Mail-boat record ‘proves Darwin stole his original ideas from a Welsh scientist’

"CHARLES DARWIN’S theory that for 150 years has been viewed as explaining the origin of mankind was stolen from a Welsh scientist, the author of a new book has claimed.

In his book The Darwin Conspiracy: Origins of a Scientific Crime, published this week, Roy Davies claims to have unearthed new evidence that shows Charles Darwin stole the ideas of Alfred Russel Wallace for his work On the Origin of Species, and that it is Wallace who should be credited as having first proposed the theory of evolution."

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/05/24/mail-boat-record-proves-darwin-stole-his-original-ideas-from-a-welsh-scientist-91466-20968207/

Sir Clough’s strong views on Kiwi architecture to be heard at last

"THEY are five strongly-worded missives recorded on the decks of a liner making its leisurely way back from New Zealand.

But after 60 years of silence, the speeches – a no-holds-barred critique of Kiwi design by one of Wales’ greatest-ever architects – can be heard for the first time.

The five talks, collectively named A Planning Credo and Commentary, were a parting gift to the architects Sir Clough Williams-Ellis – who built the built the Italianate village of Portmeirion, on the Lln Peninsula – met during a trip to the country in 1948 to visit his daughter Charlotte.

They remained in an attic for 36 years before being discovered by his grandson Robin Llywelyn in 1984.

Even then, the recordings were still consigned to silence because no means could be found to play the archaic discs."

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/06/12/sir-clough-s-strong-views-on-kiwi-architecture-to-be-heard-at-last-91466-21060920/

Mid Wales Camping Site & Touring Park Cwmrhwyddfor

"The valley of Talyllyn is renowned for its little Railway which takes you past Dolgoch Falls and down to the beaches of Tywyn. There is something to interest all the family such as walking, rock climbing, fishing, sailing on nearby lake, Pony trekking, swimming at Tywyn, tennis, golf all within reasonable distance."

http://walestouristsonline.co.uk/midwales/campsite/Cwmrhwyddfor.htm

Yurt Camping in the Wye Valley

"Luxury camping in the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty"

http://www.hiddenvalleyyurts.co.uk/

Rail users save by splitting fares

"Mr Lewis, the founder of consumer and finance website www.moneysavingexpert.com, said that a standard Newport- Edinburgh return ticket could cost £200, but fare splitting could mean passengers pay just £92 to get to the same destination."

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/06/14/rail-users-save-by-splitting-fares-91466-21071900/

4 Reasons To Use Remember The Milk With Gmail and GCal

"Remember the Milk is an awesome task management app which let’s you manage your tasks from anywhere. It requires you to create an account at their website and then gives you a world of options which can help you manage your tasks productively. And best of all it’s free !"

http://www.googletutor.com/2008/06/23/4-reasons-to-use-remember-the-milk-with-gmail-and-gcal/

Come on butt, it’s time for a cwtch while we read about Wenglish

"THE terms have been familiar to people across South Wales for generations but the peculiarities of “Wenglish” have been compiled in a new book launched this week by a Cardiff author and linguist.

Terms like “cwtch”, “butt”, “bopa” and “jiw” are all included in Wenglish: The Dialect of the South Wales Valleys by Robert Lewis, the largest collection of Wenglish terms ever made."

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_campaign=Wales_email_newspm:20080610&headline=come-on-butt-it-8217-s-time-for-a-cwtch-while-we-read-about-wenglish&method=full&objectid=21046892&siteid=91466-name_page.html?campaign=Wales%255Femail%255Fnewspm%253A20080610

How to Code HTML Email Newsletters

"HTML email newsletters have come a long way in the five years since this article was first published. HTML email is still a very successful communications medium for both publishers and readers. Publishers can track rates for email opens, forwards, and clickthroughs, and thereby can measure reader interest in products and topics; readers are presented with information that's laid out like a web page, in a way that's more visually appealing, and much easier to scan and navigate, than plain text email."

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/code-html-email-newsletters

UTF-8: The Secret of Character Encoding

"Character encoding and character sets are not that difficult to understand, but so many people blithely stumble through the worlds of programming without knowing what to actually do about it, or say "Ah, it's a job for those internationalization experts." No, it is not! This document will walk you through determining the encoding of your system and how you should handle this information. It will stay away from excessive discussion on the internals of character encoding."

http://htmlpurifier.org/docs/enduser-utf8.html

10 Email Addresses That Will Be Useful When You Have No Web Access

"Well, you can do a lot of interesting things over email without a web connection - you can read any webpages over email, maintain your task list, convert documents, upload photo and videos, get dictionary meanings of words and more."

http://www.labnol.org/internet/email/access-websites-over-email-without-internet-connection/1660/

Video of Adam Grosser and his No-Electricity, Sustainable Fridge

"Here is a video of Adam Grosser at TED explaining the idea behind his refrigeration device that doesn't need electricity and can be made inexpensively for the developing world. It's kind of like the One Laptop Per Child version of the fridge. The video is only 3 minutes and a half long and worth watching. "

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/adam-grosser-no-electricity-fridge-video.php

Telecommuting is Green and Saves Money, but Most Employers still Resist it

"In these days of increasing environmental awareness and rising oil prices, telecommuting is gaining mindshare. Yet employers are still reluctant. According to CIO Insight Research's Mobility Survey: "51 percent of CIOs and other senior IT leaders surveyed said their companies discourage fulltime telecommuting. An equal number of the 237 respondents—24 percent each—said their firms encourage fulltime telecommuting or remain neutral.""

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/telecommuting-statistics-information-surveys.php

Academics reveal sci-fi film they think comes closest to our future

"A team of more than 50 international academics have named Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey as the science fiction film with the most realistic vision of the future of mankind.

The pioneering 1968 film, an adaptation of a screenplay by Arthur C Clarke, deals with questions about the evolution of mankind, and the nature of artificial intelligence – epitomised by the supercomputer HAL 9000."

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/05/26/academics-reveal-sci-fi-film-they-think-comes-closest-to-our-future-91466-20973596/

Wget local copies of your online research

"You've been diligently bookmarking and clipping web pages using an online service like del.icio.us, Google Notebook or digg. Sure, storing your data on the web is great for from-any-online-computer access, but in an age of cheap, enormous hard drives and powerful desktop search, why not replicate the data you keep on the web to your computer? That way you'll have a copy of every web page as it appeared when you bookmarked it, and a searchable archive of your research even when you're offline.

Using my favorite command line tool wget, you can download the contents of a page of del.icio.us links, diggs or public Google Notebook automatically and efficiently to your hard drive."

http://lifehacker.com/software/download-managers/geek-to-live-wget-local-copies-of-your-online-research-delicious-digg-or-google-notebook-200360.php

Read at Work

http://www.readatwork.com/

Block Quotes and Pull Quotes: Examples and Good Practices

"Quotes are used to emphasize excerpts of text. Since users almost never read but scan we need to provide them with some focus anchors to fix their attention to the most important parts of our articles. Furthermore, quotes are always used for testimonials and sometimes for blog comments. They can be styled using graphics, CSS and a little bit of JavaScript. Sometimes, creative dynamic solutions can be applied as well."

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/06/12/block-quotes-and-pull-quotes-examples-and-good-practices/

F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content

"Eyetracking visualizations show that users often read Web pages in an F-shaped pattern: two horizontal stripes followed by a vertical stripe. "

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/reading_pattern.html


" * Users won't read your text thoroughly in a word-by-word manner. Exhaustive reading is rare, especially when prospective customers are conducting their initial research to compile a shortlist of vendors. Yes, some people will read more, but most won't.
* The first two paragraphs must state the most important information. There's some hope that users will actually read this material, though they'll probably read more of the first paragraph than the second.
* Start subheads, paragraphs, and bullet points with information-carrying words that users will notice when scanning down the left side of your content in the final stem of their F-behavior. They'll read the third word on a line much less often than the first two words. "

LOLinator: i can haz websiet?

http://lolinator.com/

"forget washout uv wimbledon fortnite. wiimbledon iz
nintendo lova' equivalent... n it'll take massiv hole in roof
before we shout "play iz suspended!!??!!""

http://lolinator.com/lol/wiimbledon.org.uk/