Pinboard: bookmarks for peteashton tagged 'toblog'

"My 'one strike' rule for Twitter/Flickr and why you shouldn’t be offended when someone blocks you." I'm always amazed that people take stuff like unfollowing so personally. But there you go.

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june 2010 by peteashton

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SEO is Dead

Yay! No, seriously. Yay.

seo toblog
june 2010 by peteashton

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BOOK SHOW at Eastside Projects, 3 July–4 September

I suspect that as a zine person I will find this incredibly annoying, but then that's not necessarily a bad thing.

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june 2010 by peteashton

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How to keep someone with you forever

"A sick system has four basic rules: Rule 1: Keep them too busy to think. Rule 2: Keep them tired. Rule 3: Keep them emotionally involved. Rule 4: Reward intermittently."

Sounds like some of the variants of retail management I've come across in my time.

toblog management relationships psychology
june 2010 by peteashton

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Can AIDS Be Cured?

Good to know they're getting somewhere.

toblog aids medicine
june 2010 by peteashton

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Glastonbury Festival - The Flaming Lips

Thirty minutes of The Lips at The Glasto. Awesome as ever. (If I might be permitted a gripe, I'm sure those at the back of the field had a better view than I did at the back of the Birmingham Academy...)

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june 2010 by peteashton

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Why Do Booth Babes Exist?

The article will serve as a glimpse into another world for many of you but it's also really strangely written. "I was 13 the first time I caught a glimpse of a woman's bare breast in person.[...] There was something pleasantly alien about the whole experience." In a way it's classic "serious fandom" writing and in other ways it's just really strange.

toblog pseudofeminism
june 2010 by peteashton

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List of Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of possessing Casio watches

Well, there you go. Um.

toblog wtf
june 2010 by peteashton

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Details On Errol Morris' 'Tabloid' About The 'Manacled Mormon' Case

The new film from the Fog Of War director is "about Joyce McKinney, a former Miss Wyoming, who, in the late seventies, abducted Kirk Anderson, a Mormon missionary in England, chained him to a bed and forced him to have sex with her. [...] After jumping bail, she was eventually sentenced in absentia to one year in prison, due to the fact that Britain, at the time, didn't really have rape laws against men in the books. She was later accused of stalking her victim -- who had since married and had children -- during the 1980s and in 2008, she gained more media attention after taking her dog to Korea to be cloned."

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june 2010 by peteashton

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Work to your heart's content

Helga Henry, with whom I have worked on a number of (okay, two) training courses, has a new blog about "releasing creativity".

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june 2010 by peteashton

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Devo: Something For Everybody

Its the first Devo album in 20 years and it's really very good indeed. But that shouldn't surprise anyone who saw them tour the classic stuff the other year. They boys still got it.

music devo review toblog
june 2010 by peteashton

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This is Why I'll Never be an Adult

From observation I think this is the difference between grownups who have children and those who don't.

toblog comics
june 2010 by peteashton

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Comments II: Search Audiences v Social Audiences

Tom Ewing muses on the shift in drive-by commenting. I've seen, and participating, in this new form of social pile-on commenting and it does make me feel a little uncomfortable. Unless the person on the receiving end of the pile-on is a twat, of course. ;)

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june 2010 by peteashton

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Leidenfrost effect

Weird science on Wikipedia: "The Leidenfrost effect is a phenomenon in which a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapor layer which keeps that liquid from boiling rapidly. This is most commonly seen when cooking; one sprinkles drops of water in a skillet to gauge its temperature—if the skillet's temperature is at or above the Leidenfrost point, the water skitters across the metal and takes longer to evaporate than it would in a skillet that is above boiling temperature, but below the temperature of the Leidenfrost point."

Leidenfrost science wikipedia toblog
june 2010 by peteashton

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Secrets of the Deep

A list of 28 curious things found by divers in New York Harbor. I wonder what might be found in the canals of Birmingham?

toblog newyork river underwater diving
june 2010 by peteashton

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The Metabaron Returns

Tom Lennon updates his seminal 2001-ish article about Alejandro Jodorowski's <em>Metabarons</em> series to mark the publication of the final book. Contains the phrase "buggier-than-batshit craziness"

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june 2010 by peteashton

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Clever politicians are using the social web to make humanity scaleable, says Jon Bounds

Chum Jon appears to be writing for The Party. This should be interesting to watch over the next few years.

toblog bounder politics labour
june 2010 by peteashton

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Poets Ranked by Beard Weight

using Underwood's Pogonometric Index, of course.

toblog beards
april 2010 by peteashton

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The Digital Economy Bill: Be Careful What You Wish For

Lots of wiffle, waffle and bluster about the DE Bill. This is not wiffle nor waffle nor bluster.

debill copyright music toblog law government industry
april 2010 by peteashton

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How "Christ, What an Asshole!" is the Answer to the New Yorker Magazine Caption Contest
toblog newyorker comics caption cartoons
april 2010 by peteashton

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This American Infographic

Lovely site with the mission "to make an infographic on every This American Life ever made." A noble cause if ever there was one.

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april 2010 by peteashton

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Death of the point and shoot camera

The cameraphone has taken over the point and shoot as the most popular camera on Flickr because it's always there in your pocket. I can attest to this. Now my iPhone takes good-enough photos I never use my lovely Lumix with the Leica lens. It's either the Nikon DSLR or the iPhone. I even took my holiday snaps with it last year.

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april 2010 by peteashton

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How a Fish Almost Destroyed My Childhood

Fantastic illustrated blog post. Part of the "1% is amazing" bit of the Internet.

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april 2010 by peteashton

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MOON8

An 8bit cover album of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon. Looking forward to mixing this in with the Flaming Lips' recent version.

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march 2010 by peteashton

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VaultPress

Automated backups for Wordpress blogs. About to go into beta but looking pricey.

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march 2010 by peteashton

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Considerably more talented than yow - or why Brummies make better thinkers

"It is simply because Brummies, as a product of their insanely complicated road network, have evolved to be brilliant oblique thinkers. Londoners, living at the centre of a hub and spoke system of roads, are inclined to be crass, direct thinkers."

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march 2010 by peteashton

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The Comment-Box Poets of The New York Times

In the "wretched hive of scum and villainy" of the NYT comment threads a community of poets is thriving. Fascinating example of a cuckoo community.

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march 2010 by peteashton

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Nestle silence criticism through bogus copyright complaint

If you need an example of why those who benefit most from copyright legislation should not be involved in the reform of it, this is a good one. YouTube are responding to infringement complaints without checking the validity of them (which is impossible). Nestle are exploiting this. They shouldn't be able to.

deb debill nestle youtube censorship copyright toblog
march 2010 by peteashton

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The movies of Clint Eastwood

Hugely enjoyable profile by David Denby in the New Yorker of Eastwood and his films that looks at threads running from Fistful of Dollars through Unforgiven and into his current crop.

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march 2010 by peteashton

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Great moments with Mr. Nixon

Mad collection of quotes from America's craziest president. "The nuclear bomb, does that bother you?…I just want you to think big, Henry, for Christsakes."

nixon quotes politics usa toblog
march 2010 by peteashton

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Acorn, the image editor for humans.

If you're looking for an inexpensive alternative to Photoshop I hear this is a good one.

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march 2010 by peteashton

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Chatroulette Map

This is a neat use of data that's just sitting there. When you connect to the Internet you have an IP address. This has some very rough location data associated with it. Someone has discovered IP addresses are exposed when you use Chatroulette and mapped a bunch of them giving a sketch of where people are chatrouletting.

toblog chatroulette map mashup googlemaps data
march 2010 by peteashton

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Digitalab - print sizes and prices

They might not be the cheapest but they do a nice range of sizes.

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march 2010 by peteashton

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Interview with Kevin O’Neill

A very long chat with O'Neill about all manner of things, most pressingly the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

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march 2010 by peteashton

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Dave Eggers: From 'staggering genius' to America's conscience

Nice interview with Eggers who I haven't really been keeping up with of late.

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march 2010 by peteashton

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Russian Literary Theory and The Way Twitter Is Broken

My god! It's an article about Twitter that manages to be insightful, intelligent, provocative and betray and understanding of what Twitter the model is in contrast to Twitter the company. Essential reading.

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march 2010 by peteashton

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Why 2010 wont be like '2010'

Contains a lovely collection of screengrabs from the 2010 film of computers "aglow with thousands of brightly-lit buttons and instrument panels."

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march 2010 by peteashton

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Absent rivers, ephemeral parks

In 1969 the smaller of Niagra's Falls was blocked for examination and cleaning.

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march 2010 by peteashton

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Why Nuclear Power is a seriously stupid idea

A series of fairly unemotional arguments against investing in nuclear power plants.

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march 2010 by peteashton

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How Google’s Algorithm Rules the Web

Neat intro into how Google ranks pages. to be parsed for workshops, etc.

google search algorithm pagerank workshop reference toblog
march 2010 by peteashton

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Dirty Bristow

The forthcoming publication from Smith and Bounds. Wanna write for print? Go contribute.

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february 2010 by peteashton

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John Allison Annotates the Weekender

to celebrate it's 1st birthday.

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february 2010 by peteashton

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Regarding Foursquare and Please Rob Me

The more things change, the more things stay the same.

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february 2010 by peteashton

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Boozetown

a Disneyland for drunks that very nearly happened in the 50s.

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february 2010 by peteashton

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World Press Photo 2010

As usual an amazing collection of photojournalism. Shame the large versions are ruined with a watermark...

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february 2010 by peteashton

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Tame the web! 10 easy steps any Firefox user can take.

D'log's guide to the current tools to rid your browsing of advertising.

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february 2010 by peteashton

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Punks is Hippies

A collection of punky zines scanned and uploaded to the internets. Via RussL who reckons it's mainly 80s fare.

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february 2010 by peteashton

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Late Junction Sessions

These sessions, available as a podcast presumably because they contain original work not locked down by record labels. have been consistently wonderful. Well done BBC.

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february 2010 by peteashton

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Chat With Facebook via Jabber

The instruction here are for iChat but the big news is Facebook IM is accessibie via the Jabber protocol, which means it's accessible via any IM client you like. I'm logged in via Adium. This is great news.

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february 2010 by peteashton

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Charles Baudelaire: The Painter of Modern Life

Recommended reading, it seems, for the nascent psychogeographer

baudelaire literature psychogeography toblog
february 2010 by peteashton

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The Hidden Art of Camouflage Photography

Nice collection of photos of people painted to merge into the background, including Liu Bolin who uses the technique to protest in China.

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february 2010 by peteashton

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Clive Thompson in Praise of Online Obscurity

An observation that socialising doesn't scale. I've been thinking this a lot regarding newspaper comments and the like. It all goes back to "small pieces loosely joined".

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february 2010 by peteashton

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Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

The leader takes all the credit but it's the first followers who make a thing happen. One of them "leadership lessons" but not as wank as you might fear.

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february 2010 by peteashton

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Fuck Yeah Hitchcock!

Can one Tumblr contain this much iconographic awesomeness?

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february 2010 by peteashton

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dvdp

Some nice geometric animations, some rather mind-bending.

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february 2010 by peteashton

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Free-Stuff Round-Up

Dunc, who knows his onions, recommends three bands whose music you can download in just a couple of clicks.

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january 2010 by peteashton

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Mooncat's snowman field

Loads of snowmen in one back garden. Why didn't I think of this? Because I'm not Mooncat. "Not a patch on gormley, but fun for me." Indeed.

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january 2010 by peteashton

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A Green World

A beautiful and informative (I learned stuff!) slideshow of photos of trees.

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january 2010 by peteashton

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Which Flip should I buy?

Nick Booth surveys the piss-easy to use video camera market and offers up his opinions. I have to say, since I got an iPhone with video I rarely take my Flip out with me. Convergence really is all.

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january 2010 by peteashton

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Kurt Vonnegut Motivational Posters

I would hang these on my wall. All of them.

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january 2010 by peteashton

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The Dark Side of the Moon (The Flaming Lips album)

This almost slipped under my radar. It's very good indeed, both faithful to and playful with the original. Go get a copy.

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january 2010 by peteashton

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Facebook Fixer for Greasemonkey

Clears all the crap off and makes it slightly more usable. If you use it. I hardly ever do though I keep meaning to.