Archives – 2006 – August – 02  

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Websites as Graphs
Pretty java graphical representation of a website. The process of drawing is prettier than the result. Wish it told you more about what the nodes represent.[…]

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A Month on WordPress
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That is, an excuse for a meta-post, and some dry technical info on nu-FT.
I am very impressed with WordPress – both with the internal architecture and the external functionality. The FT regulars have had to get used to a new way of writing with mor[…]

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Polar Beer
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Beer Made From Arctic Icecap: Environmental transgressive thrill ahoy! screams that headline – modern day decadence to rival the Easter Island statues OR WHAT! Actually just a microbrewery with a good PR gimmick, inuit?[…]

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old-skool BLOGLINK
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long-awaited carmodistic tour-de-force on kids-TV k-klassik flambards[…]

Tea Making Fearnley-Whittingstall Dangle
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Hugh Duncan Fearnley-Whittingstall talks about making a cup of tea
Now, to make my tea, I need two good-sized mugs. I boil the kettle. The hot water goes into one mug first, stays for a few seconds so the mug is heated, then goes into the second mug.[…]

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Why We Hate Emo Kids (Apparently)
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I’ve long been a little shamefaced that this mean-spirited tirade is the most-read thing I’ve ever written (co-written to be exact): not that it wasn’t a true reflection of what I felt but I’d prefer it if one of my more, er,[…]

Pub Science Experiment #1 Pub 7: The Railway Engineer, Sanders Lane, Mill Hill NW7
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Category: Nearly-Railway
(This is the continuation of a project which has been dormant, largely as a result of a lengthy period of foul sobriety. New readers, or forgetful ones, might like to catch up with what this is all about. This review is of t[…]

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