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Archive for July 2008


links for 2008-07-13

Flickr Architecture | High Scalability How they do it (tags: architecture flickr scalability) Jewish Chronicle relaunches website with open source software The JC chooses Drupal (tags: jewish_chronicle drupal content_management media) YouTube – Western Spaghetti by PES (tags: animation video cookery fun)

links for 2008-07-12

Dadblog » Why newspapers need their own tech Lloyd responds to Jeff on media organisations outsourcing technology (tags: innovation google news jeff_jarvis outsourcing) BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Google as the new pressroom Jeff Jarvis on media ogranisations outsourcing technology (tags: innovation google news jeff_jarvis)

links for 2008-07-11

Stefano’s Linotype » Blog Archive » Why Programmers suck at Picking Colors How to pick colours for your user interface. (tags: colour design tips) What’s in store for the Apps Store: third-party applications for iPhone finally arrive | last100 Do any of these apps beat the Palm Pilot? Probably not… (tags: iphone productivity applications) Map [...]

links for 2008-07-10

10 company name types on TechCrunch: Pros and cons : The Name Inspector Categorising the names of tech companies (tags: naming branding marketing web2.0) Android Installer simplifies installation on Nokia N810 – Engadget My dream gadget just got a step closer. (tags: nokia n810 android gadgets) Features : Creating forms – Google Docs Help Center [...]

links for 2008-07-09

PhotoShelter – Stock Photos, Stock Images, Sell Photos Photo archiving service (tags: photography archiving) Joe Queenan on why he thinks new classical music is absolute torture | Classical and opera | guardian.co.uk Music 40 years of pent-up frustration with modern music unleashed (tags: music criticism contemporary_music)

The continual rise of Python

A couple of weekends ago, prompted by a presentation from one of the team at work, I attempted to learn Python and write my first app in Google AppEngine. It was a wonderful experience, fuelled, I think, by three things: Django, on which with the AppEngine is based, is a very simple, intuitive web application [...]

links for 2008-07-08

Obituary: Jesse Helms | World news | guardian.co.uk To echo this newspaper’s memorable comment on the death of William Randolph Hearst, it is hard even now to think of him with charity. [...] “nothing Jesse Helms did in his entire career will enhance America’s national security more than his retirement.” (tags: jesse_helms obituary politics usa) [...]

links for 2008-07-07

jsunit : Message: Re: Does JsUnit 2.2 support Firefox 3? (tags: jsunit firefox_3 bugs) Main Page – PlainOldWebserver Turns Firefox into a webserver. (tags: web_server firefox plugins) Dragon voice recognition resources and news » Blog Archive » What is the optimum dictation style for Dragon NaturallySpeaking? Tips on accurate voice recognition (tags: dragon_naturally_speaking voice_recognition)

links for 2008-07-06

Oliver Burkeman: Why self-imposed happiness isn’t the real deal | Lifeandhealth | Life and Health Every time I think about Pete the Perch, something inside me dies. Has none of these fun-fixated managers ever watched The Office? (tags: self_help fish)

links for 2008-07-05

Closed-Loop Corrective Action Includes a summary of Ford’s 8Ds approach to correcting problems (tags: quality lean ford) BBC Internet Blog How BBC Topics work (tags: bbc topic_pages technology) “People, Places, Subjects” – BBC Topic and Guardian keyword pages: Part 1 – currybetdotnet – 4 July, 2008 The start of what promises to be a good [...]