A bit short notice (I just found out myself), but there’s a pretty cool looking WordPress camp tonight in downtown Vancouver. It looks pretty casual, a great way for a beginning blogger to learn more. If you make it, let me know how it went (I’m stuck with other plans). Via Beyond Robson.
COMPFIGHT is a powerful new Flickr search tool. It offers all sorts of different searches. tags v full text originals only Creative Commons licensed photos “Safe” searches for those avoiding smut The best thing is that it displays roughly 250 thumbnails at a time, allowing super quick photo picking. Hot stuff. Via Boing Boing!
I’ve found that one of the biggest challenges for those hoping to bring their content online is grappling with copyright. People who aren’t accustomed to working online can find it arduous to work around the laws pertaining to the photo, song or clip they want to use. While Flickr has made finding Creative Commons photos …
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This week’s Blog o’ the Week medal goes to Daring Fireball. It’s run by John Gruber, who updates very frequently, and touches on everything Apple (the blog’s subtitle is “Mac nerdery, etc.”). He also manages to squeeze in a bit of pop culture, media news and baseball talk, all of which are close to my heart (even if John …
Some Computer Scientists at the U of Manitoba recently laid to rest a mainframe they had been using since 1960 (!). [youtube jEFPPeUJPEA] More info here. Very funny stuff. (Originally found on Boing Boing)
This is very cool stuff. Flickr now has a tool that allows you to edit your photos. You can read about it on the Flickr blog here. I’ve already tried this out and it works great. There’s an Auto Fix, that looks at common problems. There’s also a pretty good red eye tool (yes!) and all sorts of …
Or rather our new portable audio laboratory (PAL). Whatever you want to call it, this little box, built by Tivoli Audio, is a vast improvement over the tinny computer speakers and too quiet laptop speakers most of us get stuck using for presentations. Even Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing thinks its amazing (which reminds of …
Let’s try it out! Huh. It doesn’t want to work on WordPress. It will work on MoveableType: http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/mchugh/archives/2007/11/flickr_embeds.php Info here: http://paulstamatiou.com/2005/11/19/how-to-quickie-embedded-flickr-slideshows/
I’m going to try to highlight a blog that I like each week. This week’s Blog o’ the Week certificate goes to Monoscope. It’s a beautifully presented design blog that showcases beautiful design pieces found on the web. Everyday they find a handful of examples of inspiring design. Great stuff.