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links for 2007-01-13

  • What Does 200 Calories Look Like?
    Really useful link from Nat — visual representation of what 200 calories is. Very useful for understanding the impact of food choices.
    (tags: cooking food diet fitness geek hacks health lifehacks weight nutrition useful)
  • Mark Shuttleworth » Blog Archive » #2: Granny’s new camera
    Great discussion of the different types of users that need to be taken into account for Linux to “break” the desktop.
    (tags: hardware linux opensource ubuntu usability usercentreddesign users)
  • as days pass by » Blog Archive » I want to be the government
    LOL — I can totally see Niamh as PM…
    (tags: anecdotes funny humour children)
  • Apple - AirPort Extreme
    I believe that Apple’s key strength is not design or innovation, but executing other people’s ideas slickly and beautifully. Airport Extreme and the Apple TV are both great examples of this.
    (tags: apple hardware mac wireless tech technology design)
  • indexed: You’re online? You’ll be okay.
    More cutting stuff from Jessica
    (tags: funny humour cartoons graphs firstworld thirdworld)
  • spiked | Pretty predictable
    “But Ugly Betty only really works as long as the duckling remains ugly.”
    That’s exactly what I find most interesting about the series!
    (tags: geek tv uglybetty morality society)
  • Sun.com Design, Usability & Other Stuff
    “You can use these characters and scenes in storyboards, presentations and brainstorming during product development; they’re free for you to use.”
    (tags: comics cartoons design development faces free graphics sun usability useful storyboards)
  • Linux Today - Notes From a Senior Editor: A Close Look at the OLPC
    More details of the $100 laptop. I have to say I’m more excited about this than about the iPhone!
    (tags: computer design education laptop linux OLPC opensource OS politics tech technology)
  • BBC NEWS | Technology | $100 laptop could sell to public
    “One idea would be for customers to have to buy two laptops at once - with the second going to the developing world.”
    This would be a fantastic idea!
    (tags: business charity community computers development hardware laptop OLPC)
  • Coding Horror: Typing Trumps Pointing
    “Vista’s Start Menu lets you type what you want instead of pointing at it.”
    This is the first Vista feature I’m even remotely excited about. Since I’ll always have to have a Windows PC for work, this could be a real productivity gain.
    (tags: windows usability microsoft startmenu keyboardshortcuts vista features)
  • Patriot privacy « The Relentless Stream of Consciousness
    “The message should be that this is an appalling breach of confidence, and both the state agency and the Patriot Act are seriously in the wrong.”
    (tags: privacy patriotact usa facebook)
  • Grabber’s Delight? on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    Ian is so right about this …
    (tags: iphone apple flickr photos photoshop funny humour)
  • Schneier on Security: Choosing Secure Passwords
    “The easiest way to guess a password isn’t to guess it at all, but to exploit the inherent insecurity in the underlying operating system.”
    (tags: security passwords authentication privacy socialengineering windows technology OS)
Posted by delicious @ 9:18 PM on January 13, 2007
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