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£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: Read more
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VW Aqua all-terrain hovercraft concept
For work rest and play. Yes please. From www.likecool.com, dvice.com and www.diseno-art.com Read more
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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: Read more
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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. Read more
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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 Read more
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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 Read more
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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 Read more
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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 Read more
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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 Read more
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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. Read more