Monthly Archives: August 2009

Roll Your Own URL Shortener

With the massive uptake in URL shortening – thanks to Twitter, no doubt – there has been some debate about whether it’s a good idea to rely on a third party to condense your precious URLs. The site could go down, or … Continue reading

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aescripts.com relaunches

Scripting maestro Lloyd Alvarez has relaunched his site for all things After Effects, aescripts.com. The new system looks set to become After Effects’ de facto repository for scripts, and implements a “suggested donation” feature so that the scriptwriters can (hopefully) … Continue reading

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How Different Groups Spend Their Day

Another nice bit of information visualisation from the NY Times: How Different Groups Spend Their Day. Via kottke.org.

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Chroma Hash

From information aesthetics: Chroma-Hash is a jQuery plugin that dynamically visualizes secure text-field values using ambient color bars. Meaning: as you type, you see three little colour bars that are unique to your password. You get to confirm whether you’ve … Continue reading

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