5 August 2005 to 11 July 2005
Although site rearchitecture is not exactly a spectator sport, that's what I've been working on for the last week, and if you are so bored that reading all this same stuff in a different layout sounds entertaining, I would be happy to hear any usability feedback or bug reports. The temporary entry point is [now removed].
Some inline links, particularly in furialog entries, will still jump out into the old design. I will eventually be putting in URL-forwarding so that all pre-redesign URLs map correctly and transparently into new pages. For now just hit Back and try navigating some other way.
Otherwise, almost everything appears to be working reasonably well. (TWAS 501b is broken for known reasons, furialog tag-filtering can't be applied to an RSS feed yet, and vF is deliberately excluded from the redesign since the content of it isn't my work.)
If it all collapses in a heap the moment anybody but me touches anything, though, I won't be terriby surprised.
Discuss, if you wish, here.
[Actually, 501b is fixed now...]
Some inline links, particularly in furialog entries, will still jump out into the old design. I will eventually be putting in URL-forwarding so that all pre-redesign URLs map correctly and transparently into new pages. For now just hit Back and try navigating some other way.
Otherwise, almost everything appears to be working reasonably well. (TWAS 501b is broken for known reasons, furialog tag-filtering can't be applied to an RSS feed yet, and vF is deliberately excluded from the redesign since the content of it isn't my work.)
If it all collapses in a heap the moment anybody but me touches anything, though, I won't be terriby surprised.
Discuss, if you wish, here.
[Actually, 501b is fixed now...]
¶ 3 August 2005
I fear there is a real danger that I shall be reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell for ever.
You should be able to click at any point on a route produced by Google Maps directions and choose to override the automatic directions with manual ones. Manual-override mode then overlays arrows for each of the possible turns/non-turns at that point. Click on one and arrows then appear for the valid choices at the next intersection, etc.
For efficiency, in addition to the arrows for each of the choices at the current intersection, arrows are also shown for going straight at every intersection for the length of the named road, and clicking any of those implicitly selects the intervening ones.
The remainder of the automatic route is also shown in another color. If the manual route rejoins it at any point, arrows are also then shown for each remaining turn in the automatic route, and clicking any of those implicitly selects the intervening ones.
As you alter the route, point by point, both the visual and textual directions are dynamically rewritten. If you rejoin the original route at any point, the original destination will be used as the end of the route. At each choice point there is also an "end here" link you can click to use that intersection as the destination.
You can also enter this manual mode by clicking on a Google Maps location pushpin, picking "To here" or "From here", and then clicking a new "specify route" option instead of typing an origin or destination.
This idea is the work of glenn mcdonald, and is presented under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License; distribution, derivation and commercial use are allowed with proper attribution.
For efficiency, in addition to the arrows for each of the choices at the current intersection, arrows are also shown for going straight at every intersection for the length of the named road, and clicking any of those implicitly selects the intervening ones.
The remainder of the automatic route is also shown in another color. If the manual route rejoins it at any point, arrows are also then shown for each remaining turn in the automatic route, and clicking any of those implicitly selects the intervening ones.
As you alter the route, point by point, both the visual and textual directions are dynamically rewritten. If you rejoin the original route at any point, the original destination will be used as the end of the route. At each choice point there is also an "end here" link you can click to use that intersection as the destination.
You can also enter this manual mode by clicking on a Google Maps location pushpin, picking "To here" or "From here", and then clicking a new "specify route" option instead of typing an origin or destination.
This idea is the work of glenn mcdonald, and is presented under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License; distribution, derivation and commercial use are allowed with proper attribution.
Waltham: "Holiday" (1.5M mp3)
Because it's summer, and I really want to tie everyone down in the sun and blast these songs until you give up and get happy. This one is from the Awesome bonus EP, which here in Boston, at least, comes rubber-banded to Waltham's insanely unselfconsciously magnificent (and predictably self-titled) Rykodisc major-label debut.
Because it's summer, and I really want to tie everyone down in the sun and blast these songs until you give up and get happy. This one is from the Awesome bonus EP, which here in Boston, at least, comes rubber-banded to Waltham's insanely unselfconsciously magnificent (and predictably self-titled) Rykodisc major-label debut.
¶ 20 July 2005
After playing the Waltham album and the bonus EP a couple times each, I'm even more thrilled. This is basically the 2005-production band version of 80s solo Rick Springfield. If that doesn't seem like a good idea to you, it probably won't sound like one either.
Waltham: "Cheryl (Come and Take a Ride)" (1.9M mp3)
I haven't even listened to the rest of the album yet, this is just track 1.
I haven't even listened to the rest of the album yet, this is just track 1.
¶ Bored? · 11 July 2005
Come talk about movies...