- Critical Miss: Issue 10 (Grammar Fascist) — "Grammar Fascist is a game for everyone who has ever despaired at the pitiful standard of writing displayed on Internet forums. It’s a game for everyone who’s ever wanted to get in touch with their inner intellectual snob. It’s a game for anyone who’s eve
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- Wired 14.02: Geeks in Toyland — Lego ‘hired’ Mindstorms geeks to help them develop a next generation of Mindstorms system. This Wired article explains what happens. Fun.
Tagged as: amateur article lego mindstorms programming robotics wired
- O’Reilly Network: What Is Web 2.0? — Very good, alltold: Tim O’Reilly on what "Web 2.0" is – and is not.
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- dBug — Nifty PHP variable-dumping class for debug puprposes. Might come in handy.
Tagged as: development php programming - Distracto: Tutorial: Subversion on Mac OS X — Must set up some version control now.
Tagged as: development macosx subversion svn - The Making of "Shadow Of The Colossus" — Fantastically interesting, very technical piece, on getting SOTC working on the PS2
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- MoMAstore – Klong — Klong!
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- Sanscons – SOME RANDOM DUDE — Transparent, any-colour icons, via css and magic
Tagged as: css design graphics icons webdesign - RUBY: ExampleDesignPatternsInRuby —
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- Engines of Democracy — Lovely business 2.0 piece, about a GE plant that builds jet engines where teams manage themselves, and all answer to one "boss". Interesting methodologies at work.
Tagged as: business management work - Josh Smith Online – Frequency of Profanity in Halo 2 — Brief, informal survey: how do people swear when they play Halo? Answer: lots, and surprisingly frequently using homophobic/racist terms. Depressingly accurate, given my experience.
Tagged as: games halo2 homophobia racism vernacular
- Kikizo Games: News: Exclusive: Hands-On with PlayStation 3 — ‘PS3 controller specifics are "nothing we need to be concerned about as developers," explains the techie.’ – you *what*?
Tagged as: console controller development games ps3
- tim’s journal: ODBC MySQL Mail Merge — The bug Darryl Miles points out is the important thing to note, and a real show-stopper. Handy to be able to do this, though
Tagged as: merge mysql odbc office word - TNPI – Do it Yourself .mac — Nifty – setting up WebDAV on your own server, and then making OSX think it’s really a .Mac account!
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- Random Etc.: chatbots for to-do list management? — Lovely idea for a little application from Tom Carden – managing todo lists via IM. Could probably knock this up as a little challenge.
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