From the Orient

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Paul Freeman on 2005-05-25

A History of the GUI:
I remember quite a few of these GUI interfaces Keywords: computing, gui

I’m sorry, I can’t kiss it and make it better:
Parenting advice. I do this too. Also something about REST, but if you have children you GET no REST. I am funny. ha ha ha Keywords: parenting, rest

MUFC ROLL OF HONOUR:
A parasite is now infecting the body of our club. Keywords: glazer, manutd

libgmail — Python binding for Google’s Gmail service:
Keywords: gmail, python

ShortCut5 for Palm OS:
Useful app that extends the shortcut program on the palm Keywords: palm

Sunday Flickr Games:
Fun flickr image matching game Keywords: dhtml, flickr, game

BBC - Doctor Who - Fear Forecast: Empty Child:
Too scary for the littles in our house. Keywords: bbc, doctorwho, tv

English Accents and Dialects:
Lots of countries have a north. But do they have a Cornish? Keywords: accents, dialects, english, language, via:www.raygirvan.co.uk

‘Info-mania’ dents IQ more than marijuana:
Keywords: drugs, science, technology

Now that is what football is all about.

I’m a Manchester United fan and know a little bit about comebacks in European Cup finals, but that was something extra special.

3-0 down at half time, totally outplayed by a class AC Milan, and to come back and win it!

Chelsea can buy the league, an American idiot can buy Manchester United, Arsenal can Steaua their way to an FA Cup, but you can’t buy nights like that.

A Liverpool fan at worked AIMed me Monday morning saying he’d never felt sorry for Man United before. At half-time I was feeling very sorry for Liverpool. Tomorrow, I’ll AIM him back. I think he might appreciate it.

I was getting very depressed about football, and now I can’t wait for next year. Bring it on. Let’s hope Gerrard stays and a proper club can win the title of Chelsea.

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Paul Freeman on 2005-05-20

Flickr changes from Flash to DHTML:
Keywords: dhtml, flickr, javascript, photos

Paul Cornell’s Father’s Day wins a unique prize in our household. The first Doctor Who story that the whole family has liked. George liked it from the start as usual. I liked it, obviously, but this one really caught Emilia as well. As soon as the people started disappearing from the swings, she was really hooked. She thought it was really sad. She thought the little girls shoe in street was very sad. And the Doctor being eaten was extremely sad indeed. At the end, I turned to my wife to find her quietly crying. I had a lump in my throat.

For the last 5 minutes I had to field “Where is Doctor Who?” questions from two very worried children. George helpfully pointed out that the dragon things had eaten him, so that was understood. Less understood was the whole time travel business. Both Emilia and George didn’t understand how the little girl could be Rose and Bilie Piper could be Rose. The were even more confused by two Doctor’s and two Roses.

This is now George’s favourite episode beating Dalek into second place. Seem as this is the first episode that Emilia has properly enjoyed it is also her favourite.

This was another excellent episode from the New Series. One has to ignore the fact the the time travel paradox element to the story was a little confusing and not well defined. That was only there to set up the Rose and her Father storyline (and add some menace with the Reapers). It was true drama and excellent acting.

9 out of 10 (it would have got 10 if the time travel element had been right)

This was a solid episode of the new series. Quality has been so high so far that this would have been an excellent episode, yet felt almost ordinary compared to Dalek. Compared to other TV, it was pure class.

George was again spellbound, but offered little comment this week.

Simon Pegg was excellent and I hope he survives to menace another day.

7 out of 10

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Paul Freeman on 2005-05-12

Kronkburger with Pajatas:
A very good review of The Long Game Keywords: bbc, bloglink, doctorwho, longgame, reviews, tvseries

BBC Backstage :: Front Page :::
Um, wow! "backstage.bbc.co.uk is the BBC’s new developer network, providing content feeds for anyone to build with." Keywords: bbc, media, open

BBC NEWS | Business | Glazer wins control of Man United:
Oh that’s just total bollocks! Keywords: fuckedcompany, manutd

slayeroffice | tools | Mouseover DOM Inspector v2.0:
mousing (a verb, oh yes!) over objects in the document and get vital details about the page. Spiffing (this link brought to you by the Official English Cliched Posh Department) Keywords: bookmarklet, via:stuartatthecrappysitepointblog, webdesign

‘I will refuse to register for an ID card’ - PledgeBank - Not Finished Yet:
A rather large target there. Needs a big swing. Keywords: idcards, politics, via:itagne

Rands In Repose: There Was No Trilogy:
The problem with the first two Star Wars was that nothing much happened. I concur. Keywords: bloglink, starwars

Grocery Store Wars | Join the Organic Rebellion:
ha ha ha … er um Keywords: funny, starwars, via:avocadia.net