Jet 170
Weblog devoted to “found […]

links for 2007-11-14

Build a Hackintosh Mac for Under $800
Lifehacker’s guide to building a generic PC running Leopard.
(tags: mac osx hardware pc diy apple)

Why We do Dumb or Irrational Things: 10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies
Stanford Prison experiment, Milgram etc
(tags: psychology science culture education overview)

Magic Tricks: Top 30 Magic Trick Tutorials of All Time
Collection of MetaCafe videos
(tags: video tutorial […]

links for 2007-11-13

The Daily Mail Watch
A weblog devoted to mocking the Mail (and often The Express).
(tags: weblog newspaper humour)

VectorMagic
“The Online Tool for Precision Bitmap to Vector Conversion”
(tags: design vector graphics)

links for 2007-11-12

Filming locations for To Catch a Thief
Page detailing the main locations with Google Maps and film stills.
(tags: movies travel france)

UNICAT® EX70-HDQ / MAN TGA 6×6
A fantastic-looking off-road RV mobile home in a truck.
(tags: travel cars transportation design home)

links for 2007-11-11

How-To Fix an iPod that Won’t Boot
A range of techniques including the wedge of card fix for the hard drive.
(tags: apple diy hardware music ipod)

TinyMCE
“TinyMCE is a platform independent web based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor”. Looks a lot better than the older ones I used a couple of years ago.
(tags: web development javascript ajax html […]

links for 2007-11-09

James Duncan Davidson – Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
Bitstream Vera Sans Mono and Panic Sans seem the leaders in another monospaced/programmer’s font thread.
(tags: development design fonts typography monospace)

links for 2007-11-07

A List Apart: Articles: Graceful E-Mail Obfuscation
A good technique to prevent email address spambot harvesting.
(tags: email javascript php web development apache)

links for 2007-11-05

Completorrent | Search all torrents on the web!
Big BitTorrent meta-search-engine.
(tags: p2p bittorrent aggregator 2)

64 Interview answers you need to know
(tags: work job interview career)

Sheldon Brown - Bottom Bracket Adjustment
(tags: bike repair)

Gerry Lauzon: how to repair a 3-piece or sealed bottom bracket
With photos.
(tags: bike repair)

54 Typography Resources Every Designer Should Bookmark
(tags: typography fonts web design css)

WiFi […]

links for 2007-11-02

PyGTK - GNOME Live!
The GNOME PyGTK wiki.
(tags: python pygtk gnome gtk wiki development gui)

PhotoRec
Highly recommended multi-platform data recovery program, “PhotoRec works with HardDisks, Cdrom, Compact Flash, Memory Stick, SecureDigital, SmartMedia, Microdrive, MMC, USB Memory Drives…”
(tags: software cameras photography recovery hardware disk)

CSSArtillery.com
Another CSS gallery, has a clear rating system.
(tags: css web design inspiration gallery 2)