Today’s Links (12/05/08)

• Heresy Corner: Blasphemy: the last rites
  "Few people seem to have noticed, but the law of blasphemy was repealed yesterday…"
• Jonathan Glancey on the influence 50s comicstrip Dan Dare has had on modern architecture
• Instant Rimshot
• "Mark As Unread" Doesn’t Work For Me Anymore | Ask Metafilter
  Email tips.
• Life Without Buildings: Art From Disaster: an architecture blog
  "…New Orleans homes still bear the spray-paint markings used by rescue workers… some residents have installed a metal sculpture permanently memorializing these new urban hieroglyphics."
• tms [fernLightning]
  "Allows basic cvs style operations on Time Machine volumes." Great for quickly checking what Time Machine has been up to.
• Goodreads | get book recommendations from people you know
  I just signed up to this very pretty and slick site to keep track of what I’m reading/want to read. Not sure I’ll use the social aspects, but if anyone’s already using it, let me know.
• MovableType.org - Home for the MT Community
  I’m well impressed with the current version of Moveable Type. (I used it for many years before switching to WordPress, and it used to be a total nightmare.)
• Nisus Thesaurus
  I’m just hoping this app will give me another word for show/exhibition/exhibit/installation.
• Creating an image in our likeness - The Herald
  My review of the Elipssis show at DCA.
• The World of Fashion: Pixel Perfect: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
  Fascinating profile of Pascal Dangin, who retouches photos for advertising and fashion editorial.
• One week of the Guardian: Monday // Designing The News
  "…a series that takes the news from one week of the Guardian newspaper, and visually represents it as a series of static visualisations."
• Information Architects » Blog Archive » Web Design is 95% Typography
• John Resig - Processing.js
  Wowsers.
• PowerBook Guy
  Ooh, you can get a lovely old Powerbook for about £150.

Posted at 1pm on 12/05/08 by Jack Mottram to the links category.
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