6th May, 2008

To be filed under ‘Most irritating of Internet Explorer bugs’, we discovered today, eventually, that Internet Explorer has issues dealing with cookies sent from Codeigniter and Lussumo’s Vanilla forum software if the sub-domain it is hosted on contains an underscore. I can't express you how much time was wasted on this, or how many avenues were explored, (custom session libraries, URL based session identifiers ...), before the answer was unexpectedly found. This is a reminder and an attempt to get the resolution out there for the next poor soul who has this problem.

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An excellent little bookmarklet by Sumaato allowing you to add geocoding machine tags to your Flickr image using Google's map solution, which is far more detailed than the built-in Yahoo alternative, (aside from the totally useless satellite images of Nara, Japan).

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13th April, 2008

Muxtape, the mixtape creation site, is great enough, (here is mine). But now Joe Lazarus has used Yahoo Pipes to suggest mixes through your Last.fm profile. A brilliant way of extending the original site and enhancing its appeal.

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An interesting and revealing article on the differing political and religious views of America and Britain – The best bit is the excellent accompanying infographic showcasing the comparative results.

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30th March, 2008

‘The Whale Hunt is an experiment in human storytelling.‘ – An amazing piece of work by Jonathan Harris, (of ‘We Feel Fine’ fame), The Whale Hunt is a photographic project set in Alaska intended to show the photographer’s experience not only through images but through time as a structure to illustrate excitement.

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An idea I’ve often considered, Sea Shell is a device that can use your Oyster card data to map your travels and track your position around London – I'd love to get my hands on the data stored under my Oyster profile and have a play. Via James Box.

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I remember pointing out Cabel's lightbox solution as an elegant and well-implemented example of the effect, and he's finally released it publicly. I imagine there'll be numerous implementations of this effect popping up in the next month or so.

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11th February, 2008

One of the reasons I haven't been lavishing as much time as I'd like on this site of late has been my determination to get the latest release of Flickrshow out of the door. Well its almost there, (bar a little bit more tweaking in Everybody's Favourite Browser), so head on over and take a look.

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Two hundred people simultaneously freeze in place, then unfreeze five minutes later and carry on, in the massive main concourse of Grand Central station. If this happened while I was in a big station in London it would freak me out. Amazing.

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14th January, 2008

I've not really bought into the HD revolution, partly out of a lack of interest and partly due to the expense. This comparison of scenes from the Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring might make me change my mind.

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From Shiyuan - "... a heat-sensitive wallpaper on which the flowers will start to bloom when the radiator is on ...". A great concept and an innovative idea in a static field. Via Things of Random Coolness.

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Forget the top 100 lists, the Feltron annual report is the best thing about progressing into a new year. Previous editions are here and here.

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Excellent conceptual software for adding 3D and perspective to the Nintendo Wii using just the sensor bar and remote, and amazingly easy to implement and set-up.

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7th January, 2008

VideoTrace is a system for tracing objects within a video to create a 3D model. A very intuitive way of quickly creating three-dimensional shapes and using them within video and imagery.

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Picture This, a new photography competition show aired on Channel 4 in the UK last night, featuring six photographers who were chosen from submissions via Flickr. I was very disappointed with the quality of the applicants technical ability and their desire to add their own personality, (read 'tacky post production, props and stylisation') to their images rather than concentrate on the brief.

Interesting to see Flickr sponsor the show, (and congrats to waferbaby for having a photo featured on prime time UK television in the advert).

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Urban Outfitters have picked up on a cult classic and are sure to sell a truck load of their Goonies action figures. I am a little disappointed with the quality though - for something with such a niche/cult market I would have thought they could charge double their asking price and improve the detail a little.

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2nd January, 2008

Not much to say about the flat pack mallet apart from the obvious. It's a great, simple idea that, if persued, could lead to people being able to create their own objects rather than relying on external manufacturers. I love the idea of using a 3D printer to create my own tools and utensils.

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Jason Kottke shows why he leads the way in tracking and publicising all that is interesting on the Internet with his 'Best of 2007' post - he's linked to and commented on such varied and interesting subjects, the majority of which haven't been caught by anyone else.

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18th December, 2007

An amazing Flickr group, The Director of Photography features some beautifully cinematic photographs, all shot or cropped to a nice horizontal ratio. Particularly loving this and this.

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Some more excellent work by the motion guys at Outside Line, and currently being given pride of place on their homepage - Diesel wishes you all a very merry Christmas.

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Scenes from the Bible as seen from Google Earth - Some amazing artwork utilising an interesting medium. I'll be interested to see how many more 'historical events' are depicted in this way across the web.

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23rd November, 2007

We’ve just released our winter show reel at Outside Line, showcasing a few of the sites we’ve released in the past few years. Really great work by the video and flash guys to turn this out.

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5th November, 2007

Pet photographic projects are probably my second favourite guilty pleasure on the Internet, (random info-graphics being the first), and ‘Running Form Camera’ is up there with the best and most bizarre of them - a crazy idea that makes you want to go out and play yourself.

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‘How to disarm 10 difficult client observations/requests’ lists ten commonly heard statements or questions from a client and the best way to respond in a manner which indicates that you care for their concerns but enforces your role as the expert in the situation.

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Firmly falling into the ‘I want one of those, even though I’ll never use it’ category, Make A Mixa offer USB keys in the shape of old school black plastic cassette tapes. You can design you own or choose from the selection of pre-designed sleeves.

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11th October, 2007

‘Unsupported’ is a great mini-post/rant from John Gruber on user expectation from software, compared to everything else. It brings to mind something I read, (maybe on 37 Signals, and obviously in a more succint and elegant manner) about users and software - a driver would never complain that their car didn't fly when they drove it off a cliff, but they often perform the equivalent with software and think they can blame the developers afterwards.

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Letters & Numbers is the type of portfolio I always think of building - nice lean Javascript and a simple graphical display of the work. Not loving the alert box scolding me on my choice of Safari version.

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