Etienne De Crecy’s Amazing Cubes
Not sure how I missed these. But they’re amazing. The lovely chaps from Live Union came round to Poke yesterday to chat to us about live events. They showed us a bunch of great inspirational stuff. This was the thing that made me the most…
A Real-Life Chalk-Based Discussion Forum in Brighton
Spotted this the other day. It’s a big chalk thing on the prom in Brighton (click here for a full 6000px wide panorama where you can see all the details). It invites people to leave gossip on the pavement. It’s massive. And they supply…
If You Like To Be Stretched With Guitars…
Vasco my favourite Portuguese nutjob from Poke is putting on a night at Cafe OTO in Dalston. Which according to the Observer Food Monthly is the 4th coolest place to eat in Britain. And according to the Observer Food Monthly it’s the…
Britain’s Got Problems
From an anthropological point of view you ought be able to judge the health of a nation by the culture it consumes. And when you look at the semi-finalists of Britain’s Got Talent it paints a rather strange and depressing picture. I’m…
Game Design and Life
Interesting piece in Wired that pushes two of my buttons: Games and scoring in everyday life Making email better and more strategic / thoughtful There’s some similarities with this talk I did at Playful last year about scores. I’m…
The Times Have Changed
I went to a WW2 day in Bletchley with Sophie, my Gran, my Mum and my Auntie. It was a nice day. I couldn’t help but notice the similarities and differences between that and other similar holiday weekends that I’ve had over the years. And…
CinemaScope at BoxBird Gallery
I went to the lovely Boxbird Gallery and Studio in Hove on Sunday. They’ve got an amazing exhibition of lovely prints inspired by films. The exhibition is called CinemaScope and is well worth a visit. I think it’s only on for a few more…
Philip Glass on Sesame Street
A geometry of circles… I found it hard to believe that this was on Sesame Street, but the the Muppet Wiki says it was.
Au Revoir Poindexter – Great Blogging
It comes from hellopoindexter.info which is the blog of Heather D’Angelo from super-awesome band Au Revoir Simone. It’s simply a photo poem saying farewell to the recording studio. I don’t know why I liked it so much, it just made me smile…
Adverts Restored My Faith in The Internet
I’ve been a bit down on the internet since I got back from holiday. It’s been as if someone deleted all the good stuff ;-) Then I accidentally stumbled on this site through a Google image search. It’s one of those sites that’s just bloody…
Lolfatcats (and MPs)
It’s just a thing: lolfatcats.com Turns out not everyone in the world knows what a fatcat is. And not everyone knows what a lolcat is either. If you’re one of them you won’t get it. If you’re not you still might not get it.…
The Beautiful Sad Sick Genius of Blue Jam
I listened to almost every single episode of Chris Morris’ genius-like radio show Blue Jam when I was on holiday. It can put you in a very strange place. But it is absolutely amazing. Some of the writing is incredible. Yes it’s undoubtedly…