Posts under ‘linkfarm’

Help not hinder Haiti [Red Cross Blogs] – "Relieving suffering should be guided solely by need and not what people have to donate. Humanitarian aid should also ‘do no harm’. Quite a lot of harm is done when unwanted and unneeded fresh food items rot in piles at the airports and seaports, stopping medicines and [...]

Fan journalists and journalist fans [D Nye Everything] – "Sometimes progress is about acknowledging feelings and trying to minimise any lurch into stupidity they might drive." Been meaning to link to this for ages, just because that sentence is so good.

London 2010 [stml] – James has come up with another mad and wonderful project. Coincidentally enough, I very nearly pulled Keiller's film off the shelf yesterday — but ended up watching Prime Suspect instead.

In my quest to visit NotLondon this summer, Iwent to the seaside twice last week. I love the seaside. I've got a couple of posts to write up about my visits to Bexhill and Hastings (last Wednesday) and Frinton and Walton (last Saturday), but in the meantime, here's something completely different. A couple of interesting [...]

IMG MGMT: The Nine Eyes of Google Street View [Art Fag City] – I know this has been blogged by everyone ever, but that's because it's a really lovely, thoughtful piece, and as it happens, the images are all really good. Go read.

The Golden Age Of Indie Fanzines [Flickr group] – Ally of dusty7s.blogspot.com has started what should hopefully become a great resource of old zines. If you have any knocking around, now you know where to put them!

Space Rock The Final Frontier: Sir Patrick Moore On Pop Music [The Quietus] – "You can't describe infinity in ordinary words: I can't and neither could Einstein. I know because I asked him. Ha ha!"
Great interview which had me giggling out loud in places. The nerd in me loves the way Sir Patrick keeps using [...]

The Carbuncle Cup, award for the worst new building | Building Design – The longlist for 2009's Carbuncle Cup. What stands out about most of the entries is how the buildings themselves stand out, as in almost none of them work sympathetically with their environs (some aren't actually terrible buildings in themselves). Also, the "Nissen [...]

The Treehouse Gallery – "The Treehouse Gallery is an innovative public project featuring a free daily program of events, arts, musicology and activities in Regent's Park, London. Open from 19th July until 6th September."

Tea Taste Test – "Scientists prefer Clark Kent to Superman" [via @genmon]