Make Mine a Builders – Superb Blogger Relations
In the post the other day I got a package of brilliant stuff. You can see it above. It contained a pack of “Make Mine a Builders” tea and a stylish silver mug with one of those climbing clippy things (I can never remember their proper…
Oh My Good Lord
Sophie’s brother introduced me to the work of Larry Carlson yesterday. Half of me wishes he hadn’t. It’s like a portal into a strange dimension that makes you feel kind of odd. But you can’t help sticking around to see what happens next…
Is It Broken?
Brilliantly simple. We’ve all had those moments when a site’s not working. And you wonder, is it down for everyone or just me? http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ answers the question for you. You enter a URL and it tells you. Smashing. I…
A Dream Come True (and it’s Only Monday)
I’ve always wanted to see a safe fall out of a window (like in the cartoons). This morning as I was walking down Commercial Street I saw a safe lying on the pavement! I don’t think it can have fallen out of a window. And the pallet sitting…
Tshirt of Absolute Genius
The design is not nice. But conceptually I love it dearly. Buy one here. If you’re into tshirts, Nik’s buythistshirt.org has some nice/nasty ones.…
Please God Let This Be The Last…
The world can’t cope with any more toppling objects. Perhaps Pot Noodle can be the nail in the coffin of tipping stuff. (Oh, apart from the coffin-based domino rally that I’m going to do very soon…)
The Rise of The Ad Man 2.0
[I’ve written this post once already. I got to the end of it just as someone phoned me up. I picked up the phone. Fumbled it. And dropped it on my laptop which duly crashed in a spectacular fashion. The second revision is slightly shorter…
My New Invention – Suspense Pregnancy Kits
Pregnancy tests are a staple of TV drama. You can’t have a soap opera without the cliffhanger moment when someone is waiting in a bathroom staring at a wet little stick to find out if they’re up the duff or not. And these days the…
Absolut Machines
Dickon from work pointed me at: ABSOLUT MACHINES. It’s so killer it’s not even funny. They’ve got a load of top drawer interactive music machines that you can play with over the internet. And the way they’ve done the queueing and stuff is…
Techno Viking in Oil – Painting Internet Memes
This guy paints scenes from Internet memes. He used to paint scenes from video games. But he’s moved on. You can buy them at Etsy. Unfortunately Techno Viking has sold out, or else it would be mine right now. Thanks Jonathan for the
In The Past
Nik just sent me this photo from a few years ago. It’s from 2001 I’m guessing. Before we started Poke we had a company called Nodding Dog that existed for a year or so. We lived in Naked’s basement sharing it with a TV company called…
Yet Another Silly Moment in Techno
Is this techno viking‘s mum? Or grandma? Very scary indeed.