Style guide – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Style guide – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Wikipedia entry regarding Style Guides for publication. Useful for advice on how to format your work, how to cite other works, in some cases even proper use of vocabulary in certain types of works.

Official Google Blog: I’m feeling silly

Official Google Blog: I’m feeling silly:

Perhaps we should find a way to do Silly Putty based printing here at work… Might not be as fast, but more fun…

XML Matters: The Web ain’t just for 2D any more

XML Matters: The Web ain’t just for 2D any more:
On the Rise, Fall, and rebirth of VRML

I have always been interested in 3d on computers, and when the web was young I played with VRML tools and wasn’t too impressed.

This article outlines the tools that have evolved from the humble beginnings of VRML, such as the XML based X3D specification, which are bringing new possibilities to 3d on the web.

Boing Boing: WWW inventor Tim Berners-Lee starts a blog

Boing Boing: WWW inventor Tim Berners-Lee starts a blog:
WWW inventor Tim Berners-Lee starts a blog
Sir Timothy “Tim” John Berners-Lee, the man who created the World Wide Web, now keeps a diary on the intermablogomosphere. Snip:
In 1989 one of the main objectives of the WWW was to be a space for sharing information. It seemed evident that it should be a space in which anyone could be creative, to which anyone could contribute.

Sir Tim has always talked about the read-write web, nice to see him coming into the latest attempt at it.

Drink at Work: Overheard at the Justice League Holiday Party

Drink at Work: Overheard at the Justice League Holiday Party:

Overheard at the Justice League Holiday Party

This is the first time I can remember laughing out loud at work to ANYTHING I’ve seen on the web. A must read.

We stick together, okay? We support one another. We’re friends, got it? We’re Superfriends! Now help me hide the body before the authorities arrive.”

Via Drink At Work

Grand Illusions

Grand Illusions:

Why didn’t the Romans invent Photography?
Or how to bend nature to your will

How to create a simple image reproduction with a Geranium leaf.

Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive

Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive:

Public domain and open copyright movies, free to download, view, show, whatever. Some real classics, as well as some inventive new stuff in the Machinanima and Brick Studios sections.

eyeOS project: Web Based Operating System

eyeOS project: Web Based Operating System. Taking your life everywhere.:

This has been something I’ve been interested in off and on for a while… It’d be wonderful to be able to setup platform netural webapps set into a corporate branded intranet system, with collaborative tools easy to setup. This has potential to do that.

iSquint

iSquint:

iSquint is an iPod video conversion app. It’s up to 5 times faster than Apple’s method, works well with AVIs and MPEGs, and it’s infinitely free-er.
It’s also really easy.

I’ve wanted to convert all my video into formats iTunes could read and catalog, so that I can organize everything into there… This looks like it’ll do it.

Technorati Tags: apple, software, puppy, video

Build a MAME Cabinet in 24 Hours

Build a MAME Cabinet in 24 Hours:

Okay, so now I’ve got your attention – it’s true – the cabinet construction was completed in 24 hours, but it took about three months to get around to the last few bits (like decorating the unit), so don’t complain if after one day you don’t get something that looks like the unit on the left!