And we were all snickering at the parking cops on segways…
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/any-cop-is-robocop-with-an-electric-police-trike/
A gallery of the covers of the journal Advanced Materials. Click to
embiggen. Read the issue summaries to discover that you know
absolutely nothing.
http://www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/journals/alphabeticIndex/2089/?jURL=http://www.wiley-vch.de:80/vch/journals/2089/cover/index2009.html
Sometimes the answer to nasty materials is not to dispose of them but
to reuse them. I say it’s more than sort of sustainable.
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/sortof_sustainable_flooring_vinyl_yes_vinyl_composition_tile_13468.asp
A good summary of the chaos in Guatemala caused by the death of lawyer
Rodrigo Rosenberg. Social media’s role in this crisis is big. (I hate
the term social media.)
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/12/guatemala-slain-lawy.html
If you’re posting video to one of the video sharing sites you might
want to have a look at Markus Weiland’s review of their
ownership/copyright/privacy policies. (Do they own your video?) Anyone
know of a similar overview of the terms of use for the photo sharing
sites?
http://advancingusability.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/owned-legal-terms-of-video-hosting-services-compared/
For WordPress users a collection of hacks taking advantage of custom
fields. I particularly like the first one — post expiration dates. (I
have not had time nor inclination to look carefully at all the code.
Use at your own risk.)
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/13/10-custom-fields-hacks-for-wordpress/
Distributed translation efforts for TED talks. There’s also supposed
to be a new trick in the transcripts. Select a bit of text and go
directly to that portion of the video. Haven’t found it yet. Will
advise.
http://blog.ted.com/2009/05/ted_open_trans.php
Neil Giaman reminds us that we do not own the right to an author’s
future output just because we bought the first book in a series. Some
days he just makes me nod my head and smile.
http://blog.ted.com/2009/05/ted_open_trans.php
Unintended coincidence. Tomorrow I leave to cross the country. May
14th also marks the 205th anniversary of the beginning of Lewis and
Clark’s cross country trek.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14940
Zen image of the day.
http://sleepmachine.tumblr.com/post/106996448/plasticdreams-tumbleg-kiri2-muibrog
This is likely to be the last Morning Linkage until I return from the road.
Occasional trip reports to WL or follow along daily with words and pictures on:
http://shoes.blackdogandmagpie.net