Year: 2012
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Dog shaming
Everyone who has a put has been shamed by that pet at some point. Our cat once stole and ate a whole block of cheese. I didn’t think cats liked cheese. It seems a more common problem with dogs, as the blog dog-shaming.com helps publicise. If you have a dog, and you’ve been shamed, maybe you can contact dog-shaming.com
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Jelly shots for grown ups
If you’ve matured beyond a bowl of vodka jelly at a party, but secretly miss those old boozy days, here’s something you can play with without looking like a desperate student. The www.yummly.com blog has a range of 10 you can feast on.
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Peel wall lamp
This wall lamp fixes to the corner of a wall and gives the impression of light shinning through from behind wallpaper.
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I went to the Olympics
I was fortunate enough to have tickets to see the athletics at the Olympic Stadium on Friday 10 August. I saw the USA women win the 4×100 relay and break the world record, and the British men narrowly miss out on a medal in the 4×400 relay as well as the 4 x 100 heats,…
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New blog – Beside the See Side
Following on from a recent trip to the coast, here’s a mini review for a photo/travel blog by Samantha Edgley – “Beeside the see side“. In her own words the blog records “the sights and spectacles that intrigue, fascinate and inspire“. With a strong eye for the unusual and colourful Samantha brings you pictures from from…
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Bending the corporate control of the games.
I get regular emails from the London 2012 Olympic organisers about travel and ticket information but mostly trying to convince me to buy some official merchandise. It’s a collectors dream, everything you can think of can be sold with a London 2012 logo on for twice the normal price. There are very tight restrictions on…
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Letters from leaves
Hand crafted typography is quite an art, and some people with exceptional skill can make a business from it. I’ve seen paper and card used but not leaves before, and Twan van Keulen has given it a go with impressive results. Found on www.likecool.com, originally published by Twan van Keulen on his site at studiogloeilamp.nl
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How far can you take TV merchandising?
Following from my earlier post about a bloody bathmat, while I was looking for Dexter links I found the official “Showtime” website, the American network which premiers Dexter. You can buy merchandise for their TV shows, and I was intrigued by what merchandise they sold for a TV programme about a blood splatter analysis serial…
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If Dexter was your friend
I’ve been watching a lot of Dexter recently on my daily commute, and in my daily blog tour I noticed this:
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The people make the picture
Website www.likecool.com has featured artist Craig Alan‘s aerial photography using people to create portraits: