Lots of useful vim tips.
Vim’s 20th anniversary →
November 6th, 2011Stop-Motion Music Video Shot Over Two Years With 288,000 Jelly Beans →
November 4th, 2011It’s amazing that this video exists. The result is really good. I don’t think I’ve seen a stop motion video of a human before. She looks real but like plasticine at the same time!
Mark O’Connor Swapped His MacBook for an iPad and Linode →
November 3rd, 2011An interesting experience, and some good tips in the comments about using the iPad to do work on another computer (e.g. via SSH or VNC)
The illusory cow →
October 14th, 2011
If cows can make optical illusions, maybe there is hope for the infinite monkeys with their typewriters.
I’ve been working on a redesign of BYP’s homepage
September 28th, 2011
I've been working on a redesign of BYP's homepage http://bypuk.com and it's finally done!
And I've posted a making-of for the most difficult part of the redesign: getting the sidebar to show posts about the currently selected movie. http://fredsherbet.com/2011/09/using-ajax-with-wordpress/
Tech Companies Exploit the Way We Undervalue Privacy →
September 26th, 2011Cory Doctorow talking about privacy. It's hard to get worried about something when the negative effects are too vague and far off. He likens it to smoking.
He also highlights the problem of education systems taking away children's privacy, while trying to tell them privacy is important. I guess it's an age old problem – we have to bring up our children, keep them safe and teach them how to live, but how do you also prepare them to be responsible adults? Responsible for their own safety, privacy and choices.
Letter to Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education (and response) →
September 26th, 2011How many photos have ever been taken? | 1000memories →
September 21st, 2011It's amazing how many photos are taken and kept. It's sad that so many of them are archived at low quality (by Facebook and Instagram)
FM 100 Hue Test →
September 17th, 2011Via my little brother. I got a big fat Zero 🙂
Score your colour perception! I got 16, lower is better. Tell me your results if you do it!
