Posts tagged in ‘random thoughts’

That’s a dedicated bloggerPosted on December 12, 2008

I’d say about half of my blog posts are banged out in under ten minutes, and I forget what I’ve written soon after that.
Over at Embloggery, Nicole Wolfersberger hand-embroiders each entry. Yep that’s right, sews them by hand.

The idea with this project is to examine the implications of the fact that we [...]

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Inside a frozen pizza factoryPosted on December 7, 2008

The BBC (via Kottke) has a fascinating video of a tour inside a frozen pizza factory. (You have to sit through an annoying ad before the video).
The pizza factory produces 2 million frozen pizzas a week - a very scary statistic. They don’t look like anything I’d ever want to eat but it’s cool [...]

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My iPhone reviewPosted on November 26, 2008

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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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