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BigBlueButton
Open-source web-based conferencing software with video, presentations, etc.
SSDs and the MacBook Pro
SSD cards are currently 80 quid for a 32GB, slot into the side of the current MacBook Pro, and can be used to boot the OS. Jump to 3:30 to see how much faster they are for launching apps.
Plupload
All-in-one file uploader using Flash, Silverlight, Google Gears, HTML5 or Browserplus
Logorama
A short animated film set in a world of corporate logos Many nice touches, even if there's 100s of logos I didn't recognise.
Integrate Tornado in Django
How to use the friendfeed-developed WSGI webserver from Django and buildout
django-voice
Django app offers similar features to Get Satisfaction, UserVoice, etc.
Farm-Fresh Web Icons
1000 icons at 32 and 16 pixels. Mostly based on the classic famfam icons.
Video, Freedom And Mozilla
Firefox developer defends their resistance to using H.264 video
How-to register an International Domain Name
John just bought a totally useless domain: his own name upside-down: http://uɥoɾ.com/
Value for Money on Blu-ray players
Rebranding a cheapy Blu-ray player with "THX" apparently means you can mark it up by $3000!
Support Details
Simple website with easy-to-remember name that lists your current web browser, screen size, javascript status, etc. Perfect for when a client phones up but has no idea what web browser they use.
James Turnbull is a web developer from Edinburgh and living in Oxford. This website is a link-dump of things he found online.
James is developer and co-author of the popular Google Earth "things-to-see" website, Google Sightseeing and the spin-off book Not in the Guide Book. He also sometimes posts blogs to Rotacoo.
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Posts from Google Sightseeing
NOW LIVE: Street View update covers 96% of UK roads
In an absolutely enormous update, Google have in the last few minutes launched brand new Street View images for the whole of the UK – bringing the total coverage to a reported 96% of all UK roads.
The images cover roads from Land’s End to John o’ Groats, and actually extend all the way beyond, right [...]
Posted on 11th March 2010
Hampi
The village of Hampi is a site of Hindu pilgrimage and the location of the former capital city of the Vijayanagara empire. Its temples and ruins are a World Heritage Site collectively known as The Group of Monuments at Hampi.
The Monuments can generally be grouped into three sections; the Sacred Centre, the Riverside Ruins and [...]
Posted on 10th March 2010
The Street View Best Streets Awards
Forget the Oscars – these are the awards that count at Google Sightseeing! The guys at Google are planning to expand their Street View coverage of the UK in the near future, and to get us in the mood they asked the public to vote for their favourite British streets in three categories: the most [...]
Posted on 8th March 2010
Dog Suicide Bridge
In 1859 a wealthy man bought a piece of land overlooking the River Clyde, on which he built a mansion. When the mansion was expanded in 1892, an access road over the Overtoun Burn was required, and so the Overtoun Bridge was built.
50 years later a bizarre series of suicides began to take place on [...]
Posted on 5th March 2010
Street Circuits – Part 1
Once a year, streets all over the world transform into professional racing circuits to play host to some the greatest drivers and cars in the world. Parking lots are turned into paddocks, parks are remodelled with grandstands, and intersections on the road become high-speed overtaking points in battles for world championships. Local governments often use [...]
Posted on 3rd March 2010