No, not related to Mike Whitby’s awful meaningless slogan, but the very real sense that — in online parody at least — we’re all pretty similar. At BiNS I got an incoming link from a blog site in Wellington, New Zealand, called “the Wellingtonista“. It seems to be doing similar things to what I do on BiNS, but the reason for the link is the row brewing over this T-shirt:
Originally uploaded by bounder
Google Earth for the iPhone is a stunning application – new photos of Birmingham too, as we hadn’t moved into our current house on the previous pics and there’s my car on the drive.
It's worth reading what Momus has to say on most subjects, and this includes lots of PG Tips Chimps videos too. [link]
Stupidly long blog post about what I did when I went to Pisa last week. It's difficult to write about another country without decending into 'mad foriegners' mode. [link]
Recently spotted in Italy, I was shocked to discover that Duff Beer is real.
I’ve just come back from a few days in Tuscany, we stayed in Pisa where there isn’t a whole lot going on (nice — we went to not do much) apart from visiting the leaning tower. Once you’re there, it’s obligatory to pose as if you’re interacting with the round leany thing.
The odd person pretends to hold it in their hand, some hug, but most either hold it up or push it over (an interesting psychological distinction, anyone want to fund a long research paper into it? Last two weeks in July?), much like Jules is doing here:
Of course, they’re only trying to look as if they’re doing it from the angle of their mate taking the photo. Which means the Duomo area is filled with people doing crap tai-chi. It looks like the biggest mine convention in Italy. It looks brilliant. I spent a good couple of hours taking pictures of them from the ‘wrong’ angle, and chuckling manically to myself.
I like it most when they really act like they’re straining:
I also like it when you can catch more one posing in a single snap:
I got back, cropped and uploaded and was about to start a Flickr group; but what do you know? There’s already one. It’s one of those things that gets funnier with repetition, try the slideshow.
Free downloads of some of Mark’s TV lecture series. The man may only really do one joke (“see this thing of historical or political importance, it’s a bit like when you lose your shoes isn’t it?”), but he does it with panache and is possibly the only person who I find myself never disagreeing with. Apart from cricket, he likes cricket. [link]
