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Why books won’t die, yet.

The Bee was telling me James Walcott’s article in Vanity Fair last month about the Kindle and how Book Snobbery was at danger of extinction. I was under strict instruction that she was going to blog about it and I wasn’t allowed. Fine. I waited… and waited and waited and then said [...]

Places to live

So Monocle released it’s most liveable cities list for this year (the list is behind a wall although there is a video recap, this site has the top line list). I keep trying to write about it and keep erasing my entire post. Let’s try one more time.
I hate this list.
I think everyone [...]

Play more

While going through the pictures of the Obama White House on Flickr I came across a number of pictures of the President at play.
With the new first puppy;

There’s a ton of others, Obama with a basketball tossing a football in the oval office etc. Lots of great pictures. I love this [...]

If I was running NBC Universal

I’m going to start a series of posts where I look at a company that’s huge and is doing something I wouldn’t if I was running it. The aim is to write one of these a week, so this will probably end up being the only one I do, sigh. Today the company [...]

Work and play or rather play at work

During my last job, at a design agency in London, we had a pool table. At 530 everyday, almost like clockwork, 2-4 of us would go and shoot some stick. It was a great semi release, we would end up talking about projects or developments in the world of technology more often then [...]

B diddy in short shorts and roller skates, too funny.

Officially: Baron Davis “Framed” by Emmanuelle Chriqui
Actress Emmanuelle Chriqui (HBO’s Entourage) directs a short film starring Golden State Warriors’ star Baron Davis. Novice director Chriqui sets her sights high by using some challenging filmmaking techniques while coaching Davis through the process of getting into character for her first film.
Unofficially, this series of videos with actors/singers [...]