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As I was regaling my boss about Paul Cocksedge the next day, he gave a mischevious smile and I suddenly remembered that he’d been there and done that with the disposable cup lampshade idea back in the 70’s when he was a student. It’s shame he didn’t market it back then.
I’m sat in my living room typing as I watch the Designer of the Year awards (hooray for wi-fi!). I’m going to make some notes and record some links while I watch. The program is examining the four finalists, first up is Paul Cocksedge. A very good start. First reaction? Breathtakingly beautiful light designs born …
I’ve had an idea. First I went here and then I visited stoppedclocks.org, then I remembered humanclock.com. Then I thought, what if you took a picture of all the stopped clocks in the world and built up a bank of photographs that catalogued all the minutes in the day? Each of the clocks could live …
ooh, I just checked out palmpixels.com, veerrry interesting. Downloadable content and links for your PDA, I’m off to dig deeper…
The name of this blog is born of the recognition that all blogs are to some extent a vanity project (and the fact that I need somewhere to store ideas and links); No, too self / Note to self. Palmpixel over at MoblogUK agrees, adding; Vanity project or abjectly yet self referentially depressed goth pointing …
My boss has just returned from a weekend in his home country, bringing with him a national delicacy – the Scottish Buttery. He brought a pack into the office this morning and we had them lightly toasted with marmalade. They were absolutely delicious. Especially when washed down with my new tipple – white tea. So …
Yesterday morning I got an e-mail from Joel at biroco.com to tell me that he’d posted a new entry to his journal. This is great news. It’s one of the few sites I actually read, rather than scan as you spin the wheel on your mouse. You should all pay him a visit. Four hours, …
When I get to the office later this morning, I’m going to look for this months copy of icon magazine. I think it has an article about LiTraCon, an amazing new product that just got flagged by z+blog. It’s a concrete block with lots of fiber optic cable laid into it so that it transmits …
I’ve snaffled a copy of the fantastic Bollywooded mash-up of Micheal Jackson’s Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough. You can find the link over at boingboing.net. Get it quick before the server dies from too much traffic (boingboing is rapidly heading towards a million hits a day). Further comments on the post in question unearthed …
At the suggestion of my father-in-law, I’ve just been listening to Radio 3’s Late Junction. It’s fantastic. Some beautiful stuff. The most beautiful of which, from Monday’s show, was a piece called Poem électronique by Edgard Varèse. Unknown to me until now, it turns out he was the Father of electronic music. Poem électronique sounds …