A Brit’s impressions on brandmarks
by Madelyn, March 6th 2012Our response from across the pond to Adam Ladd’s brilliant video – our own 5-year-old’s impressions on brandmarks. Original soundtrack by Anthony Postman.
Stationery item of the year
by Madelyn, March 1st 2012
Everybody in the world can be divided between stationery lovers and mere stationery users. I am guessing that the separation would fall quite closely along gender lines.
You may have noticed a theme in my recent reading: productivity, happiness, organisation… This Dymo label maker fits into all these categories. A couple of the productivity authors suggested it and I gave in (yes it was a hard sell) and have barely put it down since. Pretty good for £16.
I always loved raspberries and pie
by Christoph, February 29th 2012
Berries are wonderful and delicious and so are pies. Raspberry pie as the combination of the two is no exception to that but this new product called Raspberry Pi is unbelievable, inspiring and simply awesome. Forget the $100 computer which did not quite make it despite computer industry heavy weights being involved. This ‘naked’ computer costs only $25-35 and does it all. I love these guys. Shame though they could not spell pie.
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Stairway to nowhere
by Christoph, January 19th 2012It is always amazing how much money one can spend on destroying one’s own property and even worse paying other people to do it well. This is one of our sites which is currently live and where we just started to create the new roof with an open ceiling all the way to the ridge, with exposed steel beams, with lots and lots of natural light through new skylights and enlarged dormers, and an all optimised room layout.
Animated GIFs – no more naff spinning logos
by Christoph, December 5th 2011When websites changed in the late 90s from rigid lists of words and images to jumping balls, morphing globes and spinning logos, animated GIFs were a hot property which with very little memory demands allowed all sorts of moving things. Not always to the better as not everything was meant to be moving. Nowadays Flash has taken over for most animation purposes and soon html5 will do this all over again. Some people might contest this outlook but what is certain is that animated GIFs have developed into their own art form. And while I find animated GIFs of even my own children much more interesting than a 20 minute long video, Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg have taken the animated GIF to a whole new level. Enjoy the link and don’t blink – you might miss it.
