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  • My new favourite tumblr is My new favourite tumblr

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

  • VW Aqua all-terrain hovercraft concept

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

  • 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

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Placebos, and thinking of brands having the same effect

    There’s a great video on Geary Behavioural Economics Blog whic offers some startling facts about placebos, including how colour, shape, size and volume can drastically alter their effect. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfRVCaA5o18[/youtube] Then 25 lttrs n th alphbt asks readers to “substitute in your mind “brand” for “placebo” The brain eh? Weird.

  • My mum’s dog

    Maybe it’s this kind of honesty that gets Richard Bacon his 1,316,602 followers (at time of posting). My mum’s dog is on This Morning right now (the bigger white one). I’m worried it’s got better TV work than I have. Posted at 11:22 10/02/2011 Join him at twitter.com/richardpbacon if you wish. ***UPDATE*** Twitter response from…

  • A social media example – not just opinion.

    A good piece about difficulties and successes of using social media, with real examples – not just opinions! “A Positive Response to a ‘Negative’ Tweet“. How refreshing. About a month ago I had this same conversation with my friend Shira Lazar and she said something interesting. The topic was on trying to get someone to stop…

  • Solar and wind turbine bridge concept

    This bridge design concept took second prize in the New Italian Blood Solar Park South Competition. The hybrid system proposed (combining solar and wind power) allows for a continuous production of Energy. The project is based on the idea of utilizing the space between the pillars of the existing viaducts to house a system of…