Adam J Taylor: Archive

Adam Taylor: Designer of quality New Year's Eve... →

Dec 30th

Adam is enjoying a night in with the Stephen... →

Dec 29th

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“Is that a nest of tables? NO. It’s Orloondo Bland and Ikea Knightley...”

– Mark Kermode on Pirates III

Dec 29th

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Newsweek: Why Tigers Attack →

Let me write this story for you quicker, Newsweek: Because they’re fucking tigers! — bullshit

Dec 29th

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Netscape Navigator set to be discontinued →

I can vaguely remember using Netscape Navigator back in prep school. However, the current active user base of Netscape must be counted in the low thousands if not hundreds.

Dec 28th

“I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated His ability.”

– Oscar Wilde

Dec 27th

Adam is celebrating Christmas in deepest Wales. →

Dec 24th

Hairy mission →

40 Commando the Royal Marines do battle in Christmas moustache contest | BBC News

Dec 24th

50 answers →

John Campbell answers 50 questions from his readers in comic-form. Below are some samples (that don’t show up in the Tumblr dashboard): Go there for the rest. — dailymeh

Dec 21st

Americana →

Americana refers to artifacts of the culture of the United States, the history and folklore resultant from its westward expansion. Examples of this culture include baseball, apple pie, Superman, the Diner, barbed wire, wagon trains, jazz, the music of Stephen Foster, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, the music of Aaron Copland (notably his Fanfare for the Common Man), and rockabilly;...

Dec 21st

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Dec 20th

Add your own post types in Tumblr →

This tutorial from the pre-eminent Tumblelogger cameron i/o specifically looks at adding star ratings for reviews etc. What I really want to be able to do is have a post type for definitions a la Anarchaia

Dec 20th

Domain Name? →

Dec 20th

“Electrical fire at OEOB. VP Cheney bravely leads bucket brigade as carton after...”

– Andy Ihnatko

Dec 20th

“Fifteen young ladies in a school walk out three abreast for seven days in...”

– Kirkman’s schoolgirl problem

Dec 20th

Taguchi methods →

From Wikipedia: Taguchi methods are statistical methods developed by Genichi Taguchi to improve the quality of manufactured goods and, more recently, to biotechnology , marketing and advertising. Taguchi methods are considered controversial among some traditional Western statisticians but others accept many of his concepts as being useful additions to the body of knowledge. Having been...

Dec 20th

Russia axes London art exhibition →

It is a great shame that art has been dragged into politics. I was really looking forward to From Russia: French and Russian Master Paintings at the Royal Academy. Their exhibitions are always first rate. With works such as Picasso’s Dryad and other renowned Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works this was sure to have been a blockbuster.

Dec 20th

Daring Fireball on Adam L. Penenberg’s December... →

Wow! John Gruber really wades in deep here. Whilst I agree with his point that the writer is both I’ll informed and a bit of a jerk I can’t help thinking that Gruber’s position cold be stronger held by some elequoent explanation of that stance; rather than the one or two sentance quips responding to extracted sections of the errant article.

Dec 20th

A great British obsession →

A chance interrogation by his girlfriend one day got Sandy Balfour hooked on the Guardian’s cryptic crossword. Here was a realm where Araucaria was Beethoven, Rufus was Mozart. Anagrams became a second instinct, but what set these enigmatic, hard-headed puzzle masters apart from their rivals? Balfour found that ‘broken window admits the answer’ (3, 3, 6: solution, bottom of...

Dec 20th

Fake Steve calls shenanigans on Fortune mag item →

Fake Steve Jobs takes to task item 51 on Fortune’s 101 Dumbest Moments in Business

Dec 19th

Three Part Polaroids →

By Dave Gorman

Dec 19th

101 Dumbest Moments in Business →

Fortune magazine’s list includes such foolish things as: Prozac for dogs Electronic voting machines in Florida Manchester Cathedheral staring in a graphic FPS.

Dec 19th

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Adam can't wait to be home for Christmas. →

Dec 19th

Dec 18th

New identity

Proposed new title header Proposed new logo/avatar

Dec 18th

Blockquote in Markdown

Is this text blockquoted. It should be This text should NOT

Dec 18th

“A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being...”

– Ansel Adams

Dec 18th

The 100% Easy-2-Read Standard →

Most websites are crammed with small text that is a pain to read. Why? There is no reason for squeezing so much information onto the screen. It’s just a stupid collective mistake that dates back to a time when screens were really, really small. Why my Tumblr theme is now Bill Israel’s excellent Easy Reader.

Dec 18th