It is entirely possible to write applications as a monolithic slab of undifferentiated code. Indeed, for some this appears to approach an art form, with a stream-of-consciousness code style not dissimilar to Jack Kerouac’s spontaneous, amphetamine-fuelled writing style. [link]
Flash Earth combines data from Google Maps and MSN Virtual Earth to create an even more visually impressive experience. Here’s the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: Drag. Zoom out. Gape. If you get lost, click “MSN VE with labels” to show place names from Virtual Earth. Application by Paul Neave.
My brothers’ websites, in order of appearance:
Jeremy: Faded
Robert: True Knocks Productions
Kirk: KirkandSheila.com (see his personal page)
If you’re in London, check it out.
The exhibits, which includes his bifocal spectacles and the flexible urinary catheter, will be on display from 31st October 2005 until 27th January 2006. Entrance is free. [BBC article]
That is, if, yknow, you’re into ancient catheter technology.
One hundred sectors of trash in my file,
One hundred sectors of trash,
Patch the bug, compile it again,
One hundred one sectors of trash in my file.
Source unknown.
Portfolio for designer Andy Titus. One Flash animation in particular blew me away. (warning: it’s only a few seconds long, so don’t bother making popcorn.)
Cool. I’ve been looking everywhere for the guy.
One of rock ‘n’ roll’s chief architects has been rescued from the rubble of New Orleans.Fats Domino, who had been unaccounted for in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, was plucked from the flooded city by a rescue boat.
His daughter, Karen Domino White, who lives in New Jersey, identified her father in a picture taken Monday night by a New Orleans Times-Picayune photographer. The singer is seen being helped from a boat by an emergency crew.
Yes, I’ve been posting rather infrequently. And the style doesn’t match the rest of my site. Oh Well, We Shall Just Have To Live With It.
Interesting article at Creating Passionate Users.
The wisdom of crowds [the book he's quoting] comes not from the consensus decision of the group, but from the aggregation of the ideas/thoughts/decisions of each individual in the group.
Well, you have to agree that the graphic is interesting. It’s also useful for Powerpoints, if you ever have to make one someday.
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