Extenuating Circumstances is a weblog by Dan Hon

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 […]