delicious: September 2006 Archives

Includes werewolf, warhammer, settlers of catan and magic, plus many others

Not sure what to make of this, I can see why Microsoft makes sense as a partner, but more of the exciting stuff on the web seems to be happening outside Microsoft's activities. More tv on the web will probably be the meat of it.

Good presentation providing a foundation for the understanding of what tagging means, the triads are a useful thinking device.

Very helpful in mapping possibilities and showing negative spaces, plus making out of scope decisions.

Overview of internationalization options for Ruby on Rails, it is pity this is not core functionality yet.

Good overview and update of the classic CMC phone / email communications matrix, I know I'm late to this one

An excellent overview of how newspapers and similar need to recognise the implicit value of what they are reporting

Funny, I know the sudo one is more comtemporary, but this had me laughing

Lovely looking cufflinks based on sewer covers from cities worldwide, I like the Parisian and Roman ones, I've been taking pictures of this kind of thing for years...

Fascinating and believable contradiction of the standard beliefs behind wikipedia, that 700 odd people write the thing, Aaron claims that thousands contribute, but a core edit, which makes the politics of the moment all the more interesting.

Just way too funny, clips of New York chatter

That is me told then, quaint Victorian habit...

old news, but I came across this when looking for a campfire to aim bot - no success yet

Nearly five years old and still a great read, this names one of my unsettling issues with design. I'll mention psychology as a driver for me and why in braver moments I say I'm a designer

treemaps as a rails plugin, should be fun to play with.

Given that we have sold our peugeot this is a fitting note to part on, this is a lovely looking car and tremendously powerful

How stability control really works, clever stuff, watch the videos on the second page. Essentially it slows a wheel to stop the spin, but differently for front and rear wheel drive, sadly still an optional extra on many cars.

Long running thread on the strength of the carbon nanotubes proposed as the main material for a space elevator

Delightful animated cat from Totoro, which I saw recently

AIM client for nokia phones, simple and straightforward install, seems to work well from a few minutes use, better than Mobichat