and puts it here...
hi. my name is tom. I like stuff, y'know, ideas, pictures, movies, lists, things, fragments, objects, collisions, collusions, colloids, colours, chords, discord, elementary particles, & yoghurt. I like alliteration and polyphony and long words. I like geek and art, science and books, sincerity, sonambulism and math. I like synonyms, antonyms, homonyms and hymns; him, her, home but not ham. I like quiet, peace, solitude, singularities, solids, sounds and soft shoe shuffles. I dislike web profiles and my favourite colour is chocolate.
Intel Light Peak :: geek out moment.
via guardian.co.uk
10Gbps... mmmmmmm
Guardian article on LightPeak from Intel
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/sep/29/intel-apple
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Gookie.nl Why design a website(?) - just Google(ify) it
Fun use of the Google design to make a site for a cookie company in the netherlands.
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Ouch... Dan Bull - Dear Lily [an open letter to Lily Allen]
via youtube.com
This is just great.
Check out this for backstory:
http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/view/3265/lily-allen-slams-pirates-then-raises-whi.htm
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Love Distance CF. - this is beautiful
via youtube.com
This is my new favourite condom advert ever.
Better than the bonking balloons.
And whilst that is a facetious remark I think the ad also tells us something about how to market difficult products too. Find the story, change the angle. etc In this case make it something quite beautiful. It is just that.
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A Gambling Man by Jenny Uglow | Book review | The Guardian
via guardian.co.uk
This is a blatant plug for my mum's new book.
Nice first review in the Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/26/gambling-man-jenny-uglow-review
"This is panoramic history of a high order. Uglow evokes the tumultuous events of the 1660s, and catches the feel of men and women living at the extremes of danger, pleasure and recklessness. The libertinism of the court, the violence of naval battles, the sufferings of those persecuted for their beliefs are all intensely conveyed. The enduring accomplishments are saluted too: the work of the Royal Society, the rise of a secular philosophy, the confident new architecture. Also recalled are the brilliant poets and dramatists who preserved the delights of fashion and wit in the amber of art. Yet from first to last it is the king who lives again through these pages, holding the age together, making his own history through calculation, compromise, whim and ingenuity. To understand how Charles learnt the difficult art of kingship, read this book." - Graham Parry
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Trendsmap :: turns out the French don't tweet as much as us. Profound bunch the French.
Actually this makes it look like no-one else tweets... anyway another maps/twitter mashup
http://trendsmap.com/
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Inspired :: Google Chrome Frame ... Chrome performance for IE users!
via blogs.zdnet.com
"Google is now offering Internet Explorer users the chance to experience Chrome levels of speed when it comes to JavaScript execution. Is this a clever way to poach users or little more than a tech experiment?"
Full article: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=5537
This is like BMW building an engine for Ford Fiesta owners (for free); like Leica making free lenses to fit on throw-aways; like Apple making free iphone emulators for Zune's.
Hilarious.
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