Man vs Cartoon

by Iain on July 27, 2009

Could this be the most brilliant TV show ever conceived? Recreate Wile E. Coyote’s contraptions for catching the Road Runner in real life. What a joy. And they’ve even got a professor called Don Weincoff (sp?). For more info head (…)

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The Streisand Effect

by Iain on July 20, 2009

I learned something new today. The Streisand Effect is what happens when you try and shut something down online and as a result everyone finds out about it and loads more people see it than would have if you’d kept (…)

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Three Things to Read About Twitter

by Iain on July 15, 2009

Firstly there’s a piece about Inside Twitter in the Guardian The piece itself is pretty good. But it’s the comments underneath that are the telling bit. It’s full of the usual nonsense and lots of people moaning that Twitter is (…)

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Spotify + sharemyplaylists.com = good

by Iain on July 15, 2009

I’ve not been a huge fan of Spotify. I can’t put my finger on why not. I love the idea. I quite like the interface and things. I’ve even come to terms with Jonathan and his ads. I think that (…)

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Lovely Videos

by Iain on July 15, 2009

Yoga, sumo and hula. All for Scrabble. Nice. Obligatory buttons:

Mind Your Peas

by Iain on July 14, 2009

I was in the pea section of M&S last night and spotted peas from Gloucester, Kenya, Ethiopia and Guatemala. That’s a lot of Pea-miles. Obligatory buttons:

What Can We Learn From Mario Marathon?

by Iain on July 13, 2009

3 guys, 1 Room. 7 Mario games. Mario Marathon. These guys are working their way through every console Mario game and attempting to collect every star on every level. At this moment in time they’re 66 hours in and doing (…)

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The Coolest Blog in the World

by Iain on July 12, 2009

I’m so jealous of this blog. It makes me feel so very uncool. http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com It’s an unfussy Tumblr that features the coolest people ever. Great photos and well chosen quotes. Simple and well, cool. I guess. Dudes from the top: (…)

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257 Charts of Goodness

by Iain on July 12, 2009

Post Digital Marketing 2009 View more documents from Helge Tennø. Helge lays down a seriously comprehensive overview of digital marketing (or post-digital marketing) – at 257 slides it’s long. But there’s something in there for every occasion. It’s when I (…)

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Is Sophie really Diana Princess of Wales?

by Iain on July 10, 2009

This probably isn’t that funny to anyone else. But this morning I was mucking round with iPhoto’s face recognition function and trying to identify my good lady Sophie in a bunch of photos. As I was paging through them, iPhoto (…)

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