End-o’-January Link Dump

Another one already?!

The Official Pocoyo Blog: Insights into the creative process behind one of the best-made kids’ TV shows around.
Serial Killer Or Computer Programmer: Hmm wait a minute, that looks familiar…
How to hire Guillaume Portes: The more I read about Microsoft’s Office Open XML format, the more it seems like a bad joke.
English Cut: I’ve never worn a suit, let alone had one made, but I find it inherently interesting when an enthusiastic expert explains what they do.
Liam’s Pictures from Old Books: Scans from books that are out of copyright.
WellDesignedUrls.org: Promoting the importance of good URLs, an essential part of planning a site’s architecture nowadays.
The Contractor’s Note: I’ve had to work with bluffers who should have done this.
Insect/bug Macros: Amazing photography. Companion piece: Spiders On Drugs.
James Randi owes me a million dollars: Using ISBN and page number as a ‘secret’ code? That’s very poor.
Web 2.0 Company Name Generator: Surprisingly effective; people will use this for real.

Wed 31st Jan 2007, 3:15pm GMT (updated Wed 31st Jan 2007, 3:18pm GMT)

Filed under: Daftness, Design, Rants and Grumbles, Server-side Coding, Television, Timewasters, Web, Weblogs

Comments

Thanks for that cute "Serial Killer or Computer Programmer" bit. We're having fun with it over at MySpace. It got me interested in what else is here. You're a great writer. I'm interested! Think I'll check out some more!

— Mrie, 5th Mar, 4:50am

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