Selected highlights from the Internet

• Blogroll

  • Andy Clarke Read “transcending CSS”? Now read the author’s blog.
  • Charles Stross Charlie’s Diary, or his personal blog, recently giving an insight into the publishing business.
  • Clare Topping Clare posts about the UK environment, what makes her happy, and what does not.
  • Dan Benjamin Dan Benjamin’s personal website, an insight into a talented man.
  • Paul Boag This is the website of one of my favourite podcasters, stuffed with content.
  • PhotograClare Beautiful images accompanying the thoughts of an up and coming amateur photographer.
  • Richard Rutter A view on the issues surrounding design for the Web from the Production Director of Clearleft.
  • Zen Habits A few interesting tips and techniques for life. Try a different perspective on yours.

• Creative

  • The Pipeline The Pipeline is an interview show hosted by Dan Benjamin, talking with people who create things.

• Designer

  • A List Apart A range of excellent content on may aspects of Web design.

• Developer

  • FLOSS Weekly Slick and engaging podcast about Free Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS).
  • Peepcode Screencasts Very high quality content on a range of developer related topics; costs money, but worth every penny/cent!
  • Railscasts Excellent Ruby on Rails screencasts brought to you by Ryan Bates.
  • Software Engineering Radio THE software engineering podcast, excellent content, well produced. Highly recommended to the Techies out there.
  • The Dev Show The Dev Show brings you news and discussion about the latest topics in the software development community, with a focus on Ruby, PHP, Java, JavaScript, and more, with commentary from your hosts, Jason Seifer and Dan Benjamin.
  • The Ruby Show An entertaining and informative Ruby on Rails podcast that until recently went by the name of Rails Envy.

• Education

  • Computing at the OU Open Univeristy computing courses. I’ve done a few and found them both enjoyable and thought provoking.

• Supported

  • Central Asia Institute Helping people out of poverty and war through education.
  • Optimum Population Trust Over-population is the root cause of environmental and economic problems.
  • World Land Trust Supporting biodiversity and local populations.