How many photos have ever been taken? | 1000memories →
It's amazing how many photos are taken and kept. It's sad that so many of them are archived at low quality (by Facebook and Instagram) χ
View ArticleThis website epitomises the problem with pretty websites on Windows
Try loading this website in all your browsers on Windows. http://www.jaguarfuture.com/ IE can't load it, because it doesn't have good enough support of HTML5 and modern web standards. FF has horrible...
View ArticleTech Companies Exploit the Way We Undervalue Privacy →
Cory Doctorow talking about privacy. It's hard to get worried about something when the negative effects are too vague and far off. He likens it to smoking.He also highlights the problem of education...
View ArticleUsing AJAX with WordPress
There’s already lots of places to learn about AJAX, and probably lots of plugins for WordPress to enable AJAXy features. I’ve been working on adding some AJAX to bypuk.com‘s home page, to pull in...
View ArticleI’ve been working on a redesign of BYP’s homepage
I've been working on a redesign of BYP's homepage http://bypuk.com and it's finally done!And I've posted a making-of for the most difficult part of the redesign: getting the sidebar to show posts about...
View ArticleCross-browser transparent backgrounds
I had some trouble getting transparent backgrounds to work in ‘all’ browsers, so here’s how I accomplished it. (more…)
View ArticleI’m starting to feel relieved I didn’t manage to get any Olympic tickets
No food or drink No “electronic transmitting equipment” – do they really think they can ban all mobiles? (more…)
View ArticleThe illusory cow →
If cows can make optical illusions, maybe there is hope for the infinite monkeys with their typewriters. χ
View ArticleMark O’Connor Swapped His MacBook for an iPad and Linode →
An interesting experience, and some good tips in the comments about using the iPad to do work on another computer (e.g. via SSH or VNC) χ χ
View ArticleMicrosoft have a WordPress Installer for Windows →
This is pretty cool. I spotted it in a Gmail ad, too! Microsoft WebMatrix makes it easy for anyone to create a WordPress site. WordPress available from the Web Application Gallery is fully tested to...
View ArticleRaising Some Concerns →
Looks like the New York Times is just as bad as the BBC for writing meaningless headlines and blurbs. χ χ
View ArticleThe Definitive Post On Why SOPA And Protect IP Are Bad, Bad Ideas →
Gives a good background on why infringement is a problem, but what the solution really is, before explaining the bad unintended consequences of SOPA and PIPA. The post is long but it’s worth at least...
View ArticleSpoiled by SSDs
I just accidentally booted my computer using it’s backup system drive — A traditional hard drive. It was soooo slow! Did I really wait this long for applications to load? I’ve had an SSD in my home...
View ArticleThe UC Davis incident and personal responsibility
The first post I read about the pepper spraying incident at UC Davis was this article about the effect the incident may have had on the policeman doing the spraying. The author, Madrigal, recalled a...
View ArticleVideo of the UC Davis pepper spraying →
This video shows what happened at UC Davis in real-time, from multiple angles. via Daring Fireball χ
View ArticleDe-bullshitification of the arguments for bringing in police to disperse...
Chief Spicuzza justified the assault by saying that the protest was “not safe for multiple reasons,” none of which she specified χ
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UK Government plans for increasing the value of the Internet in the UK →
The government has released a document outlining The UK Cyber Security Strategy. There’s lots of interesting plans covering all sorts of online aspects, but I can’t help be afraid that ‘cybercrime’ is...
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