Boozageddon?
One of the best TV show titles I’ve seen in days. 24h Booze Britain: Boozageddon? Someone was telling me that because we live in a world where most of us use EPGs to navigate the TV channels titles are becoming ever more important. I guess…
Nice Vid
The music of Whitest Boy Alive, I like. Optical illusions, I like. Videos that synch-up the noises and the pictures, I like. Therefore, this video, I like.
Asi’s FaceBook Apps Analysis
Asi’s gone and done one of his mega posts. Now he’s moved from looking at the top 100 YouTube clips to looking at the top 100 FaceBook apps. Nice work. And very useful for lots of people… No Man’s Blog – Facebook Applications Trend Report 1…
Some People Are Tough
It felt like about 2 degrees earlier today. And the wind was blowing pretty hard (you can see by looking at the sea). We were wearing hats and scarves and wrapped up warm. But this dude was jogging topless along the beach in his little…
Pani Puri – Food 2.0 @ Slideshare
I love Pani Puri. So I was really delighted to see this presentation on SlideShare. | View | Upload your own My prediction for the day: Online viewing of slideshows set to overtake video by 2010. Nah, not really. But there are some really…
WWF Paper Boat and Plane ‘Live’
Hoorah! The big paper plane and paper boat are real, and they’re down by the Thames. Don’t forget to sign up to lobby for a stronger climate change bill (one that includes shipping and aviation for starters) at…
The Internet (now in handy book form!)
David McCandless has been doing bits and pieces for Poke as long as Poke’s been around. In fact he’s written lots of the funnier words on the funnier projects that we’ve done. So it’s nice that someone gave him a book deal. And if he can…
Desk Tidy Swap Shop: Wine Glass Car
Here’s a wine glass that has a little car on its base. It’s really nice. But it’s been sitting on my desk for 4 and a half years now. I need to tidy it away. I should really just throw it out but I can’t bring myself to do it. Someone must…
The Crimternet
Image pilfered from here. A Dutch teenager has been arrested for allegedly stealing virtual furniture from “rooms” in Habbo Hotel, a 3D social networking website. The BBC cover the story here. It’s slightly more sinister than you might…
The South is Broken
I’ve never seen it like this. There’s only 1 train in the station and everything is broken. But luckily (I think) I’m on that train… Update: The train has gone a different way from normal. It went over a big viaduct which was very pretty…
The Frat Boys Are Back
For me Frat Houses were always a thing of great glamour and mystery. I guess it’s the teenage viewings of films like Animal House and Porky’s that make it all seem so exciting. But this film really changed my mind about all of that. It…
The Nerd Handbook
Do you live with a nerd? Do you have friends who are nerdy? Do you sometimes wonder what’s going on inside their heads? This blog post is perhaps the definitive glimpse inside the brain of a nerd: The Nerd HandbookI nodded too many times…