23 September 2004

Art into ashes Four months ago, fire swept through an east London warehouse rented by the storage company Momart. Hundreds of works by leading British artists were destroyed in the blaze. It was dubbed a disaster by some - and celebrated by much of the rest of the country. In the most extensive investigation so far, James Meek examines why so many significant pieces of art were put at risk and assesses the real cost of the inferno. [Guardian] 11:19:49 AM    comment()

Mark Shuttleworth's Software Bounties [The Farm: The Tucows Developers' Hangout] 9:16:05 AM    comment()

Oops I Quit It Again. Here's something that's more than a just a bit annoying. Have you ever quickly shot the mouse up to the upper left-hand corner of the browser window in Safari to hit the back button, only to have clicked the "close window" button instead? I've been making a habit of this lately. And it's awful. [SimpleBits] Fitt's law in action. (In the bath the other day, I was pondering the relevance of Fitt's law in 3 dimensions to feeding behaviour in chameleons). 8:41:54 AM    comment()