Haddock Blogs

Bookmarks for May 22nd through May 23rd: This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 22nd from 15:38 to 09:38: Fast Company – Tim Bray on Glass &# [...] Extenuating Circumstances
Curious Margate: I'm so excited about the new exhibition, Curiosity: Art and the Pleasure of Knowing that opens tomorrow at Turner Contemporary. It sounds like it's going to be the perfect fit with Margate.There's a walrus. A huge walrus that has made the journey [...] Margate Architecture
iSophie & Holga, Moshi Frubes go all hipster: iSophie & Holga, Moshi Frubes go all hipster Mostly This

Bookmarks for May 21st through May 22nd: This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 21st from 11:08 to 14:48: Amazon.com: Hot or Cold Sesame Noodles: [...] Extenuating Circumstances
Optomen TV briefed that Margate people were mostly interested in seeing Mary and not their town: Serious questions were raised in a Parliamentary debate yesterday by Rochdale MP, Simon Danczuk, where he referred to the Optomen Television produced series, Mary Queen of the High Street as 'tawdry'. The Gazette have a feature on it on their [...] Margate Architecture

Bookmarks for May 20th through May 21st: This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 20th from 19:05 to 10:07: 1: China’s “Copy Towns” [...] Extenuating Circumstances
Bookmarks for May 19th through May 20th: This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 19th from 12:58 to 17:35: The One-Person Product – Marco.org [...] Extenuating Circumstances

Bookmarks for May 17th through May 19th: This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 17th from 20:06 to 10:52: An Exodus from Google — Hack / Make [...] Extenuating Circumstances

Google Earth as a tool for planning dinghy cruises: I enjoy cruising my sailing dinghy around the rivers and coastline of Essex and Suffolk, and have recently discovered a feature in Google Earth which makes planning trips that little bit easier. Google Earth now has a ‘historial images’ [...] Tomski
Celebrate the Steps - Margate seafront Saturday May 18th, 3pm: It started with a tweet last Saturday. Then came a hashtag #celebratethesteps. Then it spread to Facebook. And in the space of a week, it grew to what resulted in a sunny afternoon event with over a 100 people. (I think?).Here's the story:[View the [...] Margate Architecture
Bookmarks for May 17th from 10:06 to 14:11: This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 17th from 10:06 to 14:11: Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of [...] Extenuating Circumstances

What we have been reading this week May 17, 2013: communications-act-murdoch-internet The Accidental Death of a Cyclist | Rouleur Magazine james_corbett: From the man who brought you the great Senna doc,comes a film on Marco Pantani. Looks fantastic http://t.co/KBj2J4LRRG via @rouleurmagazine [...] Alex Balfour
Bookmarks for May 16th from 01:52 to 20:41: This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 16th from 01:52 to 20:41: Limelight: an app to catalog your [...] Extenuating Circumstances
…and gravy: John Gruber replies to my gentle spoofing of his post about Larry Page’s statements with a measured and considered piece which highlights his key point: That Page was simply being hypocritical: “What major tech giant has Google not pitted itself &# [...] Technovia

Apple versus (after John Gruber): (Before reading this post, read John Gruber’s post here) UPDATE: John’s written a thoughtful response to this post, which I’ve added some gravy to in a further response. Both, I think, are worth reading.) Steve Jobs, on stage in 1997 [...] Technovia