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Re: Over on San Serriffe island…

Greg — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:12:26 -0000

I saw the Verizon news on the Johnson Banks blog and it didn't even occur to me that it might not be real, due to the effort that's gone into it. And there was me getting all nostalgic about how much better April Fools gags were in years gone by, after the reminders of the San Seriffe setup!

Re: Link Drop Contextd for the Week Ending in Friday the 27th (February 2009)

Greg — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:05:13 -0000

I'm addicted to reading ask.metafilter and that question you found is a perfect example of how incredible it can be - such a vague description of a book being identified in less than half an hour.

Growing up I lived right next to Manchester airport, and whenever Concorde came into land or take off you could tell that it was Concorde, and it was a pretty big deal - people would try and get outside or to a window to get a glimpse. After they retired them, they kept one on the runway for a while and I got to see it from quite close, but I too wish I had a chance to fly in one.

I've instapaper'd a couple more for reading later/this weekend, good stuff!

Re: Top 15 Albums of 2008 from Michael Surtees Visualized

Greg — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:56:20 -0000

Portishead pushing the boundaries of credible, and Kings of Leon more embarassing than Duffy? Controversial :) (I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm outraged, but then I'm not a designer...)

The graphic is really nice, and good music choices to go with it - of those I've heard at least, there are a couple that are new to me, and I'll be sure to give them a listen sometime soon.

Re: A Couple More New York City Colour Study Experiments – the old school animated .gif and weekly view

Greg — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:11:53 -0000

Love it. The animation is hypnotic, and the week-view as presented would make an awesome poster. For people with high-ceilings, anyway.

Re: A Creative Director for Birmingham?

Greg — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:08:04 -0000

Really interesting read, thanks. A little sad though, but I feel a little better about always getting lost when I venture into Birmingham! I wonder how it would compare to a similar thing done in Manchester, London or New York?

Re: Let’s Hypothetically Say You Lost your Mac Book Pro…

Greg — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:43:29 -0000

Nicely written, almost makes me glad I don't have a laptop!

Re: Days with his Father Narrative

Greg — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:51:51 -0000

That's a brilliant site, on the whole really moving but the handful of light-hearted comments work really well.
The phrase 'such a ridiculous letter "a"' is making me smile, thanks.

Re: Coudal Partners’ Field Tested Books: A Cook’s Tour by Anthony Bourdain, Field-Tested by Moi

Greg — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:48:45 -0000

Congratulations on being included. I _think_ there's going to be a physical copy in the post for me sometime soon (all a bit of a mystery). Any suggestions as to where might be best to read your piece?

Re: Stuff to check out from the last week

Greg — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:49:58 -0000

And the Google Image Search for "Fennel", is there a story there?

Re: Button Buy Out

Greg — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:05:29 -0000

I like the middle one, nice and colourful. Too many pin-badges come only in black+white.

Re: Over at Paul Smith in SoHo – MAY 68: STREET POSTERS FROM THE PARIS REBELLION, and other poster finds around New York

Greg — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:21:15 -0000

The Guardian's "comment is free" blog had a feature last week looking at the "legacy of May 1968", with a few articles and a 'podtour' of Paris...not quite sure what to make of the format, but it's interesting in places.
http://commentisfree.guardi...

Re: Raymond Biesinger flow-charted history of Edmonton bands

Greg — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:03:14 -0000

At Warwick Uni there's a painting on the outside of one of the lecture theatres that details the history, including some relationships with other bands, of Deep Purple that's pretty cool. Made queueing outside for lecture a bit less boring, so much detail to investigate.

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/s...
and a close-up http://flickr.com/photos/rb...

Re: Dance Off!

Greg — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:53:49 -0000

That really is great, I'm still smiling. Volumne down to about 2/3 on the bottom one, and then right down for the news-reporting bits worked quite well

Re: Make your own mixtape

Greg — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:39:20 -0000

That's pretty cool, and the Rapture / Mobb Deep mix is awesome

Re: DesignNotes Update

Greg — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:00:43 -0000

Like the new design, though not sure losing the banner is a good thing, I quite liked looking forward to the next one appearing.

I'm also getting a PHP error at the bottom left of this page:

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