Year: 2011
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Old closed tube stations to become bars & more
Annie Mole’s Going Underground Blog reports that a consortium of finance, engineering, marketing and health & safety companies have been brought together byAjit Chambers fromThe Old London Underground Company to put old tube stations in central London into new use as tourism, storage space and entertainment venues (venues will become more than just bars, restaurants & clubs). Stations under…
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For frustrated fox hunters – Horse Boarding
Tweed loving countryside residents need a new sport to replace fox hunting and I think that professional stuntman Daniel Fowler-Prime has the answer. “It’s the first new equine sport for a long while and in our show we have added ramp jumps over four metre gaps. It takes horse riding to another level.” Thanks to www.likecool.com/horse_boarding–Sport–Gear.html and swns.com/horse-boarding-britains-latest-extreme-sports-craze-241009.html.
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Passive aggressive rocket science
The Passive Aggressive Notes blog is a great collection of anger fuelled outbursts from the non-confrontational members of society. The latest contribution has to be one of my favorites: Thanks to www.passiveaggressivenotes.com and the anonymous submitter in Huntsville, Alabama.
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Water powered shower radio
Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before? A radio which connects to your shower and is powered by the water passing through it. The only problem could be if it slows down the flow of water, but apart from that it’s an ingenious idea. You can see who sells it at www.google.co.uk/products or read more about it and it’s…
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Large scale American Beauty bag blowing.
This scene from America Beauty has 35 parodys on youtube, [youtube width=”425″ height=”240″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGWU4QhJ4L8[/youtube] But none are quite like the large scale version in Pupping, Austria where whole fields of white plastic were being lifted in the air. [youtube width=”425″ height=”240″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxRT60-kw78[/youtube] From Likecool: http://www.likecool.com/Tornado_in_Pupping–Video–Gear.html
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Word search wrapping paper
This is a brilliantly simple idea. Personalise it using a coloured pen of your choice. Thanks to www.davidairey.com/universal-wrapping-paper/ and it’s creators www.fabiomilito.com/index.php?/2009/wrapping-paper/ and Francesca Guidotti.
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Sexy google
Our corporate firewall at work got a bit over excited today and decided to block www.google.co.uk as it had been categorised as “sex” Someone somewhere must have been doing some impressive extra curricular research to get that to happen.
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Charlie Brooker isn’t a fan of the iPad
First he did a nice piece on Newswipe (the example of content delivery is nice): [youtube width=”425″ height=”270″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9a74zoHEAE[/youtube] And then last night on 10 O’Clock Live was quick to jump on the iPad 2 launch (who DOES applaud a cable?!): [youtube width=”425″ height=”270″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmWnAE-SFeM[/youtube] Apple launch events must induce a strange mix of hysterical laughter and violent face palming in the…
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Adam and Joe return to 6music
And about bloody time. They resume service in April, Adam writes on their official blog: “I can’t wait to get back to our show on Saturdays, I’ve really missed doing it. Not that I haven’t been every bit as busy as Joe. I’ve created several new filing systems for my CD’s and DVD’s, successfully reunited…
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DARE are recruiting, and I wish more did it this way
Digital agency DARE are recruiting a few roles, and have have a nice visual way of advertising: Thanks to ewarwoowar.typepad.com