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Mapping the universe
Trying to think about the shape of the universe is like trying to think about what protons in an atom look like – just too extreme to visualize. But now someones made a map of it. It’s taken more than 1000 hours of observations from the Hubble telescope to construct a cosmic ‘scaffold’ of dark…
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Father Ted goes climbing
This is the place where I go climbing down the road from where I live, called Craggy Island (yes, like on Father Ted). From a marketing perspective they manage to pull off something many brands struggle to achieve – differing appeal to very different audiences. Go down there on a Sunday afternoon and the place…
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Craft meets the internet
This is a bit of fun. Mosaicr take a picture and make a mosaic of it with lots of other images. There seems to be lots of pictures of cats-made-up-of-other-cats type of thing but here is my first attempt – a picture of earth made up of images of lots of stuff that’s on it.…
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The sustainability of sustainability
Can all brands be ethically and environmentally friendly? Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? In my earlier post about Marks and Spencer’s radical ‘Plan A’ initiative to become the worlds leading sustainable retailer I asked the question whether this was indicative of a real quantum shift in brand marketing and…
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The Perfect Circle
This just tickled me. Apparently the freehand circle drawing championships happen in Vegas every year. This guy is the world champion at it. ‘It’s like the masters’ he says, ‘once you win it you always get invited back’. Perhaps I should start practising…
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Green is the colour
Following John Grant’s posts on green issues and brand niceness, interesting to note M & S’s new move to invest £200m over the next 5 years to become more environmentally friendly. The impressive thing about this is that it seems to be pervading all areas of their business, from how energy efficient their stores…
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Starsky & Hutch Cortina
Starsky & Hutch Cortina Mobile! Originally uploaded by kittymaduk. Sorry, here’s an even better one
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Starsky & Hutch Cortina
Starsky & Hutch Cortina Mobile! Originally uploaded by kittymaduk. Sorry, here’s an even better one
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Starsky & Hutch in Bethnal Green
Starsky & Hutch (Bethnal Green) Originally uploaded by Dave Gorman. To accompany my thoughts below…
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Starsky & Hutch in Bethnal Green
Starsky & Hutch (Bethnal Green) Originally uploaded by Dave Gorman. To accompany my thoughts below…