Due to work and other commitments it’s been a while since I last posted here. In the meantime my RSS client periodically trawled the great ocean of the Internet and landed a rather decent catch of prime linkage. So, without further ado, I present a link anthology - the very best that’s passed before my radar over the last week or so. Continue Reading…
Great website, but why the hell isn’t there an RSS feed? I want to subscribe!
Biomechanical research reveals a surprising key to the survival of our species: Humans are built to outrun nearly every other animal on the planet over long distances. [via]
A collection of links to pages/websites that I’ve found interesting enough that I might want to revisit them at some point. I’m publishing these here because my Safari bookmark library has become a huge, disorganised, unmanageable mess and even ninja warriors would fear to tread there.
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I’m sorry to say that there may be a little downtime on the horizon. I’m transferring this domain from it’s current host to (mt) – where the site is physically hosted. It’s silly for me to be paying two suppliers in order to keep the Urban Mainframe online and there are some additional benefits in (mt) domain hosting that I’ll take advantage of including email services and DNS management.
It’ll take around 48 hours for the DNS changes to propagate fully so the dust should start to settle over the coming weekend.
See you on the flip-side…
I want to remodel my rather drab and cold computer workspace1 but I’m not quite sure what I want to do with the small amount of space my Macintosh lives in. And so I’ve spent a few hours browsing through workspace photos on Flickr for inspiration and, adopting ideas from a variety of home and office photographs, I think I’ll be able to create the perfect workspace for myself.
What follows is a gallery of those workspaces I found most appealing, with a concise commentary on what qualities appealed to me.
1. I love the simplicity and warmth of this workspace. The lighting here looks absolutely perfect for long hours in front of the computer. I think the desk lamps are gorgeous2 and the lack of visible cabling is very appealing.
