Monthly archive: June 2005

• Grokker – A New Way to Look at Search
  Visual search engine with clustered results. Requires Java
  (tags: 3d google internet search web)

Found a short list of frequently asked questions I had started writing a while ago and published them.

If there is anything else you want to know, please ask.

• Oscillate Wildly: Rusty Joiner
  Rusty Joiner, 'fitness model extraordinaire'. Personal body expectations suddenly got even more unattainable.
  (tags: fitness model rustyjoiner)
• Spell with flickr
  Enter a word and spell it with photos from Flickr
  (tags: flickr photo spell)
• Freecycle
  'It's like eBay but with no money'
  (tags: charity computer email free internet money online service sharing useful)
• How to Survive a Heart Attack When Alone Hoax
  Got it via email from a friend. It sort of made sense. Turns out it is in no way condoned by medical authorities
  (tags: medicine hospital heartattack heart)
• Identify Stroke Email – Three Simple Questions
  Another piece of medical advice circulating via email. This one is true.
  (tags: medicine stroke hoax email)
• Jeffrey Zeldman | Charles Wyke-Smith's 'Stylin' With CSS: A Designer's Guide'
  'Whether you're a CSS adept who needs help remembering the 342 approved hacks, or a traditional print (or Dreamweaver) designer for whom CSS layout is scary and confusing, Charles Wyke-Smith's designer's guide to CSS has you covered.'
  (tags: books css design web)

• Wired 13.06: Rubik's Cube Feeds Need for Speed
  'Two decades after the madness, people are still solving the classic 3-D puzzle as fast as possible. When that gets boring, they do it blindfolded.'
  (tags: rubik games)
• Flickr: Photos from Least Wanted
  Non-celebrity mugshots from the first half of last century
  (tags: flickr history photo photography mugshots)
• National Geographic News: The "Star Wars" Worlds: More Science Than Fiction?
  Experts on everything extraterrestrial determine how believable is the Star Wars galaxy.
  (tags: science starwars technology scifi movies)
• wikiHow – The How-To Manual That Anyone Can Write or Edit
  wikiHow is a collaborative writing project aiming to build the world's largest how-to manual.
  (tags: useful wiki howto reference)

• Obscure Topics from Answers.com
  Words that have fallen out of common usage
  (tags: language dictionary words english)

• BBC NEWS | Health | Keeping fit may only take minutes
  'Cycling at top speed for two minutes in 30 second bursts with four minutes rest between each sprint' as effective as cycling 'for two hours a day at a moderate pace'
  (tags: exercise fitness health)

• Bad Wolf – who is bad wolf? what is bad wolf?
  BBC website with clues, theories and revelations in anticipation of the 'Bad Wolf' episode in two weeks. I'd given up all hope to ever get into sci-fi, but this series has proved me wrong. Compelling stuff.
  (tags: doctorwho badwolf scifi television bbc)

• BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Patients 'made way' for Minogue
  'A row has erupted over allegations that elderly cardiac patients were moved from their beds to make way for singer Kylie Minogue to have cancer surgery.'
  (tags: kylie music cancer hospital)
• @media 2005: Web Standards & Accessibility
  I'd love to go and hear Zeldman (et al) talk. If I had 395 pounds plus VAT. And if it wasn't sold out.
  (tags: accessibility design development internet usability)
• iPod Video Player – WikiPodLinux
  How to install GNU/Linux on an iPod, and play videos on it. It obviously is totally unsupported.
  (tags: hack ipod mobile video)
• Gunfight over leaked copies of next Harry Potter novel
  Shots were fired during a meeting between a Sun reporter and photographer, and two men claiming they had copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for sale.
  (tags: harrypotter)