July 2010
4 posts
Newspapers and the cloud | The Evolving Newsroom
A recent presentation by Toby Wright, chief technology officer at the Telegraph Media Group — one of the world’s oldest newspapers — suggests that they can take a tip from startups when it comes to being more efficient: namely, use cloud-computing services. via evolvingnewsroom.co.nz Posted via email from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Jul 21st
Trouble with Tribbles posters - Boing Boing
via boingboing.net Fabulous! Posted via email from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Jul 21st
Tarkovsky films online for free viewing
Tarkovsky films online for free viewing via kottke.org Posted via email from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Jul 14th
X – tape, Hinge Print Tape by Hyoungmin Park &...
via yankodesign.com Posted via email from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Jul 9th
June 2010
10 posts
Life is unfair!
via thenextweb.com yes it is!! Posted via email from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Jun 30th
russell davies: cognitive surplus - blog all...
via russelldavies.typepad.com Been looking forward to this book for a while. Nice write up up, but an absolute blinder of a quotation from Douglas Adams; “1) everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal; 2) anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it;...
Jun 29th
JavaZone Drama-Trailer - Nerdcore
via nerdcore.de Who says the Germans don’t have a sense of humour?? Posted via email from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Jun 27th
ALT/1977: WE ARE NOT TIME TRAVELERS on the Behance...
via behance.net Awesome - might have to reconsider the next iPhone…. Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Jun 21st
Northern Soul Jukebox
via northernsoul.net Sunday, sun and Soul!!! Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Jun 20th
What your email address says about your computer...
via theoatmeal.com Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Jun 15th
WHEN SHOULD YOU USE COMIC SANS? - Blah,Blah,Blahg
via leblahg.com Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Jun 9th
Sarah bought this back from Bristol. Anybody know...
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Jun 7th
Hello Citizen: Headline headghgh
Thursday afternoon; I returned from work to see the Times and Citizen on my door mat, I took a picture of it on my phone and uploaded to Twitter. Sunday evening; that picture will have been seen by a recorded 57,000 people, reused on The Huffington Post, The Guardian and Photoshop Disasters, blogged and tweeted all over the world and available on a T-Shirt. But how did this happen, how...
Jun 7th
Net Worth
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Jun 2nd
May 2010
11 posts
Os Gémeos + Blu, Lisbon - unurth | street art
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May 31st
The Joy of Tech comic... A sneak peek at...
via geekculture.com Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
May 26th
Tweed Run » The Tweed Run London – A metropolitan...
via tweedrun.com Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
May 20th
London 2012 Olympic mascots: 'computer generated...
They already have the worst logo which has ever been designed, and now they have these horrible computer generated Smurfs for the iPhone generation. via telegraph.co.uk Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
May 20th
Stunning stop-motion video of Eyjafjallajökull...
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May 17th
We’re in the information business
Why would we want structure? According to Adrian Holovaty, newspapers should be in the information business, and think further than the written word. Structured information is what will fuel innovation in journalism. I couldn’t agree more. via stdout.be Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
May 16th
Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options...
via nytimes.com ooops Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
May 14th
2 tags
Weird Clouds Look Even Better From Space | Wired...
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May 13th
3 tags
Problems. There are 6 variants of Android. Most...
via thenextweb.com This fracturing of the Android OS as well as the problems caused by differing hardware form factors (keyboard or no keyboard; 5 hard button or 6?) only add to the woes of consumers and developers. As an old Windows Mobile user I can remember applications that required actioning with a hardware button that was either not easily accessible on my device or simply didn’t...
May 6th
My Shortcuts - Google Chrome extension gallery
My Shortcuts by Thomas Hunsaker (269 Ratings) - 44,169 users - Weekly installs: 3,350 A simple extension that allows you to quickly create a new Email, Calendar Event, or Google Doc with minimal clicks. Install via chrome.google.com One extension to rule them all. Brilliant Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
May 6th
1 tag
The Zombie Table! A Product You Can Really Get...
via dreadcentral.com I don’t know why, but suddenly I am thinking maybe this isn’t such an off the wall idea at all. Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
May 4th
April 2010
8 posts
19 Foreign Movie Posters That Will Melt Your Mind
via huffingtonpost.com Some fabulous and weird examples. (cheers Adrian for sending this) Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Apr 30th
Old media, new media and the UK election
The televised debates have brought all this sharply into focus. The gloating, self-satisfaction of the TV crowd is so palpable, and somehow, so pathetic. via memex.naughtons.org Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Apr 26th
How the brain evolves: the five ages of media by...
via andrewdubber.com Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Apr 26th
How to infuriate/impress your waitress - Boing...
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Apr 25th
Tagxedo - Tag Cloud with Styles
via tagxedo.com Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Apr 9th
2.32 minutes of absolute pixel awesomeness
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Apr 9th
Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Nested Labels...
Labels are more flexible than folders because a given email can have several labels but can’t be in several folders at the same time. A highly requested feature for labels, though, comes from the world of folders: the ability to organize labels hierarchically. If you think this might be useful to you, go to the Gmail Labs tab under Settings, look for “Nested Labels,” enable it...
Apr 9th
The Programming Husband
via thenextweb.com One for you Adrian? Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Apr 4th
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March 2010
7 posts
Tron vs Saul Bass - Nerdcore
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Mar 28th
Militant arm of the infoviz movement gets serious...
via boingboing.net Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Mar 21st
What Other Companies Can Learn from Nestle’s...
via labnol.org Interesting little spat on Facebook regarding Nestles Facebook page. Amazing how a seemingly innocuous request can create such a diverse range of opinions in a short period of time. Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Mar 19th
The Best Street View Image Ever – It Has My Egg...
via thenextweb.com Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Mar 18th
CSS Border Radius
Check out this website I found at border-radius.com Easy.. Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Mar 4th
OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - RGM version
via youtube.com Glorious fun. Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Mar 3rd
Welcome to Wednesday!!! Open laptop to the BSOD....
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Mar 3rd
February 2010
2 posts
London councils issue themselves parking tickets,...
In 2007, Islington Council issued a parking ticket to one of its own vehicles. The department receiving the ticket disputed the validity of the Penalty Charge Notice and appealed against the fine. The council declined the appeal so the department took the case to the Parking Adjudicator. At this stage, the council submitted no evidence so the ticket was cancelled. The department that appealed...
Feb 22nd
Behold the Ode to Eggs - Leith Walk, Edinburgh
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Feb 12th
January 2010
3 posts
Here's to Tuesday!!!
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Jan 19th
Pogoplug (aka NAS for my MUM - though not sure...
via pogoplug.com Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Jan 16th
Carl Sagan's apple pie
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, first you must invent the universe via kottke.org Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Jan 11th
December 2009
9 posts
Behold! The Golden Monkey of Christmas - Living...
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Dec 24th
Whiteout at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Sun 20th Dec...
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Dec 21st
LED traffic lights don't melt snow - (Boing Boing)...
via boingboing.net Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Dec 17th
Newspapers online: The promiscuity problem | The...
via economist.com An interesting read. Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Dec 14th
2010 Bubble Calendar
via reflectionof.me Posted via web from post.nikgreen.co.uk | Comment »
Dec 11th