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Friday, April 28, 2006

Having daughters makes you a leftie!

Apparently, having daughters makes a father, in particular, sensitive to inequalities and therefore more likely to vote to the left:
Girls to the left, boys to the right

The Sultans' Elephant

The Sultans' Elephant is coming to London (May 5-7). Actually it's by Battersea Power Station at the moment...

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Interlocking Loft

Interlocking Loft, Kyu Sung Woo Architects Inc.:

The Interlocking Puzzle Loft notches and interlocks various program elements into a tight assembly of volumes to maximize the amount of usable space

Big Ideas come out of Big Pencils

Big Ideas come out of Big Pencils

Now I hate Flash as much as the next man but this is truly stunning. Pity it had to be for filthy spawn-of-Satan marketing types but I guess they were the ones with the budget :)

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

eBay: Total Network Solutions

TNS for sale on eBay

You can own, and name, your own football club! Bidding is up to £65k but hasn't apparently reached the reserve yet...

Why is the sky blue?

Why is the sky blue? Facts you should know:

Think you know you know your science? Recently, several science gurus -- Nobel Prize winners, institute heads, teachers and others who spend most of their time thinking about science -- were asked, 'What is one science question every high school graduate should be able to answer?'

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Simpsons film confirmed for 2007

Simpsons film confirmed for 2007: "Twentieth Century Fox has confirmed that popular animated TV series The Simpsons is to be made into a film. "

BBC unveils radical revamp of website

The BBC today unveiled radical plans to rebuild its website around user-generated content, including blogs and home videos, with the aim of creating a public service version of MySpace.com.

Stop Hacking, or be Stopped

Stop Hacking, or be Stopped:

With the imminent launch of IE7 your usual CSS hacking methods are going to fail. If you want to save web design, as we know it, it’s time to take some drastic action.

Wes Anderson American Express Ad

YouTube - Wes Anderson American Express Ad:

The brilliant Wes Anderson My Life, My Card ad starring Jason Schwartzman and a cast of, er, um many!

Monday, April 24, 2006

Fast Food Nation - kids version

Actually called Chew On This, by Eric Schlosser...

In the Guardian today and what goes into a milkshake

Maldives fishermen in drugs haul

Maldives fishermen in drugs haul: "A group of fishermen in The Maldives got more than they bargained for when they reeled in the country's largest ever drugs haul, local media reports."

The link to this story on the main page was: "Lobster Pot".

A duel between two artists

Mr Squiggle

One sends a squiggle, the other turns it into a painting (where you can still make out the squiggle), and then sets the next squiggle.

Let the Art commence.

Sunday, April 23, 2006

High DPI Web Sites

Surfin’ Safari - Blog Archive » High DPI Web Sites

One area of Web design that is going to become more important in the coming years is high DPI. For those of us working on WebKit, this will also become an issue for WebKit applications and for Dashboard widgets.

Did you know one of the Monkees invented the pop video?

Faces of the week

He was a member of The Monkees, the original boy-band, yet he went on to become a respected musician, a pioneer of the pop video, a film producer and author. Michael Nesmith has just released a new album after a five-year break.