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Posts from June 2008

Links For Friday 27th June 2008

Google Buries Central London In Rice As Part Of World’s Worst Publicity Stunt
It’s possible I have become confused about the metaphor here. Still, this is worth a look if you’d like to get an idea of the scale of Google’s operation. It’s slightly terrifying. And full of rice.
(tags: google visualization funny)

Image Fulgurator
Someone […]


Links For Wednesday 25th June 2008

Bus-Spotter Labelled A Paedophile
First they came for the omnibologists…
This simultaneously winds me up something rotten, and makes me laugh - the incongruity of the headline, and the word “omnibologist”. Say it with me now…
(tags: terrorism uk photography omnibologist)

YouTube - Vinni Puh Part/Chast 1
Soviet animations of Winnie the Pooh. Love the aesthetic.
(tags: pooh animation […]


Links For Monday 23rd June 2008

Where the Hell is Matt?
10/10, that man. Lovely way to start the week.


Links For Friday 20th June 2008

Map of London Postcodes
I could really do with something like this that goes all the way out to the M25 (and would even be prepared to pay a modest sum for such a thing), but this will do for a start.
(tags: postcode reference london)

London Postcode and Administrative Boundaries Map :: A-Z Maps
Oh, look, I found […]


Links For Thursday 19th June 2008

Lessons from My Father: The Outlaw
I finished “Gonzo”, a collection of recollections of Hunter S Thompson by those who knew him, on the bus this morning, so it was quite nice find this in one of my RSS feeds this morning - a short essay by his son about the things he learned from the […]


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