An animation using only Google Docs.
You say “Google Doc”, I say “Awesome”
Posted by Ben on December 19, 2010
https://www.swordbilled.com/you-say-google-doc-i-say-awesome/
Happy Holidays
…click through to Twenty Sided for a larger image and (ever-so-brief) background story. (As a side-note to this quick post: this is one of the many surprising, humorous, interesting things that Google Reader is kicking my way via the whole “Recommended items” feature, which is starting to churn up more and more things [and things […]
Posted by Ben on December 15, 2010
https://www.swordbilled.com/happy-holidays-2/
Weirdest Post Ever (not really)
Things like National Geographic’s “Ten Weirdest New Animals of 2010” always seem like a mixed bag, to me. It’s definitely great to promote public awareness of new species, but any list is going to be at least somewhat biased (admittedly, this particular list doesn’t limit itself to the cute and the furry — between the […]
Posted by Ben on December 12, 2010
https://www.swordbilled.com/weirdest-post/
On design
I would totally read this (even faster than I would Pride & Prejudice & Zombies): (via Caustic Cover Critic)
Posted by Ben on December 1, 2010
https://www.swordbilled.com/on-design/
750 words
I tend to try out lots of webapps, only to abandon them in the space of 30 seconds after it becomes evident they’re trying to do too many things I don’t actually care about (and not doing them particularly well, either). 750 words does not fall into that category. Billed as a sort of writer’s […]
Posted by Ben on November 29, 2010
https://www.swordbilled.com/750-words/
Ways of consuming music
Of course you know that artists don’t get money when you find their music through less-than-aboveboard avenues; but do you know the difference between buying in-store and, say, through iTunes? Or what the cut is when you stream something over Rhapsody, or download from cdBaby? Dig into this delicious infographic and find out (and read […]
Posted by Ben on April 20, 2010
https://www.swordbilled.com/ways-of-consuming-music/
Return of the Rundown
Timewaster: Typewar. Think you know fonts? Try this game, which you’ll either find completely boring or riveting. Best aggregated reference word site: Wordnik. My favorite reference site right now. All about words. Maps of Disaster: Informative, curious, unnerving. View map (or maps) of the world, with icons of disaster superimposed. For added effect, project image […]
Posted by Ben on April 17, 2010
https://www.swordbilled.com/return-of-the-rundown/
Now returning with more frequent posting, longer entries, better images, AND THIS
You’re welcome. More tk. (via 2modern)
Posted by Ben on April 9, 2010
https://www.swordbilled.com/now-returning-with-more-frequent-posting-longer-entries-better-images-and-this/
An understandable mistake
A reply to a question in Notes & Queries yesterday recommended purchasing lion and tiger urine from Chester Zoo to stop neighbourhood cats from urinating in a vegetable patch (G2, page 17). Chester Zoo would like to forestall requests for its big cats’ urine: it asks us to make clear that it does not in […]
Posted by Ben on November 6, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/an-understandable-mistake/
Hippos
Of course there’s always debate about invasive species, but usually… Well, usually you don’t think hippopotamus, not in the same mental grouping as zebra mussel and starling. But apparently we live on a place where that can happen; where Colombian drug lords decide to create a haven (of sorts) for hippos; and where, even today, […]
Posted by Ben on October 8, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/hippos/