Links for 2006-11-15

11/15/2006

• How to write in polytonic (ancient) Greek in OSX This is sort of a niche thing to care about, but care about it I do. I keep wondering if I should put up any of my old abandoned doctoral work onto the web. Seems weird to have spent that much time on something and not be able to open up some of the results…
• Techcrunch (in July) covered the online sites that are hoping to replace paper TV guides Fascinating overview full of useful information that gesture towards the future of television
• The Cintiqas described on Kevin Kelly’s siteis basically a combination tablet and monitor that allows you to do illustration work in a way that resembles working on paper There’s a substantial chunk of writing on the page from Scott McCloud talking about how he uses it too. It looks pretty extraordinary, actually. Wouldn’t mind one of those, although god knows what I’d use it for.
• Medium-old BBC article about the perfect comedy face contains a great line from Ricky Gervais “All these years I assumed my global success as a comedian was down to my acute observations, expert directorial rendering and consummate skills as a performer. Turns out it’s because I’ve got a fat girly face.”