Posts tagged in ‘random thoughts’

The Pedestrian ProjectPosted on October 28, 2008

A piece of street art just tickled my fancy. Called the Pedestrian Project, it’s an ongoing street art project involving dressing up volunteers as stick figures from street signs, then walking around New York.

I really love this project, it’s one of those artworks that makes you smile and makes your day a little bit [...]

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Born everywherePosted on October 19, 2008

The Guardian has a great interactive special on children born in every country in the world who now live in England.

It is incredibly well researched and it looks like a lot of time and energy has gone into this project.
Some of the comments from the kids are hilarious (gotta love the point of [...]

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Surprise-delight from Royal MailPosted on October 12, 2008

The Independent has a lovely article about an artist who tested the Royal Mail in the UK by posting letters to herself with the address as puzzles, maps, dot-to-dot pictures, crossword clues and anagrams.

I love this part.
Among the initial batch of envelopes was a letter with the address written in mirror writing. But [...]

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Deaf special on the GuardianPosted on October 9, 2008

The Guardian’s G2 section today is a special on Deafness and it makes for really interesting reading.
They have 8 articles written from different perspectives and on different angles about being deaf. I first learnt of the difference between Deaf and deaf in Lisa Herrod’s article on A List Apart, which is excellent reading.
I [...]

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The Decapitator strikes againPosted on October 2, 2008

One of my favourite flickr users is The Decapitator from the UK. His raison d’être seems to be to subvert billboard ads around London and I love him for it.
I first heard of him when he decapitated Sarah Jessica Parker for the Sex and the City movie.

He’s just uploaded some new photos from his [...]

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Back up your stats, SMHPosted on September 29, 2008

The SMH had an article today on how gamers aren’t the sloppy, podgy nerds they have been stereotyped as.
It’s all a bit of a fluff piece but I take issue with this line -

Gamers also took part in vigorous exercise once or twice a week, more than most people.
Once or twice a week? [...]

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I got off lightlyPosted on September 21, 2008

So I was just complaining about the crap help at Youmenow.com (serves me right for using such a teenybopping site) but after reading their terms and conditions, I think I got off lightly.
Things we don’t promise
13.2 We do not promise you any of the following:
13.2.2 That death, personal injury or property damage [...]

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Amazing stop motionPosted on September 18, 2008

I’ve been getting really into Stop Motion films lately, I really love them as a medium.
I’ve just seen an amazing stopmotion video - a guy in LA took 2 photos of himself (front and back) every day for 17 years.

That’s dedication!
I love watching him get fat then thin, hair get long then [...]

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Build your own Power bar (as long as you like sugar)Posted on September 17, 2008

Element Bars have just launched a site where you can make your own protein/power/nutrition bars by picking your ingredients from the website and buying them in packs of 36.
It’s a great idea as I don’t like the commercial nutrition bars available - they are always too sweet and make me feel sick as I [...]

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Best job ad everPosted on September 16, 2008

I am in total awe of this job ad from Murder Burger in NZ, as photographed by Flickr user Noface2.

The full sized image is here.
I wish that 1) I could write like that, and 2) that I worked there. They sound like fun.

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