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Gardens in the sky
via remodelista.com
Back in my Estates Gazette days, I used to write about green roofs a fair amount. I still find then unutterably inspiring, a hidden pocket of natural loveliness embedded into an urban landscape.
If only more city dwellers valued these things, maybe I wouldn't have been so keen to leave London.
I was born under a wandering' mind
A study has found that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more “working memory”, giving them the ability to hold a lot of information in their heads and manipulate it mentally.
I'm not distracted, I'm making connections… ;-)
A brief mood movie of Brighton in the winter.
I'm testing the repair of the video card of my MacBook Pro…
[vimeo www.vimeo.com/38237667 w=500&h=281]
2011: you won't be missed…
[youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zls4Ao3GyM])
Mad, strange year. I'm hoping for a better 2012…
I am Captain Scrumpy: official
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js@newsmary @adders Bonus points AND 'Captain Scrumpy' ranking!
— The Wurzels (@TheWurzels) December 24, 2011
The BBC's wholesale ripping exercise…
You may have read in the past week that the BBC is in the process of digitising it's entire radio archive with a view to putting the whole thing on-line, which is pretty amazing.
via feelinglistless.blogspot.com
Really? Uh, wow.
Apparently it is true. Exciting stuff.
This is how a movement dies…
We’ve heard rumblings that MTV’s /quotes/zigman/393425/quotes/nls/via VIA -3.99% “Real World“ is scouting people between the ages of 20 and 24 for a series with an Occupy Wall Street theme.
In another sign that Occupy Wall Street is ripe for exploitation, there is actually a website called Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street .
Further, the Associated Press has noted that some in the movement are attempting to trademark the phrase “Occupy Wall Street.” Some of the leaders “filed an application Oct. 24 to trademark the name of their movement with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.” The source of the information was one of the group’s lawyers.
Hot Chicks of OWS is actually entertaining, in a very primitive, blokey way. But the rest just goes to show how hard it is to keep a movement political rather than commercial these days…
[via Kevin]
Why (phone) size matters
One big advantage of a 3.5-inch display: with average-size hands, your thumb can reach any pixel on screen more comfortably while holding the phone one-handed. Judging from my email, many proponents of bigger screens — those who are disappointed that the iPhone 4S doesn’t sport a 4-inch display — see no such trade-off. Bigger is better, period, they say, and anyone who says otherwise is in denial that Apple is falling behind its competition. But by that logic, 5-inch screens would be better than 4-inch ones, and 6-inch screens better still. That’s silly. Bigger is not necessarily better for handheld/pocket devices.
This.
Men being jerks about coffee
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When will those crazy gals ever get anything right?
via www.cutesexyfunnyawful.com
Luckily this problem has been solved in the 21st century.
I make my own damn coffee. ;-)
Ah, Princess...
Ah, Princess from Battle of the Planets. One of my earliest crushes before (a) I knew what a crush was and (b) realised that it was a bit weird having a crush on a cartoon character.
Some great posters from classic kids' stuff on that site…
[via Mr Whatley]
Sharing your photos with posterity #1
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Intriguing idea. I have a whole bunch of family photos - probably three generations worth - to scan and share. This looks like one place to start.
Dealing with gang social media culture…
So this is the challenge to RSA Fellows: As well as wanting to use Fellowship as a way of making the world a better place, you are innovative and many of you experts in social media. How about a group of Fellows putting together a Catalyst bid for seed funding to develop a social enterprise addressing this issue and offering services to local and police authorities? Such a bid could seek to engage the support and skills of staff in our John Adam Street Projects team who are expert in social network mapping.
via www.matthewtaylorsblog.com
I'm a Fellow. I know a thing or two about social media. It's a great idea for a project.
Do I have time…?
Hmm.
Should a Snow Lion be preferable...
There are also a couple of changes that long time OS X users might find irksome: no indication of what apps are running in the Dock, and "natural" scrolling.
Noted here for my own reference if these two things drive me crazy.
A good woman...uh...lizard...uh....
Never have a couple of characters from Doctor Who deserved a spin off series more than these two.
No Full Series of Doctor Who for 2012
The reputable journalist Lizo Mzimba has reported the following:
There will not be a full series of Dr Who in 2012! BBC confirms that BBC One Controller said this earlier today.
via www.combom.co.uk
Commence panic and fez-wearing now.