Back from a lovely few days on the Isle of Wight, which means I get to subject you to some holiday snaps...

http://instagr.am/p/HHWOTHvLLB/

http://instagr.am/p/HHV5GgPLK9/

http://instagr.am/p/HJX-cbvLN7/

Today was the first day in my new job (in case you missed that little bit of news: http://rooreynolds.com/2012/02/14/moving-on-from-wk/). So, today's newsletter includes some more-than-usually-stale links. Fingers crossed there's at least one interesting thing for you here though.

 A fabulously detailed breakdown of which iOS apps are doing what with your address book.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/14/2798008/ios-apps-and-the-address-book-what-you-need-to-know

Peanutty

'Solve puzzles, build puzzles, learn to code.'

http://peanutty.org/

(Even more fun than Codecademy).

How to Use Steel Wool for Beautiful Light Painting Photographs

Painting with fire! I badly want to try messing around with long exposure and different light sources. I must admit, this is not one that I'd thought of before though.

http://www.petapixel.com/2011/07/20/how-to-use-steel-wool-for-beautiful-light-painting-photographs/

[via @slipstreamjc] 

Makego

Chris O'Shea's kit to turn your iPhone into a toy. Look fun.

http://www.makegotoys.com/

@killingstation

I remember the Filling Station on the 2nd floor of BBC Television Centre very well. I mainly remember avoiding it as much as possible.

http://twitter.com//killingstation

(I have no idea who is behind this, but it's nearly as funny as those other BBC insider Twitter accounts, @bushhousemice and @andyfakeparfitt.)

Ghostface Killah's Advice On How To Make Your Girl Happy

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/ghostface-killahs-advice-on-how-to-make-your-girl

[via @mattsimpo] 

Don't unplug. Plug in better.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/plug-in-better-a-manifesto/252873/

Terrible Taxidermy

http://terribletaxidermy.tumblr.com/

Today, I've been playing with Geckoboard (geckoboard.com, obvs), and using this nifty technique to feed it live data from a Google Docs spreadsheet. It works very nicely.

http://ipadcto.com/2011/04/25/geckodocs-a-google-docs-scripting-approach-for-geckoboard/

The gendered LEGO advertising remixer

(I love LEGO, but they do make me sad sometimes.)

http://www.genderremixer.com/lego/

How very Pinteresting! 

The headlines of tomorrow, today.

http://www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/2012/02/pinterest.php

Everything is a Remix, part 4

http://www.everythingisaremix.info/everything-is-a-remix-part-4/

(if you've missed this until now, do go back and watch it from the beginning. Utterly worth it.) 

Yours sincerely

Roo

Roo Reynolds

@rooreynolds

http://tinyletter.com/rooreynolds