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I really want one of these bikes!
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Hidden truths about programming (and programmers)
I really want to have a play with Polymaps.
Developed by SimpleGeo and Stamen, it’s a free Javascript framework for making dynamic, interactive maps in modern web browsers.
Nice!
An Open Letter to all of Advertising and Marketing
Speaks for itself …
(via prostheticknowledge)
Since I was a kid my only real career aspiration has been to become a Bond-style villain and hold the world to ransom. Is that so much to ask?
Now I’ve had a few setbacks along the way - the ludicrous price of hollowed out inert volcanos, the ridiculous health and safety regulations you’ve got to stick to when employing hired goons, not to mention my complete lack of any kind of criminal genius or underworld connections - but all that could be coming to an end!
Today I learned of a wonderful opportunity to buy a property that has everything I need to get my plans under way - it’s secluded, it’s secure, and it’s got a massive underground bunker complex already hidden beneath it!
Where is this wondrous location, I hear you ask?
In fact, it’s right here.
Now, unfortunately due to my day job as a web technologist in London, I don’t have the requisite funds to hand…
To that end I am appealing to all you lovely people out there to help one small boys dreams come true.
Please donate a little spare change to the cause - whatever you can spare would be most appreciated.
If I raise enough money fast enough I’ll buy the house and give my lovely (and long-suffering) girlfriend a fantastic place to live with views to die for…
Quite coincidentally I’ll also have a secret underground lair of my very own…
From there on it’s just a matter of getting the high powered lasers, a satellite or two, and just you wait… the world will know my name!
If I don’t raise enough money to buy the lair, it will make for a very nice donation to the Dogs Trust, a very worthwhile cause.
So there you go - it’s a win-win scenario.
Either you help fulfill the dreams of a small boy (who is now much larger and older, but not necessarily wiser), or you’ll be helping a fantastic charity who do great work.
So come on, get donating!
Letterpool London is a mass public art project; a celebration of the city’s urban art and architecture, looked at through its typography - the brands, graffiti, instructions and ideology around us every day.
London has a rich, diverse and exciting design heritage, reflected all around us. It’s in the signs and signals we take for granted and the unseen art and graffiti of the back streets; the familiar, iconic brands and the unnoticed historical lettering we see if we just look up or down. They are the words that created our city’s unique identity.
Letterpool London is open to amateurs and professionals, Londoners and visitors. If you want a few ideas, they’ve just published the Liverpool version - you can see the finished result at letterpool.com/liverpool.
The competition captured the imagination of photographers across the city, revealing the seen and unseen city in a glorious 204 page book, but they think London’s got the potential to be even bigger and better. The project has already won a Gold at the Fresh Creative Awards, a Gold at the Roses Advertising Awards, and attracted national press coverage, including the BBC, METRO, Design Week, The Drum, Computer Arts and .NET Magazine. Now it’s London’s turn.
They’ll be putting the best entries up on the site very soon and the very very best will wind up together in another gorgeous, chunky coffee table book, which will be launching alongside an exhibition of the winners’ work late 2010.
Closing date for entries 20 August 2010, enter online at www.letterpool.com
Coalition government vs. the Matrix
You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the fiscal deficit goes
You’ve got to ask yourself why there’s even a debate on this - a solicitor with stick-on eyebrows, a slimy politician with a modern history degree, or someone with a plethora of economics qualifications and a raft of real-world experience… who do you want running your economy?