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iPhone SDK 3.0 beta 3

dom — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:28:20 +0000

Beta 3 is out and the new OS fixes the non-working Youtube from the previous beta.

[Update: and also breaks syncing, which now hangs on "Syncing contacts..."]

[Update2: Seems like the contacts syncing hang was a temporary issue...]

Webshop launched

dom — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:10:37 +0000

As the first example of my Tienda.co.uk project, we’ve just launched slant1996.com which sells slightly mad t-shirt designs!

Nunoya: Japanese clothing in Barcelona

dom — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:53:34 +0000

I recently helped out updating a friend’s online shop: Nunoya in Barcelona. As well as the obvious stock of kimono and other clothing items, they have some cool accessories. But my favourites are the Kokeshi, which I don’t remember having seen before – slightly mad (in a good way) dolls that look a bit like Russian dolls, but Japanese. And they don’t contain smaller versions of themselves, so actually, they’re nothing like Russian dolls!

[update: forgot to mention I did some photos of Sofia in kimonos for the site...]

“Gibbons’ council shake-up option”

dom — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:18:23 +0000

Photo by ucumari

Says the BBC. Who knew gibbons had a council? [bbc]

Arthur C. Clarke

dom — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:32:20 +0000

Hero to every geek, most likely, and certainly one of mine.

90 isn’t a bad age for anyone, I think, and if you happen to be able meld science fiction and “real” science for most of that time, unbeatable. I think the fact that he wrote sci-fi that was so fact-checked and rigourous that it forms the basis of modern life is inspirational on so many levels. (Like now, sat in a hotel, using a phone to make a connection, seems like a very “Arthur moment” ;)

To infinity and beyond, brother!

Question Box: one-key, no-screen internet

dom — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:37:43 +0000

This is an interesting idea, that seems slightly mad at first, then starts to make perfect sense once you think about it. Then it seems really obvious. Then it makes me think about that fact that I already provide this service to family members! Cool.

Truth in journalism.

dom — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:58:19 +0000

Flicking through the in-flight mag on Monarch ZB516 I came across a chilling truth.

Saddam: a tribute

dom — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:36:12 +0000

The Guardian’s comment is free… has a nice piece entitled Saddam: a tribute by David Cox in which he talks about the frightening slide of Iraq from unacceptable repression into completely unmanageable chaos on the way to Armageddon.

Image blocking on RSS feeds.

dom — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:11:51 +0000

It seems a little daft to me that you’d set up your RSS feed to include images, then block image download by referer, when by definition, the referer isn’t going to be the feed’s home site.

Dope on wax! (er, clay…)

dja — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:19:31 +0000

This is quite a mad one – and yet obvious when you think about it. Pottery from thousands of years ago carries an ambient recording superimposed into the work of the artesan. A Belgian team have managed to extract the recording from a 6,500 year-old South American vase and some 1,000 year-old Latin from another from ancient Pompeii (if my French understanding is to be believed…) Follow the link, check the video.