Tag Archives: web-apps
Real-Time Testing of Internet Filtering in China
Real-Time Testing of Internet Filtering in China – apparently this blog is accessible from China. Is yours?
Lipsum.com
Well, there goes another myth. Lipsum.com is a site dedicated to the “Lorem Ipsum” dummy text as used by typographers, layout artistes and web designers to designate block text provides a brief but fascinating history, and reveals that contrary to … more…
Geek Test
I don’t usually do these kinds of things, you understand, but here, mainly because I am astonished at how high I scored: I am 43% Geek You probably work in computers, or a history deptartment at a college. You never … more…
Emotion and Design
Emotion and Design ( jnd.org ) Don Norman syncretizes usability with aesthetics in design. Innocent (non-designer) bystanders may find much of this stuff painfully obvious, but you’re not a designer, m’kay, what do you know about it??? Incidentally, I checked … more…
DIY Red Meat
Onion av club fans will be more than familiar with Red Meat, the strip by Max Cannon. Now, thanks to Monkeydyne, it is possible — nay, desirable — to Build Your Own Meat. It’s automated! (via Journeyman Onanist)
Pixel Ninja
Come and behold the Pixel Ninja, the 5Kb adventure hero (works in IE, ymmv)(via Haddock)
Calendar Converter
Calendar Converter – I cannot for the moment, think of any reason to calculate a date in any of the exotic calendars for which this page provides a javascript conversion, but the summary explanations of the various systems make interesting … more…
Carnivore
Carnivore – not to be confused with that Carnivore, or maybe it is already. The rhizome carnivore sniffs your LAN data, shuffles it amusingly about, and squirts it onto the net, for client apps to enjoy, or in any case, … more…
BBspot – Slashdot Story Generator
BBspot – Slashdot Story Generator – let javascript hack your reality field to shreds! (via, with love and kisses to all at Cybermind)
Fun with acronyms: C.Y.B.O.R.G.
The Brunching Shuttlecocks | C.Y.B.O.R.G. Here’s a page that will convert your name into a cyborg acronym. Thus, pilgrim becomes Positronic Intelligent Lifeform Generated for Repair and Intensive Mathematics – which strikes me as pretty clever, since it makes the … more…