Brain Freeze

I keep feeling like I want to write a long blog post about something. And Then I come to sit and write, and I have no idea what I want to write about. This is very peculiar. Theoretically, I owe Hester and Andrea a topic each, but I’m not happy with either of the pieces I’ve got half written, as one of them is just a paean to the general aceness of my various flatmates over the years (which, while it would be lovely and ego-stroking for them to read, lacks entertainment value, and besides, if they haven’t got the idea that I think they’re ace by now, there is no bloody hope) and the other basically reads “advanced theoretical physics makes my head hurt”.

I dunno what to write about. So if anyone feels like suggesting topics for me, I’ll be delighted to at least consider them. Ever wondered what I think about something that’s important to you? Well now’s your chance to watch me detonate our friendship when you discover that I think it’s a pile of rancid donkey toss!

Yeah, this really wasn’t a very useful post was it?

Bookmarks for April 15, 2009

Bookmarks for April 14, 2009

  • CR Blog » Blog Archive » Meet Mr Chicken
    An interview with a man who reckons that he's designed logos for 90% of the fried chicken restaurants in London. The thought occurs that I don't ever note the names of these places. I refer to them all by one catch-all term that I stole from a friend "the local branch of Rank Chicken". I don't know if that's an endorsement of his work of a condemnation of it.
    Tags: design, food, london, branding, signs

Bookmarks for April 10, 2009

Bookmarks for April 9, 2009

A Recommendation:

I am posting just to say: if you are not watching riotclitshave then you fucking well should be. It is the best round-up of weird, wonderful, absurd, and occasionally horrible, images that I know. Every time I finish looking at a particular set of pictures, I am comforted that the world is a better, stranger and more interesting place than I thought it was.

Here, for example, is one of today’s images.

Someone out there in the world genuinely has that inked on them. Either the world is a marvellous, entertaining, fucked up place, or we urgently need a nuclear armageddon to scourge the face of the earth with white hot fire. I’m good with either.

Vesper

Vesper

As part of our birthday celebrations the other week, Steve and I went to the bar at Dukes for the finest martinis in London, and therefore the world. We both wound up having Ian Fleming’s classic Vesper Martini, which I reproduce here. It is even more delicious than the photo makes it look.

Bookmarks for April 8, 2009

  • scribbles and lies – Signpost Says: "Welcome to the 21st Century"
    Here's an interesting read: the currency of Iceland is basically worthless. The artificial currency of a computer game created in Iceland, however, still has value. In fact, it has more value then the "real" currency.
    Tags: gaming, iceland, money
  • A Whole Lotta Nothing: This is how Social Media really works
    I propose holding anyone that describes themselves as an "e-marketer" (or anything remotely similar) down and beating them with sticks until they agree to tell all future prospective clients this simple truth from th above article: "instead of getting your company on twitter, paying marketers to mention you are on twitter, and paying people to blog about your company, forget all that and just make awesome stuff that gets people excited about your products"
    Tags: marketing, business, socialnetworking
  • 20×200 : Get Excited And Make Things
    You! Yes, you! Visit this link, and buy a copy of Matt Jones' "Get Excited And Make Things" poster. Then hang it some place where you will see it often. It will be morally uplifting for you, and the proceeds from the sale will benefit Creative Commons, which is a tremendously excellent thing to do.
    Tags: art