I recently bought a canon d2000/kodak dcs520 off ebay, the 3rd model Canon digital SLR, released in 1998.

With just under 2 megapixels, it can’t compete with even the cheapest DSLR nowadays with resolution, but build quality it’s great.

The 350D next to the DCS 520.

Dpreview described it: “it’s the Jaguar of the digital photography world where all else are Fords”

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On Jan 13 the Royal Mail issued a new set of commemerative stamps celebrating British design classics.

You can see the full set here: Royal Mail British Design Stamps

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Cooliris (formerly known as PicLens) is described by it’s developers as a “lightening fast ‘3D wall’ that lets you browse thousands of images, videos and more with ease.”

Cooliris is installed as a browser add-on for Firefox, Safari or Internet Explorer and it works all over the web, including on google image searches, facebook, flickr, ffffound and numerous other websites.

Recently we implemented Cooliris into a stock image management system we’re building for a client.

They required an easy and quick way of viewing multiple images on the screen that supplemented the basic website view. Cooliris provided exactly that and wasn’t complicated to implement at all.

It essentially works by using an xml version of the page you are viewing. Cooliris can then automatically detect the feed via a simple rss link. That’s all there is to it!

Did you play the original Command & Conquer or Red Alert? Got an iPhone? Then you must get Warfare Incorporated.

The touch screen controls really come into their own. Taking advantage of the multi-touch iPhone interface.

This is old skool war at it’s best.

Around a couple of years ago the “what screen resolution should we design for?” argument had mostly become irrelevant. 640×480 was out, 800×600 was mostly out and 1024×768 was a reasonable minimum. With this step change over and new grids in place life should be easy, right?

Think again. The intervening time has seen an explosion in web use on mobile devices and the future looks to only diverge from your standard 1024×768 grid you’ve settled on. So what different screens can you reasonably expect your users to view your site on?

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OK, so I listen to too much Radio 4, I can’t help it. But every so often they really come up with the goods, like this week’s In Business which has an interview with Wired editor in chief Chris Anderson.

Really worth a listen to anyone interested in the changing economic oportunities provided by the developing Web, copyright issues (good input from Creative Commons chair James Boyle) and the importance of Open Source and other ‘for free’ business models.

‘In Business’ home page and podcast