Honda ads
I saw the new Honda advert for the first time last night (actually, that wasn’t the only first - Garrison Keillor singing? WTF?) and then this morning came across the Flash game based on the ad. Bizarre doesn’t even come close. But I’ve sent off for a bag…
Filed under Play | Comments (2)Roll out the writs
Good to see that the British record industry has learnt from the PR disaster taking place over the other side of the Atlantic, and have decided that embracing the possibilities of new technology will be a better option long-term than propping up an aging business model with lawsuits. </sarcasm>
After all, home taping killed music, didn’t it?
Actually, I’m not altogether surprised by this particular development. A couple of months ago I had some interactions with a fairly senior individual in the online division of a major entertainment brand. Nice guy, very professional - but in an incredibly insular kind of way. It was the kind of environment where they thought they were cutting-edge because they used IM in the business - but the sites themselves looked like they’d been designed by a database administrator. There was just no imagination there, no insight into the way that the world is now - and this was a supposedly creative business. It’s not altogether surprising that the writs are now flying…
Filed under Play | Comment (0)Productivity losses, Tom Watson MP-style
Thanks to Tom Watson MP, my productivity has taken a dive…
Filed under Play | Comment (0)elwire.com - your electroluminescent wire source
elwire.com - your electroluminescent wire source.
Filed under Play | Comment (0)Red Arrows over York
There’s an air show going on at the moment at the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington, about three miles down the road from here, which means we’ve currently got the Red Arrows hurtling around over York in tight formation.
I’ve always found it hard enough to manage to fly in accurate circles, so watching them maintaining formation in a 400 knot climbing turn is making me alternately a) impressed and b) jealous. And they get paid to do it…
Filed under Play | Comments (2)Jaws In 30 Seconds, re-enacted by bunnies
It’s that time again - this time it’s Jaws In 30 Seconds.
If only York Notes had involved bunnies…
Filed under Play | Comment (0)An Ecto option I’ve never noticed before…
…is to insert details of the currently-playing iTunes track:
Free Fallin’ from the album Anthology Through The Years (Disc 2) by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Clever…
Filed under Play | Comment (0)Royksopp - Remind Me
A mad Royksopp video that looks like an animated airline safety instruction card - Remind Me
Filed under Play | Comment (1)Roger Moore’s Fantabulous Eyebrows
And the Tony Hart gallery music. Doubleplusgood…
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