3 September 2007 – 11:33 am
If you’ve read my rantings on ‘survey culture’ on the BiNS blog, or heard me go on about it as part of the reason for Talk Like A Brummie Day, you might not be surprised to see me link to this article – which is about how a ‘survey’ for Veet (which is Imac – […]
A new book by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe’ on e-mail etiquette, Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home is already billed as the “genre’s Strunk and White,’, but proposes that we use exclamation marks willy nilly. Because email is without affect, it has a dulling quality that almost necessitates kicking everything […]
If even the Wall St Journal gets locats, is internet culture over?
Not often I recommend people going to that London, but… may I draw your attention to the exceptionally rare opportunity to ascend to the top of the Gherkin and to stare down on London from the 40th floor. Only 500 Londoners will get the chance, and you need to be ready on the Open House […]
It’s not often you get to read a Marxist appreciation of Elvis: Elvis posed a dilemma for capitalism, but it was not an insurmountable one. Eventually it preserved him as a commodity but destroyed him as a musician. Often this is blamed on “Colonel” Parker. Parker was both incompetent and scared that Elvis might do […]
Birmingham Beach, originally uploaded by MartianMarvin. People can hate as much as they like, I still think that this is an interesting juxtaposition between technology, history and frivolity.
14 January 2007 – 1:31 am
oli, originally uploaded by bounder.
Eamonn Walker bit bizarre this, i don’t normally watch ER – in fact i’ve only ever watched the very early on with a guest appearance by Ewan McGreggor – i left the telly on Channel 4 after Big Brother tonight to be greeted by a face i thought I new. and damn right if african […]
Cat face, originally uploaded by Tom (hmm a rosa tint). best graffito ever. you’ll have to tilt your head to see it right. I’ve been waiting to get a good photo of this door (by the sanctuary in digbeth) for six months or more. they’ve beaten me to it, but it might still make next […]
