4 private links
news media, social network moguls and design critics are getting it all wrong
das blinkenlights server
by ESR
fascinating read on a dissenting view debunking homeopathy
designs for timelines; some wonderful experimental and innovative stuff
markup for dynamic media
smil rocks
1945 hand-drawn info visualisation
ArtSoftware.org is a wiki for sharing information about free and open source art software
This is too cool: "In a chessboxing fight two opponents play alternating rounds of chess and boxing. The contest starts with a round of chess, followed by a boxing round, followed by another round of chess and so on."
blog by a GNOME hacker/UI designer
some nice forgotten gems
Google isn't a canonical example of webdesign because of its bad logo? Great points made here about the place of webdesign and usability vs. aesthetics