October 2007
33 posts
“Qantas Lifetime Recognition
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– thanks Qantas
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners...”
– Marcel Proust
"Terrorist Buster" Logo — Central Intelligence... →
A CIA ‘Terrorist Busters’ logo has been outed for its similarity to one used by the 1984 comedy film ‘Ghostbusters’, starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd.
Some questioned why the terrorist is black while the ghost is white. Some wondered why taxpayers’ money had been spent on designing the logo and others simply thought it must be a joke.
“From your 18 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 21 items, starred 6...”
– Google Reader (1000+)
» Radiohead: 01 and 10 :: ~OK computer compliments... →
DAFT PUNK :: ALIVE 2007 →
Daft Punk have released a website and embeddable widget to promote the new album due out next month
“Microsoft Corp. agreed to invest $240 million for a minority stake in Facebook...”
– Microsoft Beats Google on Facebook Deal; Valuation $15 Billion
“Consumers — the target market for the iPhone — do not want to sit on...”
– Understanding the market | The Macalope: An Apple blog - CNET Blogs
Adblock Plus :: Firefox Add-ons →
view the internet the way it should be
this week that was
It’s sunday night in lower Manhattan .. Greenwich Village …
this week I’ve walked miles around Manhattan and over the Brooklyn Bridge
re-read Sophies Choice as a reintroduction to philisophy from ancient times to todays modern science. Good read if you are interested in a few deep questions like ”who are you?”
Been Museum-ed out … The Frick, The Cooper...
“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand”
– Kurt Vonnegut
Yes, I'm the w a n k e r without an Apple
Yes I’m eating lunch in a cool veggie cafe and I feel like the odd one out cause I dont have an apple laptop / iBook thingy.
But I have just downloaded the new album from Radiohead … Inrainbows so now I can walk about manhattan with something really new to listen too.
the week that was
this week I …
Realised that Proust has started to take over my life and I now think ‘is that a Proustian Experience’ about most things.
Finished reading Edmund Whites biography on Proust - which is actually really well done and a good change from reading Proust.
Flew to New York with Ian. British Airways then lost his poster for the work conference that starts tomorrow.
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“Why web.2.0 adds up to a revolution for our industry”
– Anthony Lilley: Why web.2.0 adds up to a revolution for our industry | Media | MediaGuardian.co.uk
“Loads of balls and an explosion of creativity”
– In the week that their latest Sony Bravia ad comes out, the creative brains at Fallon talk about why their first campaign for the Sony TV inadvertently changed the face of advertisingStephen Armstrong talks to Fallon about why their Sony TV campaign changed the face of advertising | Media |...