Archive for May, 2009

 

Down with boring furniture

May 25th, 2009Posted by katiesol

Since I moved to London and discovered Paul Johnson’s shop in Putney, I’ve been lusting after some amazing bloq.co.uk furniture.
With all products made to order, you can have designs tweaked to fit the space you have available, so there’s really no excuse not to if you’ve got the cash.
On my neverending lottery-win wishlist is this [...]

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Because life should be more like a musical

May 24th, 2009Posted by katiesol

Wouldn’t it be amazing if people did just burst into song and dance at train stations in real life?

via Keris Stainton

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My faith in the kids is restored

May 24th, 2009Posted by katiesol

I’m so impressed by the kids at Davenant Foundation School in Loughton, Essex, who went on strike after the school installed CCTV cameras in two classrooms.
Although apparently installed to record footage of best practice teaching, I for one wouldn’t do my best learning under the beady, suspicious eye of these bug-like cameras.
As a society, we’re [...]

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Sorry I’m late

May 23rd, 2009Posted by katiesol

Stumbling across videos like this reminds me how vastly brilliant people can be. What a painstaking process, but what a beautiful result.

For more, visit the website.
Via Intercourse With Biscuits

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Panda-monium

May 17th, 2009Posted by katiesol

There aren’t many species threatened by extinction partly because they can’t be bothered to reproduce, but that’s the situation the Giant Panda has found itself in. And when they do get around to it, what other animal can give birth and immediately look down at their newborn offspring in curiosity as if to say, ‘What [...]

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Everything you want – right now!

May 12th, 2009Posted by katiesol

Sharing his love/hate feelings towards advertising, I can’t help but adore Steve Lambert’s work:

I’m not so sure about his Firefox add-on though – Add-Art blocks out website adverts and replaces them with pieces of art. It’s a sad fact but online publishing relies on advertisers paying to display their messages alongside enticing editorial to survive, [...]

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We still love you, Star Wars

May 12th, 2009Posted by katiesol

With everyone getting het up about the new Star Trek film, poor old usually-cooler Star Wars must be feeling a bit left out. So to show the internet hasn’t forgotten about the rebel alliance and still fully supports its uprising against the heinous empire, enjoy these pictures, videos and stories from creative fanboys with perhaps [...]

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Geek chic seats

May 11th, 2009Posted by katiesol

Some supremely lucky guy or gal has a piece of paper in their pocket that’s worth a cool £110,000,000 after winning the Euromillions lottery last week.

Apart from the obvious – quit their job, buy Buckingham Palace, give their friends a fiver each, holiday to secret Caribbean island etc – they can now afford to recklessly [...]

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Project Squirrel – the internet is missing a trick

May 11th, 2009Posted by katiesol

Internet maestro and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is working on a new service to allow iPhone owners to take payments using their phone, according to a ‘knowledgeable source’ over on TechCrunch.
Whilst this is exciting for people who feel they need to take payments on the move (it’s not something I personally find myself needing to [...]

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Another Apple netbook rumour quashed

May 10th, 2009Posted by katiesol

High-tech meets lo-fi arts and crafts in a whirlwind of new Apple netbook rumours doing the rounds.
Some people get pretty silly over Apple products, but taking Apple fanboyism to new and dizzying heights is Kyle Buckner with his wood-and-pencil art project, photos of which shot to the top of the Digg pile this week.
When the [...]

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