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Vote Deathline!! :: Eyup, Miss K's band is up for and Indy Music Award :: if you vote for her, I promise to dress up as a girl and take photos again
Xscope 2.0 :: Seriously worth the $10 upgrade, if for nothing other than the "Dimensions" mode. Awesome
Rogue Amoeba - Airfoil: Send Any Audio to the AirPort Express :: Including DVDs - hurrah!
DoubleCommand :: Remap the enter key on MacBooks to something more useful :: like an extra alt key - perfect for onehanded SL zooming
Profile Pics From Within SL :: Jana Kamachi's script to figure out the UUID of anyone's profile picture texture, and place it on a prim. Super-useful :: and, after a bit of digging, it appears that you can access a low-res version of EVERY texture in SL, provided you know its key
Compilation Of 'Non' 999 Calls :: "In [one] example, a woman has phoned 999 to speak to the Prime Minister. She is distressed that no one can put her through and is angry that police can't help." :: (via The Register)
eyefood.Steiger :: Contemporary art and photography
/seconds. [7] :: Issue 7 of the quarterly research journal published by the School of Contemporary Art and Graphic Design at Leeds Metropolitan University
Lucasfilm's Habitat :: Screenshots and a PDF of the manual to Lucasfilm's Habitat :: (KeithElkin.Com)
Second Life groups on Flickr :: Thaumata has gathered together a list on the SL WIki of every single SL group on Flickr :: and quite frankly, it rocks. And so does she.
Milliseconds :: Milliseconds is the first issue of an online publication produced and curated by Level One Students on BA(Hons) Contemporary Art Practices at Leeds Metropolitan University, in the UK.
The Ed Wood Machinima Festival :: "Friday night at 7 PM SLT, in Lukanida, Alt-Zoom Studios will present the Ed Wood Festival Highlights of Yesteryear, showcasing the 13 past entries into the contest. That will give people an idea of the kind of quality that wins dubious awards."
Random Inbound Googling Weirdness :: Hahahahahaha
Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard to ship on the 26th :: It is quite possible that I'm completely behind the rest of the internets, but this was a bit of a shock when I saw it on the store just now.
Avatar Machine :: "Avatar Machine is a system which replicates the aesthetics and visuals of third person gaming, allowing the user to view themselves as a virtual character in real space via a head mounted interface." :: I'm fascinated by the identity-implications of self
TiltViewer :: "TiltViewer allows you to browse Flickr's most interesting images in a 3D space. It's designed to provide a fun, intuitive user experience. Images are pulled from Flickr's Interestingness list." :: pretty :)
I love that dirty water « reDesign :: Rather poignant demonstration of how much oil it takes to transport a bottle of water to San Francisco
Girls will be boys - but boys won't be girls :: "Aurora Technology has frozen the accounts of any male players who play female characters in-game in their MMORPG King of the World" :: Apparently they have to verify their gender via a webcam. Hmm
CCTV cameras, ineffective :: "police are no more likely to catch offenders in areas with hundreds of cameras than in those with hardly any" :: (also via we-make-money-not-art)
An Evolutionary Architecture :: "Originally published in 1995 and now out of print, the book gives a fascinating history of experiments in computational architecture going back to the 1960?s" :: John Frazer's book is available as a free PDF download (via we-make-money-not-art)
Smiley Face Turns 25 :: "I propose the following character sequence for joke markers: :-\)," wrote Fahlman. "Read it sideways." :: [Wired.com]
Kittens Better Than Second Life :: "Would a Man of Business be more ashamed to associate his product with ranting criminal pornographers, or a fluffy bundle of inherent goodness?" :: as a lover of both, I'm torn
Fly a flight simulator in Google Earth :: "Google Earth contains a "hidden" yet complete flight simulator" :: did we know this was there? [macosxhints.com]
Don't Dismiss Online Relationships as Fantasy :: "...anyone who has been affected by online love knows the emotions don't turn on when we log on and turn off when we log off." :: [Wired.com]
Bezier Curves: The Math :: How to plot a bezier curve based on four control points :: I've emailed my Dad (natch), but I thought I might try and smooth out the transitions in my tweening code myself, for a change
Internet Commenter Business Meeting :: What meetings would be like if everyone[1] behaved like they do in blog comments :: it's the spammers that cracked me up, personally (via > Tom)
LeftLion Radio - Show #5 :: Twats with ponytails [...] using one of them Fisher-Price things to teach your nephew to swear.
Ebay : CHILDS DRUM KIT :: *la la la*
iphone-sdl-mame :: Porting MAME to the iPhone :: OMFG, this is the greatest thing of all time. I might actually buy one of the fucking things if I can play Space Invaders and Altered Beast on it
answer plz.... :: Who is aalex_hell? What is he up to? And why does he sometimes type "amswer"?
Visual metaphors :: "This 'desktop' metaphor is no good. I can't put my coffee and papers on it!" :: Tateru also seems to have had "getting it" on her mind recently (Second Life Insider)
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[ previous ] :: Sunday, 15th May, 2005 :: [ next ] Metablogging(Being "blogging about your own blog", obviously) Ah, you'll be wanting the address to my other project: http://www.gratuitouspicturesofsiobhansarse.com  Accomodating Big CatsIt's been bugging me for *ages* that because of the CSS styling of this weblog, whenever you view it in a text-only browser (like [Lynx](http://lynx.browser.org/)) it looks _hideous_.All the stuff in the sidebar (for example) appears unformatted at the start of the page, and you have to scroll down to get to the *real* content (some might say that was a blessing...) Also, all the tweaks and fudges that I've made over the years mean that the formatting is broken — and you're left with a lot of garbled code instead of easy-to-read text. So, this morning, [I've been having fun](http://www.tranniefesto.co.uk/include/diary_text.php)  I *could* have just made a seperate page that ignores all the formatting malarky and regurgitates the raw database output, but I had a specific aesthetic in mind — I wanted to reproduce tranniefesto.co.uk as if it was an email newsletter. I'm not entirely sure why I like that aesthetic so much  — I think it's got something to do with a semi-romantic hankering for the days when all we had was the commandline and we had to be creative with the way we formatted our text. Perhaps there's also a sense of "I wish I'd lived through the sixties" going on as well...Whatever. I'll tweak it over the course of the following days (naturally) — I'm not entirely sure I'm happy with the way I've handled comments in it. But it's a start. And hopefully, Kris won't have to wade through garbage any more Father's Day(via bbc.co.uk/doctorwho) I'm finding it rather difficult to agree with everyone else I've read about the plot in this week's Doctor Who, in that I was left at the end with a sense of disappointment. It wasn't that I thought the effects were poo or anything (actually, I thought the monsters were rather cool), or that the story wasn't any good (Rose messes up time, monsters come and sterilise time, things only become OK when time is put back in order), it was just that well... (spoiler alert...) *Plot Holes* 1. Doctor Who, the oldest person in the church, and therefore presumably with some resistance to the "Reapers" (in the same way that the old church protected those inside), tells everyone to get behind him. But then he dies. *Doctor Who* _dies_! WTF? I was watching that with flashes of "Gandalf and the Great Big Monster in LOTR" going on in my head — especially when the monster disappeared when it hit the TARDIS. I was expecting some kind of battle between them — not just a "The Doctor is dead" 2. Speaking of the TARDIS — what the hell what all that about The Doctor being able to summon the TARDIS by using the key?! Where did *that* come from?! (Have I missed something important?) And what was supposed to happen with the TARDIS? It was kind of *half*-there, were they waiting for it to completely materialise or something? 3. When Rose holds Baby Rose, she creates a paradox. Why?! I can understand that the same *matter* can't exist in two places at once, but surely human bodies have enough cell-replacement so that even though the *person* is the same, the *matter* isn't. (I know — it's only a *story*...) I dunno — I think that the way everything went back to normal after Rose's dad jumped in front of the car (which we all knew he would, from the moment we saw the car stuck on that 'loop') was a bit of a cop-out. It was as if nothing that The Doctor had done had made any difference at all this week. And I don't want that — I don't want humans figuring things out for themselves, I want Christopher Eccleston to grin widly, thrash his sonic screwdriver around, change the (obligatory) polarity on something and then jump into the TARDIS and set a course for somewhere fun Although, I must just say, that that moment when he bursts into the TARDIS and finds the *back* of a Police Box ... that was *great* :-D  Rachel writes: Have you configured the DNS correctly coz I got a could not find server message when I typed in www.gratuitouspicturesofsiobhansarse.com  Must admit I thought it was a bit feeble when The Doctor told everyone to stand behind him — like what good's that gonna do? Ho hum. Any more of that and the script writers want to be getting thweior P45s — do they still exist? Haven't had one for 20 years! Eek!
Keith aka Flossie writes: Oh come on it was a terrific story line, I had to leave the room quick before my kids and my acid tongued wife caught me crying. Daughter meets Dad who only existed in her mums stories. Mum paints Dad like a hero for daughters sake (let's face it the dead can be anything the living want them to be) Daughter meets dad and finds he is anything but, but Dad has got his pride if nothing else and does the only right thing to save his daughter. Any way enough of the maudling shite. What happened to the 6 parters where the Daleks or the Cybernauts threatened mankind wiv extinction and bring back the Colonel!!
Selina M. writes: Let's be honest. There are many discontinuities present in the series — that's what the Doctor was battling. In "Mawdryn Undead" the Brigadier met himself at just the right moment to save the Doctor so the Rose-Rose paradox was trivial by comparison. I am beginning to sound far too knowledgeable about the world's most famous time-lord. Better find the old strait-jacket.
 Karol Cross writes: Oh bugger, [note to self: must read blog before 2am, as comments seem to always be waaayy behind the times] Just wanted to say that I totally appreciate the comment about this site being an online representation of who you are. My feelings exactly, which for me means that its more than frustrating, its quiet personal when my site feels rather 2d and the traffic all one way. But ofcourse thats why I keep tweaking the little devil! Karol p.s. must just hold my hand up and say that javascript works for me (sorry!
Cathii Scott writes: Hmmm complaining about the holes in the script huh???? Well try living in Ausralia, we are still getting the "Starting Soon" teasers.....
 Kris writes: Hey hey, nice work on the text broswer friendliness. I think I'll have to do something similar over on my blog. Oh, and figlet rocks, doesn't it?
> Hey hey, nice work on the text broswer friendliness Thanks Kris I'm glad *someone* appreciates it Katie's first reaction was a resounding "Oh"> a bit feeble when The Doctor told everyone to stand behind him That's kinda my problem with that episode Rachel — it took the focus away from The Doctor. I know this series is all about the characters (and indeed, the usual thing of The Doctor and his companions being infallible has been turned on its head this time round), but I wanted him to *do* something — not just get swawllowed up by a monster. I mean, he's *The Doctor* FFS! > Oh come on it was a terrific story line No, I agree — it was just that the execution of the storyline petered out for me towawrds the end. I felt it was kinda like "Here's a great idea! Rose saves her Dad!", "OK, how are we going to do this one?", "I dunno, we'll work it out as we go along" > Cybernauts Cyber*men* surely? > Rose-Rose paradox was trivial by comparison. Wouldn't it have been odd if Rose's Dad had fallen for her? Then she would have had to try and get her Mum and Dad together again, and do it *before* the lightning struck the town hall clock, so she could use the > this site being an online representation of who you are I'm starting to think that it's *more* than that Karol, I'm starting to think that it's either a *representative* of me, or it *is* actually *me* > in Ausralia, we are still getting the "Starting Soon" teasers... Trust me Cathii, you won't be disappointed > Oh, and figlet rocks, doesn't it? Indeed it does Kris [phpFiglet](http://freshmeat.net/projects/phpfiglet/) is rather cool as well. I used it in a chat script I I might incorporate it into here one day — just to show off. (On a similar subject, [Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/) now appears to be working on tranniefesto.co.uk. I'll try and get it going on siobhansplace.co.uk later on today) Kate Wants writes: Just hunted down the above site. My God! You're beautiful!
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There are _loads_ of things that I want to do with this thing that an Asynchronous JavaScripting and XML approach would be *perfect* for. I want:
looby writes: