links for 2010-07-28

By robot_dave on July 28, 2010 8:08 PM | Permalink

Strategic planning versus housing vacancy in Cork « Ireland after NAMA

While Cork certainly was not immune from the frenzied over-development of the Celtic Tiger period, the fact that to a certain extent this development followed a coherent plan means that in the long-run this may not be as destructive as in other counties, where development has left run amok without rhyme or reason. Furthermore, it speaks more fundamentally about the difficulty of implementing a strategic approach to planning in the Irish context. Because of the vagaries of planning structures and the lack of statutory regional policies, strategic planning is constantly challenged and undermined.

(tags: ireland planning corruption)
Daring Fireball: An Improved Liberal, Accurate Regex Pattern for Matching URLs

An Improved Liberal, Accurate Regex Pattern for Matching URLs

(tags: web programming howto perl regexp regex url)
Cool Tools: The Best Magazine Articles Ever

The following are suggestions for the best magazine articles (in English) ever. Arranged in chronological order. Stars denote how many times a correspondent has suggested it. For a great way to read long-form magazine articles on a tablet device see my review here.

(tags: writing journalism article culture)
Apple’s Magic Trackpad – Just the start of the magic trick? – Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)

AppleTV just got realllllllllly interesting. Existing AppleTVs — the one Apple product you’ve forgotten about, the one that sits at the back of the class and never raises its hand — are MacOS devices. They’re controlled via IR remotes and thus they require line-of-site between the device and the operator. With the Magic Trackpad in the product lineup, Apple could completely reinvent the AppleTV as a device that hides somewhere behind your TV, runs a new flavor of iOS, and ships with a Magic Trackpad instead of a clickybutton remote.

(tags: apple magic_trackpad appletv)
Redesigning the NYC Subway Map

(tags: design maps visualization newyork)

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