Category Archives: Coolhunting

On Being Savaged By A Dead Sheep And The Future of the Labor Party

Posted on July 18, 2005 by James McParlane

Some right wing demagogue wannabee called Andrew Landeryou has tried to take a swipe at a friend of mine and engage in political debate in several open forums, including rather interestingly podcasting. I have to say, a podcast sponsored by Exxon? Can I assume that … Continue reading →

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Son, This Is As Good As It Gets – Stuff Harry Potter, You Have A Wookie Suit!

Posted on July 18, 2005 by James McParlane

Saturday Morning – Harry Potter Zero Hour. Went swimming then breakfast shopped for a monster suit only to end up with the Star Wars “Chewbacca Deluxe Dress Up” kit and a cool Lego computer game. Omg! Then on a train … Continue reading →

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AOP and Javascript

Posted on July 2, 2005 by James McParlane

Someone else researching AOP wrt Javascript http://www.jroller.com/page/deep/20030701 http://www.dotvoid.com/view.php?id=43 Someone else on the same wavelength http://www.digital-web.com/articles/separating_behavior_and_structure_2/

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A Similar Search Meme

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

https://blog.metawrap.com/blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=a1bda83a-a404-4677-b1d5-3d409d1aeffa  |  Comments http://www.tenbyten.org/10×10.html http://buzztracker.org  

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Cool Things – (Rescued)

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

[Rescued from the old blog – Thanks to Damien] New ZIP. http://www.7-zip.org/faq.html The Future Of Databases http://acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=299 Canvas element lets you do high-end drawing (transparencies etc) with HTML/JS – supported in new versions of Firefox and latest version of Safari. … Continue reading →

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Bushism, Blog And Google Video

Posted on January 27, 2005 by James McParlane

“And I think the world would be better off if we did leave ….. if we didn’t … if we left, the world would be worse. The world is better off with us not leaving. It’s a mistake to pull out.” … Continue reading →

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Subtextual – Very Cool Language Demo

Posted on January 25, 2005 by James McParlane

http://subtextual.org/demo1.html Looks a lot like RIDE – execution model is copy based – very much like the original old BSCAL /MetaWrap VM. They even have the factorial demo. I’m very impressd with it – it looks much nicer than anything I have … Continue reading →

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Interesting XML Layout Engine

Posted on January 24, 2005 by James McParlane

http://yeslogic.com/

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Cool New Things

Posted on January 19, 2005 by James McParlane

http://www.mfeeds.com/  Translates web pages into RSS feeds http://www.orb.com/ Real-time streaming and transcoding from Media Center PC to portable devices. http://www.feederreader.com/ Podcast application for Pocket PC  

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