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    links for 2007-10-31

    SXSW 2008 Preliminary Programming
    Co-running Stories, Games and Your Brand with Rachel Clarke
    (tags: sxsw panel selection programming rachelclarke danhon rooreynolds jeremyettinghausen sixtostart penguin ibm arg gaming marketing branding 2008)

    Green & Red | E1
    Yummy tequila bar/mexican restaurant
    (tags: restaurant eatingout mexican tequila london shoreditch bethnalgreen)

    blog.pmarca.com: Open Social: a new universe of social applications all over the web
    Marc Andreessen […]


    links for 2007-10-30

    A look at Leopard’s network enhancements
    Mail in Leopard supports IMAP IDLE.
    (tags: mail leopard apple macosx arstechnica network imap imapidle idle tcpbuffersizing vlan 10.5)


    links for 2007-10-29

    Advertising: The Blurred (Marketing) Line Between Games and Reality
    And they say gamers don’t get out…
    (tags: gaming advertising marketing tour package holiday china mmorpg outdoor)


    links for 2007-10-28

    WhatsNewInLeopard - ruby - Trac
    (tags: ruby leopard macosx apple capistrano framework developer rubyonrails mac macosforge)

    Quid Fo’ Sho’
    (tags: jeybiddulph blog arg gamedesign gaming)

    E-61 / How to save email and sms to the mini-sd Card ? - Eseries Devices and Communicators - Nokia Support Discussions
    (tags: e61 setting email messaging sms save external minisd sd sdcard memory)


    links for 2007-10-25

    Operations is a competitive advantage… (Secret Sauce for Startups!)
    (tags: sysadmin startup ops deployment development operations business capistrano puppet ilike)

    puppet - Trac
    (tags: administration deploy automation configuration linux puppet tools sysadmin ops operations deployment script idempotent)

    Canon EOS 40D Review: 1. Introduction: Digital Photography Review
    Next body. Probably.
    (tags: canon 40d review camera dslr dpreview eos)


    links for 2007-10-24

    Mac Rumors: Mac OS X Leopard 9A581’s Dock Visual Tweaks
    Side-mounted dock in 10.5
    (tags: dock leopard 10.5 apple macosx side design ui hci icon perspective 3d 2d shaded)

    Gmail gets IMAP - Download Squad
    Wow. Totally didn’t expect that. Not being sarcastic, either.
    (tags: gmail imap downloadsquad server surprise email)

    nick.recoil.org - Connector in, receiver out
    Nick Ludlam
    (tags: nickludlam freelance coder […]


    links for 2007-10-23

    stevenf.com: Indies Roll the Dice on Final Leopard
    Trying to work out how much of a surprise this is. Not much, I suppose.
    (tags: apple developer adc seed macosx gm tiger leopard support stevenf panic)

    AppleInsider | Road to Mac OS X Leopard Server: Collaborative Info Sharing Services [Page 3]
    The wiki server and the caldav server are interesting. […]


    links for 2007-10-22

    “How do I get a refund for an ITV phone call?” - currybetdotnet - 20 October, 2007
    Martin Belam’s exposure of ITV’s atrocious treating of their fraudulent phone call refund process
    (tags: martinbelam itv usercentred phonecall refund fraud design failure)


    The Play/Time Games Lab and the London Gamer Geeks Quiz

    Right, lots to go through.
    This week, Adrian and I are at the Play/Time Games Lab which is now all booked up but looks to be a fantastic experience. We’ll be in Soho the whole time, so drop us a line if you’re around and we’ll see if we can meet up.
    Wednesday evening, James Wallis, Tom […]


    The London Gamer Geeks Quiz 2: Like Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time, Hopefully Better Than The Other Sequels

    Okay, this Wednesday, 24th October, is the SECOND LONDON GAMER GEEKS QUIZ. Last time, James and I ran questions like this:

    Name four games with titles that begin with the words: “Sid Meier’s” (we’re not counting sequels)
    In what game is a Dreamcast used a zombie-killing weapon?
    What year was Duke Nukem Forever first announced?

    This time we’re going […]


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