The Blooker prize results got announced yesterday, with the overall winner being the non-fictin Julie and Julia, which looks at the trials and tribulations of cooking all the recipes in a French cookbook. I still have a soft spot for hackoff.com which made the shortlist – I’m currently working my way through the published copy, […]
Boat Race 2006
Today was the 152nd Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race. This is a strange sporting event, a private match between 2 universities but which is watched by thousands from the bansk and millions on the TV. It’s over 4 miles 374 yards, over a tidal river, nothing like the straight, controlled 2000m international racing, But all of the […]
Gretna champions?
In an unlikely story, Gretna, a small town in the Scottsih borders with a population of 3000, has made it into the Scottish Cup Final. This event usually finds the likes of Rangers and Celtic competing. Surprisingly, the team had 4000 supporters at the match.
Creative Challenge
Via Mit Advertsing lab, In what I assume is a tie in with the US version of The Apprentice, Chevrolet have opened a competition to make your own advertisement. In a very nice website, it allows you to combine video shots and music and text however you wish. I can’t work out the way to […]
April Fool Stuff
I’m going to keep this post updated for my own info…. Here’s something from Google. It may not be completely an April fool, but there’s an element of fun about it. Google Circles is a free service which lets you explore the interests of groups of people around the world, in your hometown, at your […]