maynardcase.co.uk linkfest

And as a special 200th post treat - a self-portrait:

Never played it, but Zombie Risk sounds like fun…

I hate:

* people who stand on the left on the London Underground escalators
* adverts indicating that you can become a millionaire property developer
* tequila
* anyone who is smug about owning a house
* my own ability to procrastinate
* the Daily Mail
* people who ask questions that they could find the answers to if they just looked for a moment (I’m thinking the Metro letters page, here)
* hard-line creationists
* people who leave mobile phones on their desks to ring incessantly (particularly those whose voicemail rings them back)
* people who carelessly get people’s names the wrong way round in emails (i.e. calling someone informally by their surname, just because our internal address book is in the format Surname, Forename)
* adverts that imply that the people who run high-performing investment funds are geniuses who can beat the market, rather than just lucky

Wondering how popular your name is? Yet another unusual interface that visualises some data in a useful way. Looks like Maynard is an old-fashioned name…

Ground-in dirt on your monitor? Try this.

Like everyone else who has a weblog, I have discovered Google Maps, then (like everyone outside the US) been disappointed that it’s not available for my area yet. Pretty nifty, though…

As seen from the train on the way to Wimbledon.

Happy
The people working at Happy Computers. Until they get a letter from a lawyer…

Unhappy
People who have to commute on the Tube in London, particularly Dr Suman Biswas and Dr Adam Kay (warning: contains audiovisual swearing and thus may be NSFW (not safe for work))

… or be fat.

(an advert for Krispy Kreme donuts - buy a box of a dozen and be a hero!)

London underground maps: either the original, or geographic (or overlaid on satellite imagery)

Which numbers crop up most often? Why? (worth a look if only for the interface)

Sorting sweets