links for 2008-04-01

by grant on April 1, 2008

Coding Horror: Just a Little Bit of Software History Repeating

But it had never been tested before in a live terminal. On T5′s D-Day many aspects — human and technological — simply did not work.

(tags: software history humour)
Graveyard game: walk around until you die – Boing Boing

The Graveyard is a very short computer game … You play an old lady who visits a graveyard. It’s more like an explorable painting than an actual game… Buying the full version of The Graveyard adds only one feature, the possibility of death.

(tags: art game)

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Bookmarks
- How to win Rock-paper-scissors every time
  Like chess or Super Mario Kart, RPS is a game of strategy, observation and intelligence.
- Loc8 Code - The All Ireland Digital Address Code
  GPS Ireland says its Loc8 codes can define any location on the island of Ireland, accurate to within six metres. The codes uniquely identify addresses and could be used as a navigational tool on satnav devices, smartphones or online. Any business or individual can get a code for their premises or house for free at www.loc8code.com.
- Home-made life insurance, the Apollo way - Boing Boing
  Of all the places I never expected to learn anything cool about the Apollo astronauts, number one would have to be the blog run by ukinsurance.net.
- Design with Intent Toolkit
  A set of illustrated cards showing how design can be used to change, prevent, or encourage certain behaviours. The way that spaces, objects and systems are designed heavily influence the way that we live our lives around them. They serve as both suggestions and critiques, showing how spaces and objects are designed to control us for better or for worse.
- Hard to find
  Why it’s increasingly difficult to make discoveries – and other insights from the science of science. This type of research, studying the science of science, is in fact a field of science itself, and is known as scientometrics.