May 2012
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Daily Mail inform us that the '50s' weren't a... →
This attitude is thanks largely to the popular TV series Mad Men — set as that supposedly golden age came to a close — with its sexy secretaries wiggling in their tight dresses, lantern- jawed men and Martinis galore.
Although, if you actually watch Mad Men, it hardly portrays the life of women during that era as being special. Joan who, inevitably, they’ve plastered all over the...
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April 2012
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On Leaving Orange
It was interesting for me to read this piece by Euen Semple on his problems trying to get Orange to make his broadband work. Euen puts the problem down to Orange’s reliance on their systems, and I would back this up with my experiences with them dealing with my iPad sim-only contract. The issue I had is that their system wasn’t even designed to deal with my situation.
When I first...
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Other professionals don't work for free. So why... →
Or so Jonathan Tasini thinks. Except that’s crap isn’t it? How about care home volunteers, or artists, or musicians, or photographers, or designers, or lawyers or advertising professionals. Actually loads of different professions have ways of making people work for free. The only reason Jonathan Tasini thinks that writers are the only people who work for free is because he’s a...
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This is our New Aesthetic. Just like the last one. →
I think I’m with mykreeve on “The New Aesthetic”:
Here’s my thought - someone’s made up a bullshit term to label a whole load of images which involve, or are inspired by, digital media to some extent, right? There’s no other obvious characteristic which holds this together, other than contemporaneousness, is there?
Double Standards in Western/African Terminology →
An telling table describing various government activities by what we call them in the west, and in Africa.
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How to get more likes on Facebook →
The Oatmeal hits every nail on the head.
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Come Sunday by Duke Ellington
On 23 January...
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Cloudburst by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Not...
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WatchThanks a lot, Robot Friend
I for one can’t wait for the day when robots like this will ease everyday hassles like pouring beer into a glass. And over a table. (via)
Inside the home of Cartoonist Chris Ware →
It’s just how I’d hoped.
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March 2012
63 posts
Interesting article about how BBFC ratings change... →
Some special effects date, and priorities change. Some films cut to get an ‘X’ rating are released as PG now.
How indie labels changed the world →
Great article on the indie scene and its effect on music by Richard King.
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Jonny B's Private Secret Diary: Epilogue →
A lovely, but sad end to one of my favourite blogs for a good eight years.
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“Nothing is so insufferable to man as to be completely at rest, without passions,...”
– Blaise Pascal, Pensées
Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work →
Interesting post from the New Yorker. The part of it that’s particularly damaging is the ‘no criticism of others’s ideas’ rule, it seems.
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What's wrong with Google? →
Gets to the heart of why Google seems to screwing up do many of its services right now, and pushing people towards Google+. It thinks it has to to survive and compete.
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Thomyk Podcast: Retraction →
In which Thom and Michael look back at the retraction of Mike Daisey’s episode of This American Life. Michael talks about watching Game of Thrones with his mum.
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A rather ingenious approach to tackling... →
A perfect win/win situation which avoids a huge, pointless confrontation. Nice work.
How to Get Away With Murder and Other Things the... →
A truly depressing story. Things can get pretty bad with race relations and the balance of power in violent situations over here in the UK, but at least so far, they’re not this bad.