Year: 2011
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Why do creative people sometimes steal?
About a year ago my wife and I spotted an independant graphic designer, Kyleigh, who was selling paper cuts through Not on The High Street. We liked her work and got in touch to commission a special piece for my wife’s sister in law’s wedding. Even though Kyleigh was just about to have a baby, she completed the work in time…
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What to blog about? Hacking? Corruption? Terrorism? Drug abuse?
A lot has happened in the last few weeks since I last wrote, and a lot has been written across the media in various forms. But put aside those stories and go to UNICEF’s website and donate some money towards their emergency famine appeal. A child is dying every six minutes and you can help.…
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Fill the gap in the market with your own newspaper
Seeing as there will be a blank space on many newsagents shelves next Sunday maybe this is the time to start you dream of creating your own newspaper? Of the designers I follow online, Ben Terret stands out and is one of the founders of Newspaper Club, a small company run by the Really Intersting…
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World-class journalism
I was intrigued in what I was missing from being blocked from visiting the News of the World website so I tried it’s parent company News International. “Each of our newspapers is a leader in its field and offers world-class journalism”. If this was in doubt before today’s revelations on phone hacking, their own website…
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News of the world branded “Tasteless”
For once our corporate firewall has got it’s filters just right.
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Adam and Joe’s festival jingle
Taken from their Glastonbury podcasts, this is Adam’s jingle about how much he enjoys festivals. Well, it made me laugh. You can download the MP3 if you like.
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How to build a Hackintosh Mini for under £500
The nice guys at life hacker have put together a DIY guide on how to build yourself a Mac Mini for under $600 lifehacker.com/5815715/how-to-build-a-hackintosh-mini-for-less-than-600 I’ve done a bit of research in sourcing the same parts (mostly from Amazon, once piece from Scan) to see what the equivalent machine could cost over here. My list comes in at…
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Motion powered bike wheel lights.
Two industrial design students at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, have created a new bicycle saftey system that uses the bike’s movement to light the wheels. Ethan Frier and Jonathan Ota have a created a system which lights the wheels white while the bike is in motion, and red if it detects the bike is slowing down. They…
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The best of my spam comments this week.
By “alicia littlefield” I would not believe we should be placing on loincloths made of dingo skin, a lot we have been excited to exercise session. The time we realize they have deserving of workouts, it might be sensational looking. Must stop blogging about dingo skin. By “Larraine Roesner” Whats up…notable content material. Pleased I…
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24 Hour experiments in Twitter
Companies are always looking for new ways to raise their profile and market themselves on twitter, but sometimes its the charity and even public sector that lead on innovative ways to raise awareness, forced to try news ways on limited budgets and powered by enthusiasm to make a difference. One example of this is the…