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EveryBlock source code released
Right, now somebody get started on a UK variation. Lots of example Django code to dig through in the meantime.
The T.R.O.Y. Blog
There's loads of good music on here, especially the rare De La Soul mixes
Growl 1.1.5
The auto-update seems broken, as this new version was released earlier in the month. It features an updated GrowlMail which works with Safari 4.
Twivatar
Interface to Twitter avatars always gets the latest without you having to keep asking twitter if it's changed
getMaxZoomAtLatLng
Maps API finally adds function to determine the maximum zoom level over a specific point to still get imagery
Load Info
Another Ajax-y spinner generator, that seems much better than the previous one I bookmarked last year.
Google Maps API v3
Apparently a full-on rewrite, so some things from v2 aren't yet available, but increased speed and iPhone support both sound good to me.
Top 10 Programming Fonts
More programming font debate - this time picking Inconsolata as the ideal code font.
Processing, Twitter, MetaCarta & Hidden Data
Uses Processing to map locations of people tweeting abut their just landed flight. Looks great, but definitely needs a KML export for Google Earth.
James Turnbull is a web developer from Edinburgh and living in Oxford. This website is a link-dump of things he found online.
James is developer and co-author of the popular Google Earth "things-to-see" website, Google Sightseeing and the spin-off book Not in the Guide Book. He also sometimes posts blogs to Rotacoo.
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The Door to Hell
The Darvaza (Darweze) natural gas crater is an endlessly smoldering geological anomaly located in the isolated Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan.
Posted on 3rd July 2009
Diverse Religious Architecture in the Capital of the World’s Most Populous Muslim Nation
Despite Indonesia having more Muslims than any other nation in the world, making up 87% of its total population, the government’s pseudo-religious tolerance1 is seen within several religious buildings, all standing within a few city blocks of Indonesia’s central seat of power and the highest court in the land.
With over 200 million Muslims in a [...]
Posted on 2nd July 2009
Glastonbury
This year’s Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts drew 177,000 party people to deepest Somerset, reaffirming Glastonbury’s position as the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world.
Some went for the music. Some went for the mud. A few might even have gone for Bruce Springsteen - but no doubt a good (if [...]
Posted on 1st July 2009
Topkapi Palace
Standing prominent above Old Istanbul and its waterfront, Topkapi Palace is an immense1 structure with a long and regal history - from its role as the centre of the Ottoman Empire, to its current operation as a museum housing sacred Muslim relics.
Initially constructed in the mid-15th century and expanded in subsequent centuries by different rulers, [...]
Posted on 30th June 2009
Top 5 Golf Courses across the World
“Best” is a subjective word at, err… best. What one person or group values as the “top” will never be the same for everyone – still, when you’re looking for something and you want the “best”, it’s always nice when someone compiles a list. Whether you agree or not with their assessment, in 2007 [...]
Posted on 29th June 2009