Year: 2011

  • Read your book case

    This is an excellent book case – it’s massive, fits every book you could own and instructs it’s owner exactly what should be done with the contents. From www.likecool.com, www.kraftfuttermischwerk.de and fasel.soup.io

  • My new favourite tumblr is My new favourite tumblr

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

  • £206 taken by the Olympics

    I bid for four tickets and it looks like got all four – Session AT014 at the Olympic stadium on 10 August. ***** UPDATE ***** I’m getting a lot of traffic to this page with people searching for session code AT014 – Here’s a more helpful link to the Olympic site for people after useful info:…

  • VW Aqua all-terrain hovercraft concept

    For work rest and play. Yes please. From www.likecool.com,  dvice.com and www.diseno-art.com

  • New passwords

    I had to call a support team today for a system I access which kept locking me out. SUPPORT: I need to reset your password for the next 48 hours. ME: OK. SUPPORT: Can I reset your password to “password1” ME: That’s not very secure is it? How about the name of a fruit? SUPPORT:…

  • Why be Denny Different?

    Why be Denny Different? Why? 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

    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

  • 10 iPhone apps for a UK holiday

    On a recent trip to the Lake District and Yorkshire I used a couple of iphone apps which I thought I’d share. For taking photos and video Camera+ – £0.59 What makes this worth the 59p is the ability to specify the point to focus on and a separate exposure point, gives you excellent control. There is…

  • Using photography to promote a borough

    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…

  • April fools roundup

    Google Motion [youtube width=”400″ height=”240″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu927_ul_X0[/youtube] 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 [youtube width=”400″ height=”240″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSU3ijxkp8Y[/youtube] 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…