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Nice time-lapse video of Gateshead ‘Get Carter’ Car...

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:37:58 +0000

Nice time-lapse video of Gateshead ‘Get Carter’ Car Park being demolished.

"We have over 250,000 apps in the App Store. We don’t need any more Fart apps."

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:18:52 +0100

“We have over 250,000 apps in the App Store. We don’t need any more Fart apps.”

- Apple’s revised guidelines (PDF) for creating apps for the iPhone and iPad.

A great piece of improvisation by Hanescu Magico at this years...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:11:53 +0100

A great piece of improvisation by Hanescu Magico at this years US Open. Moving to smash a lob into the corner, Magico instead feints and delicately dinks it over the net. Too cool for school :)

HTML5 experiments

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:51:47 +0100

HTML5 experiments:

Excellent work using the CANVAS element by Hakim El Hattab.

Lots of grown men jumping around a kids playground. Very cool...

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:41:15 +0100

Lots of grown men jumping around a kids playground. Very cool moves :)

Incredible video of artist David Kassan ‘painting’ a...

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:41:24 +0100

Incredible video of artist David Kassan ‘painting’ a portrait using Brushes app on an iPad.

iOS4 icons re-created in CSS3

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:34:00 +0100

iOS4 icons re-created in CSS3:

An incredible demonstration of the capabilities of CSS3.

"We were caught on sucker punches in counter-attacks. It is the story of the game: nobody can stand..."

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:30:24 +0100

“We were caught on sucker punches in counter-attacks. It is the story of the game: nobody can stand here and tell me Germany were a lot better than us.”

- Frank Lampard quoted after England lost 4-1 to Germany. Frank - you might want to watch a re-run of the game and revise that statement.

"There is a strong suggestion (soon to be confirmed by doctors) that John Isner actually expired at..."

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:57:27 +0100

“There is a strong suggestion (soon to be confirmed by doctors) that John Isner actually expired at about the 20-20 mark, and Mahut went soon afterwards, and the remainder of the match was contested by Undead Zombies who ate the spectators during the change of ends (again, this is pending a police investigation).”

- Entertaining live-blog by Xan Brooks following the epic Isner/Mahmut tennis match (currently tied in the 5th set at 59 games each).

HTML5ROCKS

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:14:34 +0100

HTML5ROCKS:

Excellent collection of HTML5 resources gathered and curated by Google.

Astonishing miss from Yakubu in last nights game against South...

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:11:10 +0100

Astonishing miss from Yakubu in last nights game against South Korea. If Yakubu had scored this Nigeria would’ve qualified for the knockout stages of the World Cup. D’oh!

Interesting heatmap showing the locations of photos taken around...

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:50:52 +0100

Interesting heatmap showing the locations of photos taken around London by tourists and locals.

Adidas parody of the Cantina scene in Star Wars.

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:20:14 +0100

Adidas parody of the Cantina scene in Star Wars.

The new iPhone 4 announced today by Apple. The latest effort by...

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:16:56 +0100

The new iPhone 4 announced today by Apple. The latest effort by those people in Cupertino to relieve me of my hard-earned cash. There’s an air of inevitability about this…

"If we approve it…"

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:07:57 +0100

“If we approve it…”

- Steve Jobs being cheeky (and a tad rude) when announcing the availability of iMovie through the App Store.

On May 31st a sewer pipe burst creating a huge 60ft deep chasm...

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:36:00 +0100

On May 31st a sewer pipe burst creating a huge 60ft deep chasm in Guatemala City. More amazing photos here.

"Rio Ferdinand banjaxed his knee at training this morning following a challenge by Mr Em and is thus..."

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:30:32 +0100

“Rio Ferdinand banjaxed his knee at training this morning following a challenge by Mr Em and is thus cruelly deprived of the opportunity to extend his proud record of being the first player to jump on a team-mate’s back in a half-hearted leapfrog attempt after every goal.”

- The Guardian’s Fiver reporting on Rio Ferdinand’s injury.

Rather creepy film from Pixar animator Rodrigo Blaas.

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:04:23 +0100

Rather creepy film from Pixar animator Rodrigo Blaas.

Visited Grasmere last weekend in time to see all the...

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:35:23 +0100

Visited Grasmere last weekend in time to see all the rhododendron bushes in full bloom. This panorama was taken using the excellent Pano iPhone app.

An inspiring interview with Stephen Fry. Take 30 mins out of...

Thu, 27 May 2010 22:34:14 +0100

An inspiring interview with Stephen Fry. Take 30 mins out of your day to listen to the man’s wisdom.