musicplasma.com creates visual maps of relationships between musicians. This sort of thing has been done before, but this one is pretty good. I was unable to stump it (even with fairly obscure punk and alt-country bands).
This brave soul is working on a (as yet to be released) project called IronPHP (which is to PHP what IronPython is to Python). The idea is to create a way to run PHP on top of the .NET platform or its open source equivalent, The Mono Project. Hey, more power to him. The more [...]
I added a new entry to the wallpaper project. Get ‘em while they’re…er…completely obsolete!
Amazing modernist architect Philip Johnson has died (via rc3.org). Admire some of his work at greatbuildings.com (including a 3D model of Glass House). Learn more about him at wikipedia.
Soon, you’ll have to proove your copy of Windows is legit if you want to download updates and fixes. Perhaps this tightening of the grip will encourage people to try some other operating systems. Afterall, if you have to pay for an OS, you might as well get something you don’t hate. Maybe it’s time [...]
Kat blogged this disturbing collection of before-and-after photos of meth addicts. Kids, pick a better drug. The whole display really makes you want to exercise and eat your Brussles sprouts.
I bought my first accessory for my favorite gadget. The Griffin iTrip is a small FM transmitter that mounts on top of the iPod and broadcasts it’s output onto the (FM) frequency of your choice. Mine arrived on Friday, so I haven’t had a chance to test it on my daily commute. So far, I’ve [...]
Kottke posted this piece back in November 2004. But it bears repeating.
While I was surfing his site, I also found out about a cool little webapp from 37signals called ta-da lists that’s pretty cool. Though I’m currently using plaxo for my todo lists, the ability to share them publicly is a nice idea.
Here’s one purely for the web slaves out there. slayeroffice.com’s cool Mouseover DOM Inspector favelet can really help you get a quick idea of the structure of a page and, I should think, will help in tracking down pesky JavaScript problems (via del.icio.us).
Matt has written a fine reaction to Bill Gates’ recent “red scare” comments on copyright alternatives. And here’s the scoop on the same from The Guardian, if you don’t know what I’m talking about.