Friday, February 27, 2004
Counties of Great Britain
Not just a map though - Counties of Great Britain lets you select the places you have visited and then creates the html code to put a picture in your own website.
Extra item:
This site - World66 - does something similar for countries of the world and USA States.
Extra item:
This site - World66 - does something similar for countries of the world and USA States.
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Freeduc - Linux on CD
For those of you who want to try Linux at home but do not want to mess up their existing Windows PC, we have already pointed you towards Knoppix.
'Freeduc' from Ofset (Organisation for Free Software in Education and Teaching) with support from UNESCO provides a downloadable CD image which you can 'burn' to create your own bootable CD.
The advantage of Freeduc is that it has many useful, educational and fun applications aimed at school students.
There are many other versions of "Live Linux" available via the Internet too and this excellent webpage has an extensive and easy-to-use list of them.
Not all PCs with CD-burners come bundled with software that can make use of 'iso' files, a common format for storing a CD disc image. So try these free programs which seem to do the job - but - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. You may already have Windows Media Player v9 which includes CD creation features.
'Freeduc' from Ofset (Organisation for Free Software in Education and Teaching) with support from UNESCO provides a downloadable CD image which you can 'burn' to create your own bootable CD.
The advantage of Freeduc is that it has many useful, educational and fun applications aimed at school students.
There are many other versions of "Live Linux" available via the Internet too and this excellent webpage has an extensive and easy-to-use list of them.
Not all PCs with CD-burners come bundled with software that can make use of 'iso' files, a common format for storing a CD disc image. So try these free programs which seem to do the job - but - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. You may already have Windows Media Player v9 which includes CD creation features.
Monday, February 23, 2004
How Wide Is The WWW
Something really useful to start the half-term - How Wide Is The World-Wide Web?
Hope you found that informative.
Hope you found that informative.
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Watches for the hols
Perhaps some of you "dear" students should take a look at this site - 70's watches. Some real stylish bargains here AND they'll help you get to school on time - marvellous.
Perhaps your parents would like a nostalgia trip too - show 'em the A-M list and the N-Z selections.
For me I'd choose - in reverse order:
Perhaps your parents would like a nostalgia trip too - show 'em the A-M list and the N-Z selections.
For me I'd choose - in reverse order:
Friday, February 13, 2004
Exploring Footers
I'm still using tables for setting out so I ought to learn something from this article - "Exploring Footers" - which attempts to show how you CAN control them effectively with CSS.
This week we feature postings from 'A List Apart' a superb site that has excellent ideas about web design and development especially use of CCS, although it is not really for the beginner.
As it says on their 'About' page:
“For people who make websites - A List Apart explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on techniques and benefits of designing with web standards."
They also have RSS/XML feeds aplenty to choose from.
This week we feature postings from 'A List Apart' a superb site that has excellent ideas about web design and development especially use of CCS, although it is not really for the beginner.
As it says on their 'About' page:
“For people who make websites - A List Apart explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on techniques and benefits of designing with web standards."
They also have RSS/XML feeds aplenty to choose from.
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
The Perfect 404
This article is for those hosting their own site who want to ensure users don't get lost when they request non-existent pages - "The Perfect 404".
This week we feature postings from 'A List Apart' a superb site that has excellent ideas about web design and development especially use of CCS, although it is not really for the beginner.
As it says on their 'About' page:
“For people who make websites - A List Apart explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on techniques and benefits of designing with web standards."
They also have RSS/XML feeds aplenty to choose from.
This week we feature postings from 'A List Apart' a superb site that has excellent ideas about web design and development especially use of CCS, although it is not really for the beginner.
As it says on their 'About' page:
“For people who make websites - A List Apart explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on techniques and benefits of designing with web standards."
They also have RSS/XML feeds aplenty to choose from.
Monday, February 09, 2004
Custom Underlines
Try this article about regaining control of underline styles - "CSS Design - Custom Underlines".
This week we feature postings from 'A List Apart' a superb site that has excellent ideas about web design and development especially use of CCS, although it is not really for the beginner.
As it says on their 'About' page:
“For people who make websites - A List Apart explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on techniques and benefits of designing with web standards."
They also have RSS/XML feeds aplenty to choose from.
This week we feature postings from 'A List Apart' a superb site that has excellent ideas about web design and development especially use of CCS, although it is not really for the beginner.
As it says on their 'About' page:
“For people who make websites - A List Apart explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on techniques and benefits of designing with web standards."
They also have RSS/XML feeds aplenty to choose from.
Friday, February 06, 2004
Mars Rover 3D pictures
The Spirit craft on Mars has a stereoscopic camera which sends pictures back to Earth. This site has a collection which you can view.
See if you can get hold of those Red-Blue cardboard specs they sometimes give away in magazines.
Explore the site for some other goodies too.
And don't forget the link we had last week - to the Mars Rover weblog site.
This week all links have been found via Boing Boing - a directory of wonderful things. It is an excellent weblog which is regularly updated with links to all sorts of stuff.
See if you can get hold of those Red-Blue cardboard specs they sometimes give away in magazines.
Explore the site for some other goodies too.
And don't forget the link we had last week - to the Mars Rover weblog site.
This week all links have been found via Boing Boing - a directory of wonderful things. It is an excellent weblog which is regularly updated with links to all sorts of stuff.
Thursday, February 05, 2004
Fantastic Pinhole Camera
At this Czech site you can download the designs for a pinhole camera that looks like a proper 35mm camera - but is a simple pinhole device.
Here are some examples of pictures taken with a pinhole camera while you can read more about pinhole cameras here.
This week all links have been found via Boing Boing - a directory of wonderful things. It is an excellent weblog which is regularly updated with links to all sorts of stuff.
Here are some examples of pictures taken with a pinhole camera while you can read more about pinhole cameras here.
This week all links have been found via Boing Boing - a directory of wonderful things. It is an excellent weblog which is regularly updated with links to all sorts of stuff.
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Nathan Sawaya and Lego
Sorry - I've managed to get another Lego item in here.
Here's a guy, Nathan Sawaya who works with Lego. This link from Boing-Boing was to his rendition of Han Solo (yes - from Star Wars) encased in carbonite.
This week all links have been found via Boing Boing - a directory of wonderful things. It is an excellent weblog which is regularly updated with links to all sorts of stuff.
Here's a guy, Nathan Sawaya who works with Lego. This link from Boing-Boing was to his rendition of Han Solo (yes - from Star Wars) encased in carbonite.
This week all links have been found via Boing Boing - a directory of wonderful things. It is an excellent weblog which is regularly updated with links to all sorts of stuff.
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
GM cress to hunt landmines
This is an excellent story at Yahoo News revealing that Danish scientists are creating a GM cress that can identify landmines.
Perhaps not all GM crops are bad - as with many things in life there are good and bad aspects.
This week all links have been found via Boing Boing - a directory of wonderful things. It is an excellent weblog which is regularly updated with links to all sorts of stuff.
Perhaps not all GM crops are bad - as with many things in life there are good and bad aspects.
This week all links have been found via Boing Boing - a directory of wonderful things. It is an excellent weblog which is regularly updated with links to all sorts of stuff.
Monday, February 02, 2004
Graphic Design
This site, Graphic Design - USA, should be an excellent resource for a lot of you, especially in Year 10 upwards.
The article I have linked to has a good look at company logo design. It should give you lots of ideas for your own designs.
This week all links have been found via Boing Boing - a directory of wonderful things. It is an excellent weblog which is regularly updated with links to all sorts of stuff.
The article I have linked to has a good look at company logo design. It should give you lots of ideas for your own designs.
This week all links have been found via Boing Boing - a directory of wonderful things. It is an excellent weblog which is regularly updated with links to all sorts of stuff.
