Archive for December, 2009

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December 22nd – 4 RT @davewiner: Vaporware 2009: Inhale the Fail. http://r2.ly/qgwm [JamieBarrows] Just spent an entire day and a half playing Civ 4. That game is a serious time killer. [JamieBarrows] RT @timberners_lee: "When we try to pick out [ READ MORE ]

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December 19th – 5 Just read some fascinating stories behind "Spite" houses. Buildings constructed specifically out of spite. http://bit.ly/6TEptu [JamieBarrows] World’s fastest gecko http://ff.im/-d6Inu [JamieBarrows] Who Says You Can’t Make Money on Youtube? [YouTube] http://ff.im/-d6Ixs [JamieBarrows] [ READ MORE ]

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December 18th – 2 As AT&T Complains, People Notice That It Has Decreased Infrastructure Investments, But Wireless Revenue Is Way Up http://ff.im/-d6tLt [JamieBarrows] I’m officially on vacation. !!! [JamieBarrows] [ READ MORE ]

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December 17th – 9 Great Firewall of Australia will nationally block sites appearing on a secret, unaccountable list http://ff.im/-d2QEA [JamieBarrows] Almost vacation time. Christmas vacation starts soon. [JamieBarrows] RT @darrellcdow "I’d like to go on record as hating the song [ READ MORE ]

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December 16th – 4 Detailed analysis of spam and where it comes from. http://bit.ly/8rvX0l [JamieBarrows] What would happen if the Stop sign was designed by a committee. http://bit.ly/3dyRpX [JamieBarrows] having fun rediscovering UAC annoyances in application programming. I understand the [ READ MORE ]

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December 15th – 7 RT @anildash: Instead of calling them URL shorteners, maybe we should emphasize that they’re lossy compression of web addresses. [JamieBarrows] Greate rendition of O come all ye faithful. http://bit.ly/2BMazZ [JamieBarrows] Aussie Scientists Find Coconut-Carrying Octopus http://ff.im/-cXoTt [ READ MORE ]

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December 14th – 5 On the way to work extra early this morning. [JamieBarrows] Geek culture map. http://bit.ly/5LZDjd [JamieBarrows] RT @photomatt: Google, Twitter, WP & Facebook: Publish/Subscribe Matrix Could Explode Into Glass-Smooth Platform: http://bit.ly/7LPWQ1 [JamieBarrows] [ READ MORE ]

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December 14th – 2 Christmas light Guitar hero. http://bit.ly/8G6JgQ [JamieBarrows] [ READ MORE ]

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December 13th – 6 RT @boingboing Homebrew, $300 book-scanner Boing Boing http://bit.ly/7r8Utp [JamieBarrows] The ghosts of shopping past. A haunting gallery of abandoned shopping malls. http://bit.ly/8BJUOi [JamieBarrows] RT @timoreilly: Cool – people hear with their skin as well as their [ READ MORE ]

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December 11th – 2 Happy Friday all [JamieBarrows] "multiple threads to cavorting together in the same address space … like drowning kittens in a bucket of water" http://bit.ly/77g7KM [JamieBarrows] [ READ MORE ]