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Make your colleague’s Monday morning even more miserable

Monday, Oct 19, 2009Monday, Oct 19, 2009 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

Everyone hates Monday mornings back in the office, but if you want to cheer everyone up with a hilarious jape, why not invest in the thigh-slappingly hilarious USB PC Prankster? Guaranteed …

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Billboard prods and miniaturises passing Scousers

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

A digital interactive billboard installation has been hard at work tickling, teasing, prodding, shrinking and vanishing passing Scousers in the centre of Liverpool. The installation by artist Chris O’Shea, is …

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stuff / web

Drummers – learn how to tune your drum kit!

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

There’s not much worse at a gig than hearing a set of  great flapping tom toms or a horribly ringing  snare drum, but what’s a poor drummer to do? Unlike …

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German space robots to shunt dodgy satellites into space

Monday, Oct 12, 2009 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

German scientists have revealed plans to shunt failing and dead satellites into outer space, using robots that should be ready in four years The level of space junk circling the …

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Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize: 69% of Twitter users say WTF?

Friday, Oct 9, 2009Friday, Oct 9, 2009 - by mike s - 6 Comments.

Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize award has taken a lot of people by surprise – including El Presidento himself, apparently – and Twitter users (or should that be the Twitterosphere?) …

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Football! Mitchell & Webb Sky Sports parody

Friday, Oct 9, 2009Friday, Oct 9, 2009 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

We’re sure you’ve all seen it a hundred times before, but what the heck: it’s Friday and we ruddy well love this clip:

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stuff / transport

Corvette Python: world’s fastest amphibious car

Thursday, Oct 8, 2009Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

Amphibious cars always seem like a great idea on paper but never really cut it in the real world, invariably coming over as an uncomfortable neither fish nor fowl botch-job. …

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Piano stairs get lazy commuters walking

Thursday, Oct 8, 2009Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

Problem: how do you get people to stop using the short escalator up from the subway and walk up the stairs instead? Here’s the brilliant solution:

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Amazon Kindle gets half-arsed UK release

Wednesday, Oct 7, 2009Wednesday, Oct 7, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Us Brits have been waiting an eternity to grab a slice of the Kindle eBook action, and Amazon have finally announced UK availability for the iconic electronic book reader. Well, …

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stuff / web

Everything is OK video. A must see.

Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

If this doesn’t cheer up your day and get you thinking, nothing will. It’s a truly wonderful satire on our CCTV culture and the growth of private, corporate security forces. …

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photography / stuff

Stephen Colbert: man arrested for taking pictures of trains

Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

Despite the law being clear on a citizen’s rights to freely take pictures in public places, UK photographers have often found themselves doing battle with clueless cops and power mad …

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Can you tell Arial from Helvetica?

Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

This is a great little challenge, especially if you want to take a know it all graphic designer down a peg or two. The excellent Ironic Sans team have put …

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100 greatest hits of YouTube in 4 mins!

Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

Grab yourself a slice of the best (and worst) of YouTube in a frantic four minute slab of video highlights. Please note that the soundtrack is mighty loud so turn …

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stuff / transport

Walk or get the bus? The answer is here.

Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 - by mike s - 5 Comments.

Now we love gadgets and gizmos like Oliver Reed liked to quaff yards of ale, but sometimes the quickest answer to a question can be found by more low tech …

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Apple / stuff

Learn to give presentations like Steve Jobs!

Sunday, Sep 27, 2009Sunday, Sep 27, 2009 - by Tony Fletcher - Leave a Comment

If you’re finding workmates falling asleep as you flap through your flip charts or slumbering at your Powerpoint slides , it might be worth learning a few tricks from one …

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