Friday Links XXIII

21 July 2007

Truck Festival postponed – well, that’s my weekend plans ruined.

In Pics: Berkshire Floods – hmmm, maybe Al Gore was right all along…

Scholastic Loses It Over Harry Potter/BitTorent Story – the book industry have been pretty lucky so far as they haven’t really had to contend with internet piracy. This is just the beginning for them; as soon as we have a decent ebook reader (an iPhone, maybe?) they’re going to have major problems.

ChickSpeak.com: A Wordpress MU Based Social Network – interesting solution to the “how to easily build a social network” problem. It does sound a little hacky to me, though.

YouTube: Now With Customizable Player – a step in the right direction, but only seems to let you show videos from a channel (as opposed to a single video) and is oddly oversized.

Why the heck does New York have steam pipes, anyway? – steam pipes, surprisingly enough, seem to be a pretty neat solution to a range of problems.

iPhone Fonts – no Futura: bastards. Although I disagree with what he says about Arial vs Helvetica; don’t get me wrong, I strongly dislike Arial, but so many sites use it that it has to be available.

MySpace Blocks the Letter “i” – seriously, do they actually use monkeys as programmers at MySpace?

Bebo To Follow Facebook and Launch Developer Platform – watch as everyone tries to catch up with Facebook, only to remain at least 6 months behind anyway.

Finally, take a look at possibly the shortest gig ever, by the White Stripes:

From: Articles

21 July 2007