Apparently there’s now an unofficial way to make Google Chrome run on Windows 2000. This is pretty cool if you’re still running 2000 somewhere (say on a laptop) for whatever reason. There are some odd warnings with it, but nothing you can’t live with, apparently.

VideoLAN’s VLC 0.9.2 (codenamed Grishenko) has been released today. (more…)

If you haven’t seen Spooky Scary Skeletons already, go and check it out. The animator - Zekey - is now working for Weebl’s Stuff animating things, and this is just a little animation that he put together. It’s completely wonderful and feels a bit Tim Burton-esque.

Connosieurs of Disney cartoons may remember the rather wonderful Skeleton Dance from 1929, which this reminded me of (a bit). They remade it in colour some time in the 30s, which is the version I remember, but here’s the original black and white (which I’ve always wanted to see since I saw the remake, ironically. Funny what knowing there’s another version will do to you):

Rainbow!

Well, I was sorting out my bookmarks the other day and came across a folder of things I meant to look at from the balloon race, so I thought I’d share them with you. I’ve put them into alphabetical order by sort-of-subject… you’ll get the idea (I hope).

Art, Design & Photography

• Chris Charles - photos I can imagine hanging on my walls…
• Hexapus Doodle Book - blog of cartoons, some touching, some arty, some a bit creepy!
• Jan Peter Thompson - student designer with some interesting projects.
• Munkeybars - designer Patrick Barba’s portfolio.
• Phase Six creative - Canadian design consultancy.
• Richard Wild, photographer - very interesting arty photographs that kind of remind me of Helmut Newton at times.

Computing

• 8 bit hero - gaming, 80s style.
• 48k awards - oldskool celebrity pixel art.

Environment and living

• Green upgrader - an excellent blog about living a more eco-friendly lifestyle.

Games

• Reverse Breakout - it will melted your brains…

Humour

• Coin Stack Challenge - well, it made me laugh.
• Survive animal attack - cute cartoons with an educational message. Well worth ten minutes of your time.
• Top Ten Literal Album Covers - why? Just why? Did nobody have any better ideas? A great site celebrating the record biz’s lack of imagination…
• Top Fourteen Oddest Celebrity Childrens’ Books - and boy are some of these odd!!!
• Your parents are lying to you - top “facts” parents tell children that are as fake as a nine-bob note…

Management

• Synyx - leadership and management development.

Shopping

• Cheap Bargains.org - does just what it says on the tin.
• Sell Student Books - second-hand textbooks for sale. What a great idea!

Travel

• Scuba Diving in Egypt - been to Sharm-el-Sheikh, can recommend it, and this looks a great site for info if you’ve never been.

Web

• Dave Keen - developer for hire, with a nicely designed site.
• Internet Alphabet - nice A-Z of web sites. Worth printing and pinning on the wall!
• Simple Content - a nice looking site promoting their CMS product.

I’ve got more but I got bored. Maybe next time

I’ve been on Yahoo! Answers recently, and noticed that almost every other question seems to be about the Large Hadron Collider, and “will it destroy the world”.

Well, as far as I can tell, there are four possible answers to that question: (more…)