March 2009
13 posts
markItUp! Universal Markup Editor →
A jQuery plugin which turns any textarea into a markup editor with support for HTML, Textile, Wiki Syntax, Markdown, BBcode and the like.
Google Street View Time-Lapse →
Driving over the Golden Gate Bridge with Google Maps — a proof of concept. Very cool.
SXSW in Sketches →
Mike Rohde’s brilliant set of sketches from this year’s SXSW, captured on-site in Moleskine sketchbooks.
The Jenga pistol 2 →
An insanely fun looking way of playing Jenga if you have no friends.
Six-Word Reviews of SXSW Music →
Paul Ford at The Morning News reviews 1,302 tracks from bands appearing at SXSW, many of which are available in the three part unofficial torrent. Useful for dipping into when you’re looking for…
Scanwiches →
Scans of sandwiches for education and delight.
Human Behaviour →
Signage makes all the difference in how we make simple decisions.
Readability →
Cunning bookmarklet which aims to strip down a web page to the basic content, nicely styled based on a few user-set options. Very useful.
Curvylicious?
One of the few things I wasn’t keen on when Leopard came along last year, was the dropping of the very slightly curved top-left and -right corners of the menu bar, and I kind of hoped they’d make an — at least optional — reappearance, along with the non-translucent menu-bar which was restored in 10.5.2. They didn’t of course, so I was pleased when I stumbled across...
WatchFire (Jimmy Edgar Remix).
“I wish you would / Come pick me up / Take me out / Fuck me up / Steal my records...”
– Ryan Adams, “Come Pick Me Up”.