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XKCD reaches 1,000

Tom — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:54:41 +0000

Today the cartoon blog XKCD posted it’s 1000 cartoon.

Here’s six favourites of the previous 999:

6 Music Shout Out

Tom — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:08:59 +0000

Here is a clip from Friday 16 December’s 6 Music breakfast show where Shaun Keavney reads out some middle aged shout outs. This one is for my brother who became a dad the day before:

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Download clip

Inventive spam

Tom — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:52:08 +0000

Here’s a some recent spam comments which have caught my eye:

In response to A cold winter evening at Brisbane Road:

Hey There Blog,
Maybe a little off topic, however, its not even the middle of winter and its already getting
to 5°C…
Kindest Regards

In response to How tech giants deal with dissent:

lovely bunny and we hope you all have a wonderful holiday.

I couldn’t agree more.

Adam and Joe’s festival jingle

Tom — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:29:55 +0000

Taken from their Glastonbury podcasts, this is Adam’s jingle about how much he enjoys festivals.

http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Adam-and-Joe-festival-jingle.mp3

Well, it made me laugh. You can download the MP3 if you like.

The best of my spam comments this week.

Tom — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:20:05 +0000

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My new favourite tumblr is My new favourite tumblr

Tom — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:27:33 +0000

Collated by Mike Phllips, mynewfavouritetumblr.tumblr.com lists his favorite tumblr accounts.

Why be Denny Different?

Tom — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:36:05 +0000

Why be Denny Different? Why?

http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/denny-different.mp3

Investigate the answer on facebook and twitter and more twitter, get the T-Shirt on Red Bubble and be inspired by illustrations.

Or download the full “Denny different” Adam and Joe podcast from the BBC site.

Daily Mail reveals Andrew Marr silhouette

Tom — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:53:26 +0000

What would we do without the daily Mail? Without them we’d never know what a silhouette of Andrew Marr looks like.

“Silhouette: How Marr was seen in newspapers when reports of his injunction were published”

That’s one less thing to worry about. See the shocking truth yourself at www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1380546/Andrew-Marr-abandons-injunction-affair-fellow-journalist.html

Using photography to promote a borough

Tom — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:32:29 +0000

Council websites can often be a bit bland looking; lots of text, any imagery is straight from a stock library and usually struggles to properly relate to the content.

One council has taken an altogether different approach with using locally sourced photography to dominate their homepage (they use a number of images, refresh to cycle through at random):

If you have any comments I’d love to hear them.

April fools roundup

Tom — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:04:33 +0000

Google Motion

Click here to view the embedded video.

More at mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html

Helvetica

Google Helvetica search: http://www.google.co.uk/search?ie=UTF-8&q=helvetica

Playmobil

Click here to view the embedded video.

Playmobil Apple Store: http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8bb/

Richard Branson

Branson buys Pluto, reinstates as planet: www.virgin.com/travel/news/branson-buys-pluto-reinstates-as-planet/

NME – Blur and Oasis

Liam Gallagher is set to make an on-record reconciliation with Damon Albarn – with Beady Eye covering Blur for a new single. www.nme.com/news/various-artists/55836

Royal Wedding preparation

Guardian live blog every detail of the the preparation www.guardian.co.uk/uk/by-royal-appointment/2011/apr/01/royal-wedding-live-updates

Rob Brydon on Radio 2

Rob is presenting Ken Bruces’s show as Ken Bruce http://twitter.com/#!/RobBrydon/status/53743334795128832

Bronze Boris

Plans have been unveiled for a 12 metre-high bronze statue of London Mayor Boris Johnson overlooking the River Thames in London. www.dezeen.com/2011/04/01/bronze-boris-bike-statue-by-dowling-jones-stone/

Eau de Mutt

Sales of ‘wet dog’ perfume soar. Eau de Mutt, which replicates the scent of a dog’s coat when wet, has become an unlikely bestseller online. fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG8419827/Sales-of-wet-dog-perfume-soar.html

Youtube as 1911

Youtube adds a vintage feel to it’s videos http://youtubeukblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/looking-back.html

Google Autocompleter

As a Google Autocompleter, you’ll be expected to successfully guess a user’s intention as he or she starts typing instantly. In a fraction of a second, you’ll need to type in your prediction that will be added to the list of suggestions given by Google: www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/autocompleter/index.html

Edible Metro

The newspaper, already the first into Space, is set to become the only national you can eat after reading.
Read more: www.metro.co.uk/news/859704-have-we-got-chews-for-you-the-edible-metro

Add others you find in the comments….