Items of interest

Why the ideas you came up with in the pub to fix the oil spill probably won’t work very well: http://bit.ly/cjQgos

Overheard: “The algerians have nicer bodies!”

Considering heading off for fish and chips. Maybe not the spirit that won us the war.

Ugh. Also: arguing with someone as to how I’m standing. Brilliant.

WordPress 3 Custom Post Types: ugh. Off to watch some game then.

These are my links for June 17th from 19:46 to 19:46:

• All the sizes of iOS app icons – Neven Mrgan's tumbl –

Song (well, tune) of the day http://bit.ly/bE8u7V — apparently Underworld ripped it off. /via @alexispetridis

These are my links for June 17th from 13:16 to 13:16:

• Derek Powazek – 10 Ways Newspapers Can Improve Comments –

Searching for “box” brought me to this somehow: http://bit.ly/9jTyeE — “Wake up Sheeple!”, etc. Bless the Internet.

Any iPhone 4 design workflow ideas? I use Illustrator — should I just set it up as 960x640px and view it at 25% or something?

Being driven insane by fluctuating Internet access. Been told it will be stable by 4.30pm. Hrmm…

Trying out the latest fashionable web app thing.

Apologies to people I’m IMing with. Our Internet access is still creaky, to say the least.

Gay marriage: the database engineering perspective http://j.mp/9zcO5H (nerdy, but illuminating).

Listening to Ultra Vivid Scene. They were actually pretty great but no one mentions them now.

Discussing #realtimecup

Switzerland!

These are my links for June 16th from 09:22 to 09:22:

• The Curiosity Shoppe –

“Never underestimate novelty” — Dave Balfe, as heard by Bill Drummond.

Shattered. Which happens when you wake at 4:40am.

@yaili How was Crouch?

@booshtukka If it is content wholly reliant on JS then yes. Just don’t completely leave the user with a blank screen or something.

@booshtukka If it is content wholly reliant on JS then yes. Just don’t completely leave the user with a blank screen or something.

These are my links for June 14th from 21:19 to 21:19:

• The Problem With Great Design | UXLEADERSHIP –

@aobregon Quite.

Unhappily telling a client to use Facebook for sharing personal stuff. Then realised they were going to do it from China too. Complicated.

Not sure I’m into Mac apps doing skinny custom scrollbars that try to look a bit iOS. I’m looking at you @panic and Apple.

Exploring WordPress 3 custom post types and the new menu stuff. Not as ideal as I had hoped, but lots to get my head round.

Have you got my copy of Jimmy Corrigan?

@TheBREEZLE Hello!

Any iPhone 4 design workflow ideas? I use Illustrator — should I just set it up as 960x640px and view it at 25% or something?

@worldofchris No, it was $20,000 — or How To Be An Artist Remix ’10.

Whoops left my bag in the pub. It has a Bill Drummond book in it. Although the same could have been said for the last 20 years.

On way home from Brighton. Oh joy.

In Brighton. — at Brighton Railway Station http://gowal.la/r/5hJf

If you don’t like the World Cup, you shouldn’t feel the need to tell everyone to shut up about it.

Note to self: Don’t talk about politics, religion, Liverpool FC.

Song of the day: http://bit.ly/98DLN1 (it will also wake you up)

These are my links for June 10th from 08:50 to 21:03:

• Dan Shapiro » Your company culture is a meaningless platitude –
• Domain names and VPS cloud hosting – Gandi.net –
• Namesco – Web domain, Register domain names, Hosting, Dedicated server solutions – Namesco –
• Designer Spotlight: Jason Santa Maria | Blog | FontShop –

Kayak Explore is great. And makes me want to escape: http://bit.ly/bEQR0v /via @jasonfried