Archive for February, 2009

nerd stuff

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Boy this got me really exited. On this page from the Census you can find an interactive population pyramid.

Knowing how many people you are talking to always frames the task nicely.

I realise this message is a bit niche, should have just send Amandine an email.

www.statistics.gov.uk/populationestimates/svg_pyramid/uk/index.html

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Truely Disturbing

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Noel Edmonds goes all psychotic about some poor sap press officer..

and for an added bonus here’s Noel laughing at a handicapped child…

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It’s all been said and done before

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

However many marketing conferences belt out the same future gazing yawn fests one thing remains true – someone somewhere has thought it and said it before you.

I think it might just come down to the fact that the things that never change are people and behaviour. As technologies emerge all around us they only ever reflect or become useful/popular because they help fulfil those many unchanging human attributes.

New technologies just whip up old questions.

I spotted this quote in the Rodchenko exhibition in the Tate Modern. It pre empts Nike + and more to the point every ‘utility’ conversation by about 88 years.

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Rachmaninov had big hands

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

A fun bit of physical comedy:

video.stumbleupon.com/#p=b57t8908nn

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Samsung viral

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Animals being cute. What’s not to love?

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That photo style in video

Friday, February 20th, 2009


Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

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Smallest ad ever….

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

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Simon’s Cat

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Anyone who’s ever had a cat will relate…

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