Month: November 1999

Tomorrow I start a couple of days work updating the film section of the Time Out London Guide. Check it out.

Designing web pages is invigorating and stimulating when it works and frustrating and soul-destroying (seriously) when it doesn’t. When I need a clue, or a bit of constructive advice, I go to A List Apart.

The secret behind many a wonderful weblog is the incalculable power of blogger. It has a hell of a lot to recommend it.

Megnut is a well constructed and clear weblog that I am contemplating completely ripping off. I feel completely trapped by the dictates of a unifying design scheme (die, barbelith, die). Oh the horror. God knows, if anyone can think of anything, they should let me know as soon as possible. Tom

Is it true? Can we possibly be running out of information? Is being catalogued and annotated faster than we can find it out? Smug’s Leslie Harpold thinks so. Read “net worth“.

To be honest, I can’t even tell whether or not this is sad. Is anyone else my age excited about Final Fantasy VIII. I bought the last one on a whim, and it was gripping. Occasionally repetitive, but gripping nonetheless. Start saving your pennies…

No morning is complete without a visit to the Hollywood Stock Exchange.

I think it is important that I make my opinions clear about Forrest Gump.

There is something really frustrating about writing something that you think is quite good and then having to think of what to write to follow it up. On the other hand I could be being precious. You decide – read my epinion on Natural Born Killers.

Jason Kottke, commander of the omnipotent 0sil8, also runs a particularly fine weblog, dripping with design savvy. So visit kottke.org – it truly is the home of fine hypertext products.