Extra Future

Day: June 18, 2009

  • BWToolkit

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    Phil Nelson
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    [A very useful looking Interface Builder plugin][link] from Brandon Walkin. [link]: http://brandonwalkin.com/bwtoolkit/ “BWToolkit – Interface Builder Plugin for Cocoa on Mac OS X”

  • The Guardian Using Crowdsourcing To Uncover MP Expenses

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    Phil Nelson
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    [With 700,000 documents to comb though][link] it is a totally rational approach. It can either take a team of experts 2 years or it can take “everyone” a few days. Obviously the potential is there to game the system and make your guy look good or the other guy look bad, but review is a…

  • MagLev Toy Train

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    Phil Nelson
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    [This video of a toy MegLev train][link] does a good job of explaining how the technology works. (via [kottke][source]) [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5el1A5B-h3Q “YouTube – MagLev Toy Train ENGLISH VERSION” [source]: http://www.kottke.org/09/06/maglev-toy-train “Kottke’s post about the video”