Links for 2004-10-29

Posted October 29, 2004 1:17 AM.

• Free Ruler - an elegant little application for helping you measure the width and height of things you are designing
  I really like this - I often find myself trying to work out what's gone wrong with a layout I'm building in HTML and CSS - having something to show exactly how many pixels of margin and padding are around an object could be a lifesaver...
  (categories: application design elegant measurement osx pixels ruler utilities utility)
• Frank Black Francis
  Here's a strange one - an album of Pixies tracks in their formative stages with Frank Black singing alone, and then an album reinterpreting them all recorded last year. What a strange notion. Might have to have that...
  (categories: album alternative audio cd covers coverversions frankblack music pixies rock)
• British Military Fitness gets you fit the old-fashioned way
  So if the whole thing didn't seem a bit too much of a macho thing and if it wasn't in any way a bit of a turn-on I might consider joining British Military Fitness to get all athletic and stuff. Some of the instructors look quite nice too...
  (categories: athletics exercise fitness hot hydepark military running sport)
• Dance label !K7 are happy to advertise on their CDs that they have "No Copy Protection - respect the music"
  It bodes well that a record company would have the nerve to do something like this. If it has any positive impact (relative or absolute) on sales of their albums, then it should encourage the rest of the industry to follow suit (if they legally can)...
  (categories: album audio cd copyprotection dance drm labelling music)