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The Power of Photoshop

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

I like the Photoshop Disasters blog almost as much as I dislike Vista:

See also: You Suck at Photoshop

Stupidity

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Compare and contrast:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Hip Replacement: Deeply stupid, and not the good kind of stupid that the other Indy films were.
Iron Man: Deeply stupid, but completely magnificent. (Also has Suicidal Tendencies on the soundtrack, which is always a good thing.)

Pork and Beans

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Hello Internet! How have you been these many months? (I have mostly been chained to a desk in a nuclear-white-walled office, seeing how long a human body can survive on a diet of tea and greasy take-out food, thanks for asking.)
Before I go back to that grand experiment in anti-socialization, I will point you in [...]

Inversions

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Mmm… Inside-out Martini…

Edumacation

Monday, May 28th, 2007

A group of American dictionary editors have released a list of 100 words that they think every high school graduate (and their parents) should know. I admit this sounds boring, but only until you actually look through the list. Among other things, the editors fear that the average American doesn’t know the following words and [...]

The Friendly Face of Ubiquitous Surveillance

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

LogicCamera.com published a list of the 10 most frequently used cameras on Flickr, which I find sort of fascinating. It’s a fantastic little side-effect of the age of smart gadgets and the so-called information age.
Now that all of the electronic doodads we carry about with us are smart enough to know things about themselves and [...]

What’s That Smell?

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Some neat doormats constructed from recycled truck tyres and made to look like manhole covers from various cities. (Although, I think I’d still rather have one of these.

Muppet Drum Battle

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Buddy Rich Vs Animal
Deeply, deeply awesome.

Musical Tug of War

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

I’m sitting watching the Grammy awards on TV (no, I’m not really sure why.) Bruce Springsteen’s singing ‘Devils and Dust‘ - a gravelly, sombre, Dylan-esque thing - but I think I’m failing to really get into the mood of the song thanks to the pub over the road blasting out the Fatboy Slim remix of [...]