polytopical http://www.polytopical.com/ michael's weblog en-gb Copyright (c) 1999 - 2005, Michael Josephson http://backend.userland.com/rss091 Jesse Ruderman: How'd I Get Here? takes ... http://www.polytopical.com/archives/226 Jesse Ruderman: How'd I Get Here? takes you to the page on which you first clicked a link to the current page. ]]> Favourite Favicons http://www.polytopical.com/archives/177 Delta Tango Bravo:
« Over the past month or so I've been collecting some of my favourite favicons on the web for interest's and posterity's sake. »
]]> Craigslist Manchester http://www.polytopical.com/archives/170 Manchester craigslist site has just launched. It's fairly quiet at the moment but I suppose they're just getting started. It joins UK sites for London and Edinburgh. ]]> Spamusement!: Poorly-drawn cartoons insp... http://www.polytopical.com/archives/169 Spamusement!: Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines! ]]> Alex Ross (music critic for The New York... http://www.polytopical.com/archives/157 a great weblog that also archives selected columns back to 1996. ]]> Seth Godin on Thinking Big http://www.polytopical.com/archives/160 Seth's Blog: On thinking big:
« no one who aspires to be a bank executive should sell themselves short because of a decision they made a long time ago. In a world where the past matters a lot less than it ever did before, where it's easier than it ever was to hit the reset button, it's sad to see someone choosing to be stuck. So, if you want to, switch. »
]]> Today's Papers http://www.polytopical.com/archives/155 TodaysPapers.com: A combination news aggregator and discussion community, pulling data feeds from sources around the world. Cam Barrett and Joe Stump's new site.

Also, note the copyright line. ©2004 - BlogLabs, Inc. More things in the pipeline? ]]> Ooh, glassdog is back. http://www.polytopical.com/archives/156 glassdog is back. ]]> On Ask MetaFilter: a really good explana... http://www.polytopical.com/archives/149 a really good explanation of "what is a key" and other music theory. ]]> Low carb products http://www.polytopical.com/archives/132 Nick Bradbury, commenting on announcements for low-carb Ben and Jerry's and bunless burgers:

« Look, it's really not that hard. Eat smaller portions, replace white bread with whole wheat, consume less sugar - and stay away from fad diets. In fact, stay away from any diet and accept the fact that you need to eat well for the rest of your life instead of thinking a few weeks of starvation will make up for years of gluttony. »
]]> Just spotted there's a site for Drawing ... http://www.polytopical.com/archives/142 Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. ]]> Ads in Adobe Reader 6.0 http://www.polytopical.com/archives/128 The setting to remove the small banner adverts that appear in the top right-hand corner of the Adobe Reader toolbar is the Show Messages and automatically update option, unintuitively in the Startup section of Preferences.

Sanjay also has some tips on improving the startup time for Reader by removing items you don't use from the plugins folder. ]]> mp3DirectCut http://www.polytopical.com/archives/127 mp3DirectCut lets you edit MPEG audio directly e.g. to split MP3 files without needing to decompress them into PCM/WAV. ]]> Amazon's best books of 2003. http://www.polytopical.com/archives/106 Amazon's best books of 2003. ]]> Hell Froze Over: Apple release the Windo... http://www.polytopical.com/archives/60 Hell Froze Over: Apple release the Windows version of iTunes. ]]>