xlab.co.uk - a weblog by Phil Lindsay

HTML5 experiments

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:51:47 GMT

Excellent work using the CANVAS element by Hakim El Hattab.

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Lots of grown men jumping around a kids playground. Very cool moves :)

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:41:15 GMT

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Incredible video of artist David Kassan ‘painting’ a portrait using Brushes app on an iPad.

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:41:24 GMT

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iOS4 icons re-created in CSS3

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:34:00 GMT

An incredible demonstration of the capabilities of CSS3.

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We were caught on sucker punches in counter-attacks. It is the story of the game: nobody can stand h...

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:30:24 GMT

We were caught on sucker punches in counter-attacks. It is the story of the game: nobody can stand here and tell me Germany were a lot better than us.

Frank Lampard quoted after England lost 4-1 to Germany. Frank - you might want to watch a re-run of the game and revise that statement.

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There is a strong suggestion (soon to be confirmed by doctors) that John Isner actually expired at a...

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:57:27 GMT

There is a strong suggestion (soon to be confirmed by doctors) that John Isner actually expired at about the 20-20 mark, and Mahut went soon afterwards, and the remainder of the match was contested by Undead Zombies who ate the spectators during the change of ends (again, this is pending a police investigation).

Entertaining live-blog by Xan Brooks following the epic Isner/Mahmut tennis match (currently tied in the 5th set at 59 games each).

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HTML5ROCKS

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:14:34 GMT

Excellent collection of HTML5 resources gathered and curated by Google.

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Astonishing miss from Yakubu in last nights game against South Korea. If Yakubu had scored this Nigeria would’ve qualified for the knockout stages of the World Cup. D’oh!

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:11:10 GMT

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Interesting heatmap showing the locations of photos taken around London by tourists and locals.

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:50:52 GMT

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Adidas parody of the Cantina scene in Star Wars.

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:20:14 GMT

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The new iPhone 4 announced today by Apple. The latest effort by those people in Cupertino to relieve me of my hard-earned cash. There’s an air of inevitability about this…

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:16:56 GMT

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If we approve it…

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:07:57 GMT

If we approve it…

Steve Jobs being cheeky (and a tad rude) when announcing the availability of iMovie through the App Store.

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On May 31st a sewer pipe burst creating a huge 60ft deep chasm inÂ Guatemala City. More amazing photos here.

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:36:00 GMT

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Rio Ferdinand banjaxed his knee at training this morning following a challenge by Mr Em and is thus ...

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:30:32 GMT

Rio Ferdinand banjaxed his knee at training this morning following a challenge by Mr Em and is thus cruelly deprived of the opportunity to extend his proud record of being the first player to jump on a team-mate’s back in a half-hearted leapfrog attempt after every goal.

The Guardian’s Fiver reporting on Rio Ferdinand’s injury.

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Rather creepy film from Pixar animator Rodrigo Blaas.

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:04:23 GMT

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Visited Grasmere last weekend in time to see all the rhododendron bushes in full bloom. This panorama was taken using the excellent Pano iPhone app.

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:35:23 GMT

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An inspiring interview with Stephen Fry. Take 30 mins out of your day to listen to the man’s wisdom.

Thu, 27 May 2010 22:34:14 GMT

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Unless you have felt the stinging kiss of the Mouldmaster during a PE lesson on a witheringly cold d...

Wed, 26 May 2010 12:04:48 GMT

Unless you have felt the stinging kiss of the Mouldmaster during a PE lesson on a witheringly cold day, while wearing shorts that amounted to little more than a piece of elastic and in an environment that was a torture camp in all but name, you cannot truly say that your time on this earth has been justified.

The Guardian reviews great footballs. The mere mention of a Mitre Mouldmaster still makes my eyes water to this day.

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Write The Future : an excellent Nike football commercial. Makes you want to get out and kick a ball around :) (via @mikos)

Fri, 21 May 2010 09:39:00 GMT

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The Incident looks like being a very cool iPhone game. Also, check out the wallpapers and CSS3-animated star-field background on the website.

Thu, 20 May 2010 20:47:08 GMT

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