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We live in financial times – Obama and the FT

Posted on 20 August 200920 August 2009

On a massive billboard at Victoria Station there is an advertisement for the Financial Times. It features an excellent photograph of a huge crowd with a little figure […]

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Massive lies make great political statements

Posted on 16 August 200920 August 2009

I’m not a fan of political blogs – people ranting opinions and comment about their way the world should change, I prefer to leave that talk to the […]

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Mountain View

Posted on 14 August 200914 August 2009

This made me laugh. Found by Swiss Miss, Neatorama and Chris Glass. August 7, 2009 My husband and I were exploring Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park, Canada, […]

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Can you freeze cheese? And other important questions.

Posted on 12 August 2009

The people at Mashable have been busy. Busy seeing what google is really used for. They ask the important questions of  “When will…” “Why is my g…” “Can […]

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Retro or just great? 20 desktop wallpapers

Posted on 12 August 200912 August 2009

You can’t beat some good, timeless design. I doubt this Helvetica wallpaper will ever truely look dated, and like the others listed on Fuel your creative’s “20 retro […]

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10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Blogging

Posted on 10 August 200915 August 2009

This is the kind of post I wish I could write if I was more literate. It sums up very neatly all the problems which so many companies […]

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Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: August 2009

Posted on 7 August 20097 August 2009

Smashing Magazine’s wallpaper of the month competition has come up with another fine selection of images for August, here are my favourites: I’ve gone for the first one, […]

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Noisy Decent Graphics: My Bright Idea

Posted on 6 August 20096 August 2009

I like this idea of wrapping paper and have done something similar before myself, but not with quite the same thought and style as Matt Dent. Easy to […]

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From Baldock, it's retro text the nation

Posted on 3 July 2009

I like to listen to Adam and Joe, but I listen to the podcast, not the live show. I have never joined in on their text the nation […]

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Wordsworth on the tube

Posted on 8 June 2009

This morning I was lucky enough to sit opposite a poem by William Wordsworth, titled “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge”. It was part of the Poems on the Underground […]

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