February 2009
39 posts
“The helicopter I have now seems perfectly adequate to me. Of course, I’ve...”
– Barack Obama (via politico.com)
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Amadou & Mariam @ Koko
Are you ready? … Let’s go!
There can be no doubt: if you need a party starting, then A&M are the folks to call. I’m pretty sure I’ve never had a more enjoyable, life-affirming or foot-shuffling time at a gig before. The infectious rhythms of a terrific djembe drummer, a stunning turn from the two backing singers (though ‘backing singers’ hardly does their...
The importance of a vision →
I can’t begin to describe how accurately Peter Schuh sums up a problem I’ve encountered time and time again: clients embarking on projects with no idea of what they want to achieve in doing so, and ending up with a thoroughly dissatisfying result.
“Commuters in the north were dirtier than in the south”
– BBC NEWS | Health | Faecal bacteria join the commute
Slamdunk milonare
Was up late last night working, and thanks to [justin.tv](http://www.justin.tv), managed to catch the oscar ceremony live for the first time in years. I used to stay up to watch it religiously, but I’ve slacked off the last couple of years.
Hugh Jackman’s song and dance numbers were excruciating, and the gags worse, but other than that it was a great show, and a particularly great...
Google Motion Chart API →
Google are giving away moving charts now? Is there anything they can’t do? Amazing stuff.
“During the Bush years, all my jokes were written by a team of Chinese pre-teens...”
– Kevin Bleyer, writer, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (via Surviving the Obama Comedy Crisis: A Report From the Front Lines)
“Short of opening a Radio Shack in an Amish town, Dubai is the world’s worst...”
– David Galbraith
Monocle's 25/25 →
Monocle’s concise, informed, downloadable guides to the top business cities and resorts. Love them, particularly the slick PDF versions.
drawords →
drawings by Craig Frazier, words by you - a lovely concept whereby Mr Frazier draws a picture every day, and you submit captions. Quirky. I like it. (via Steven Heller)
How is it that Hall and Oates managed to produce...
Totem Destroyer 2 →
Say “goodbye productivity”
“I wonder what the logic is exactly behind the thinking that god is all-powerful,...”
– Cynical-C Blog - How To Trick God
“Where Would The Button Be Without the Button Hole?”
– Daily Heller by Steven Heller - Design Heroics
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This weekend, I...
Saw Barry and Stuart perform some new material at the Hen and Chickens theatre on Highbury Corner. Very funny, very entertaining, thoroughly enjoyable.
Got up early to go and explore Borough Market, picking up some lovely tea, some amazingly fresh veg, and more lovely things than you can shake a stick at.
Popped into the Tate Modern to see the amazing craftsmanship and creativity of Nicolas...
Things that go up in a down economy →
Cocoa futures, unusual pets, gold coins, wine, evangelical churches, tasers, high end prostitutes, beer, household safes … sounds fun.
The Secret History of Paul Thomas Anderson →
“One time, Ernie [Anderson] rode a motorcycle through the studio. He liked tossing firecrackers around. Once, he stuck a firecracker in a dead frog and blew it up on camera.”
'Immortal' jellyfish swarming across the world →
Amazing tale of the immortal jellyfish, the Turritopsis Nutricula. Once it becomes sexually mature, it reverts to it’s polyp (juvenille) state, and seems to be able to repeat this cycle indefinitely. In other words, the are Jellyfish, of the clan McJellyfish, and they are … oh do stop.
Nervous about Arshavin?
mart007: Anyone else getting nervous?
Bertie Mee: Like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
