Simon Willison’s Weblog

Parasite Database. Andrew Clover’s comprehensive database of malware.

# 7th February 2005, 11:44 pm

Introducing JSON (via) A data-interchange format based on JavaScript objects and arrays.

# 7th February 2005, 11:42 pm / json

2001 Election Map of the UK. Inspired by the purple US one that did the rounds a while back.

# 7th February 2005, 9:11 pm

Stephen Greene’s Writing Tips. Aimed at journalists, but I really enjoyed the examples of what NOT to do.

# 7th February 2005, 7:50 pm

End to End Unicode Web Applications in Python. How to traverse the unicode maze.

# 7th February 2005, 3:18 pm

Shmoo Group exploit: 0wn any domain, no defense exists. Nasty new phishing trick, affects everything except IE.

# 7th February 2005, 11:02 am

PyRSS2Gen. I’ve been using this for a number of personal feeds.

# 6th February 2005, 10:23 pm

Bootstrapping a Corporate Wiki (via) Tips from personal experience.

# 6th February 2005, 10:23 pm

How I entered the hellish world of Guantanamo Bay. Martin Mubanga talks to the Observer.

# 6th February 2005, 8:40 pm

Unrest in Belize (via) Original reporting scoop on Wikinews.

# 6th February 2005, 7:29 pm

The Invisible Train (via) A Handheld Augmented Reality Game.

# 6th February 2005, 5:05 pm

Augmented Reality: A New Way of Seeing (via) From Scientific American.

# 6th February 2005, 5:04 pm

Clever use of Python’s complex number type. Using the complex number type to solve linear equations.

# 6th February 2005, 4:26 pm

NewsFire 1.0 (via) $19.99—NetNewsWire finally has some stylish competition.

# 6th February 2005, 4:23 pm

Total Immersions D’Fusion Technology (via) Awesomely impressive augmented reality video (Windows Media, unfortunately).

# 6th February 2005, 9:28 am

Stewart Butterfield on Flickr. Interview in preparation for EtCon.

# 5th February 2005, 6:50 pm / flickr

Subversion on Windows quick start (via) Subversion cheat sheet.

# 5th February 2005, 6:43 pm / subversion, windows

Ned Batchelder: Css-discuss wiki. Ned says nice things about the Wiki.

# 2nd February 2005, 8:23 pm / css, ned-batchelder

Introducing the Panic Goods store! Some background details.

# 1st February 2005, 11:45 pm

PanicGoods (via) Slick interface, but bad accessibility (no fallback if JavaScript is disabled).

# 1st February 2005, 11:43 pm

The BBC’s new complaints site launches. Roll up, roll up. “It seems we live in an age when technology amplifies our strength of our voices but not always the quality of what we say.”

# 1st February 2005, 11:36 pm

New Blog Gets Big Bucks; Popular Blog Goes on Hiatus;. Crikey: Sony are sponsoring that new LifeHacker blog to the tune of $25,000 a month!

# 1st February 2005, 9:34 pm

MSN Search: spam like it’s 1999. Phil spots some nasty holes in their ranking algorithms.

# 1st February 2005, 6:36 pm

Installing OS X on a PC (via) Using the open source PearPC emulator.

# 1st February 2005, 6:33 pm

Apple restricting DVD region-changes -- voluntarily! As a UK owner of a US PowerBook I ended up having to hack my firmware.

# 1st February 2005, 4:50 pm

Build Your Own PVR (for free) with HackTV (via) You also need a digital camcorder with a video pass-through option.

# 1st February 2005, 1:12 pm

digitalmedia.oreilly.com. I hadn’t seen this one before.

# 1st February 2005, 1:04 pm

mini Tower (via) Here come the accessories.

# 1st February 2005, 1:02 pm

The Mysterious Disappearance of Carol Hersee (via) The famous test card, and the creepy clown, explained at last.

# 31st January 2005, 10:06 pm

Interview with a link spammer. Or how knowledge of LWP can earn you seven figures.

# 31st January 2005, 9:19 pm