MySpace round-up

Jon Blake Cusack Version 2.0

Tacking Jr. or II onto a boy's name is too common, a new father decided, so the self-described engineering geek took a software approach to naming h [...]

Yacht Rock

triptych 05

unbelievable line-up this year! Got to check out:Karlheinz StockhausenTelevision PersonalitiesPrince BusterStacey PullenJuana MolinaMoney MarkLCD [...]

neat tools

on the Pagerank site for finding out about things like PageRank, PageRank Checker, Keyword Density Analyzer, Link Popularity Checker, Meta Tag Gene [...]

manasarovar

I received a personal letter from the writer-director of an upcoming feature film called ManasarovarThe film is starting its theatre run in UK from [...]

Discounted

Getting around on Shanks' Pony should be much more fun since I splashed out on a new pair of trainers.After some impressively attentive service from [...]

blank keyboard

any touch typists out there? [...]

Concentrate man!

Listen up! I'd better make a note of this before I forget.Strange things happen to me sometimes.When I'm cycling around or running about, inbetwee [...]

JavaScript Triggers

Brilliant article by Peter-Paul Koch detailing how to use id and class attributes in your XHTML to trigger Javascript functions. Additionally, he s [...]

lucky ticket

th ought provoking post makes you consider your place in the world (via Kottke). [...]

Leslie Winer - Witch

After the very first listen to this album I was disappointed. The height of expectation was too much. Of course if you're aware of my album rating the [...]

a woman

is thrown through a basketball hoop (via kottke). [...]

Spacing of characters using CSS

Jukka Korpela has produced a document on the implementation of letter spacing using CSS. His conclusion: use margin instead of letter-spacing (for s [...]

Dalliance

Only a single creaking floorboard alerted me to her presence. Equally, she hadn't noticed me very quietly sitting in the corner reading; her attenti [...]

Vicious Loop

Snotters, crusty nostrils, tickly throat, irritating cough, big wet sneezes and mild fatigue; and that's before I even venture out the front door in t [...]

molly explains

about three untold CSS mysteries you might not know about: the universal selector, !important keywords and multi-classes. [...]

lists

how to display UL elements as a flat comma-separated list, by Anne van Kesteren. [...]

Shy Talk

Compilations are brilliant.For years I used to record the John Peel radio show and then listen through the tapes over the following days, editing wh [...]

What holiday?

First day back at work since the holidays. In summary: started bad and got worse before looking up.The train station was emptier than a Scottish pay [...]

tsunami photos

Via KottkeThe NY Times has some quality tsunami photos. [...]

looking back on 2004

Quick rundown of my favourite albums, hyperlinks and website of the year.Favourite albums of 2004Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the HillThe Knif [...]

An 'appy New Year to one and all

What a jolly chap I am sometimes. Out for a run on the first day of 2005 and merrily wishing every dog-walker, afternoon rambler and shitty little [...]

Slower - photos

Very nice photographs recommended by Kottke. [...]