Items of interest

Sleepless night ensues.

So, according to the builder we saw last night, we’re poisoning ourselves and baby S with an untreated MDF wardrobe in our bedroom.

@yaili http://twitter.com/dotboom/status/3382328931 – is this true?

The iPhone is “not easy to use” (but it’s fun) http://icio.us/2ocb2x

These are my links for August 17th from 12:44 to 17:54:

• Preview of Jolicloud: The social Netbook OS | Web Crawler – CNET News –
• How To Kick Start A Community –an Ongoing List « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing –
• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/17/taming-advanced-css-selectors/ –

@yaili She may do, but if she does, she likes to keep it quiet. She’s a very private young lady.

Taking S for a walk http://yfrog.com/7h9y2jj

“New in our Journal: @yaili has written for Smashing Magazine again: http://bit.ly/vwc8L ” (via @foxland)

Working around this WordPress bug: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9300

Retweets are confusing. Hurry up Twitter with this: http://bit.ly/OKpYW (but make it clearer as to who is retweeting).

@yaili Yum

These are my links for August 17th from 10:09 to 10:09:

• The lost art of reading — latimes.com –

Playing with @briefly’s Drupal 7 installation and liking it. Still not 100% about the admin flow though…

After much painful discussion — a rug has finally been purchased: http://bit.ly/2ltEGI

Delaying doing an indepth site review (with tweaks?) of a just updated website.

@briefly Interested? http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5742/planecrash960.gif

These are my links for August 15th from 08:26 to 08:26:

• Tim Guest tells the story of how the state crushed the early 90s free party scene | Music | The Observer –

Castlemorton, free parties and other stories http://icio.us/t2lb1k

Ugh. Felt travel sick on the train down from Lancaster. I blame these fancy modern tilting trains.

Links for August 13th through August 14th:

• Web Designer Notebook » RTFM –
• The Evolution of Blogging –
• ENGAGEMENTdb: Most Engaged Brands On Social Media –
• How To Get That Perfect Shave –

Inevitably: http://yfrog.com/5e4hoj (that’s Eric and @calumland)

In Morecambe http://bit.ly/yeM4F

Am on free WiFi on this train, and I got ads on the BBC. I believe it thinks I’m in Germany…?

“just published a new post: RTFM http://bit.ly/GX402 (had to create a new Category, Rants) ” (via @yaili)

@briefly Hope you’re okay. Especially your typing fingers, obviously.

On the 8:30 to Lancaster, on the way to Morecambe. Amazed it will take just 2hrs. #welovenetworkrail anyone?

These are my links for August 13th from 11:06 to 11:42:

• 6 Steps to Kill Your Community — Matt Mullenweg –
• The Problem with Service Design « Design for Service –

Kill Your Community http://icio.us/uo2d21

The Problem with Service Design http://icio.us/mhp5ag

@yaili I’ve said so much lamer.

@BillyTuns Loved it. Actually watching a whole film nowadays is borderline miraculous too.

Watching ‘The Watchmen’

Ryan Carson: skull deficiency http://thetapir.com/ — Sniffing out the dirt on your favourite web celebrities (apparently)

@nickfallon Be able to replay episodes of The Goons or On The Hour at any time I want.

Just generally, for all its faults and bureaucracy: #welovetheNHS

An Acorn Electron is in the office: now I’m feeling nostalgic, especially for Chuckie Egg and Elite.

These are my links for August 12th from 06:53 to 06:53:

• Managing UI Complexity | Brandon Walkin –

Testing the Delicious Twitter integration. Not that great, just adds a link — no other information.

http://icio.us/l2zaxi

Whoops. Just poured water on my iPhone, router, various plugs and keyboard. Evidently this iPhone seems okay. The rest, I’ll wait a bit.