➠ July 21, 2005
The New Yorker: THE CANDY MAN
Excellent profile of Roald Dahl, one of my favourite authors of all time. JK Rowling owes him a lot.
GreaseMonkeyed.com - Userscript Repository
Put your newly-neutered GreaseMonkey to work with this tagged repository of userscripts.
Cool Tools: Password Lock
The winner of the Staples design contest is now on sale. Remember a five-letter word instead of a number.
dsandler.org ≡ Tetris.
Tetrisdreams illustrated. I know this feeling well. I also had a creepy “redonblack” fixation after playing too much Solitaire at a tempjob once.
The UK Police Service: POLICE APPEAL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS
London police appeal for anyone who took camphone snaps around the explosions on the Tube today to MMS them. A fascinating example of camphones being about communicating images.
➠ July 20, 2005
Google Moon - Lunar Landing Sites
Lovely little Googletreat to celebrate the anniversary of the moon landings. Make sure and try zooming in to the maximum resolution to see what the moon is made of.
➠ July 19, 2005
B3ta: How to Poach an Egg
Vortex in boiling water with a little vinegar always worked for me as a student, but this clingfilm method may be worth a try.
➠ July 18, 2005
Massive security hole in Greasemonkey
If you have GM installed, disable it quick — It allows any site to grab any file off your hard drive.