The Way of the Octopus

Entertaining video on the future career options of Paul the Octopus, as well as a look at the adventures taken by his other eight-legged friends. Video courtesy, and a production of, Rocketboom. Tweet

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Commercially Magic: Sony Bravia Bouncy Balls

Having studied Marketing for three years at University I’ve seen my fair share of advertisements. Some are amazing, some are awful, some just don’t make any sense whatever angle you try to look at them from. This however, is different. The Sony Bravia Bouncy Balls advertisement (commercial), unlike most nowadays, is completely ‘real’. No CGI, no special effects, nothing.

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Master Predictions, Derren Brown, and Speed Reading

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Have you ever felt like somebody you know, a friend, colleague, or indeed a celebrity is about to walk into your eye line? You have that instinctive feeling that they are about to appear, and voilà, a split second later there they are. I had been noticing this a lot recently, especially at work. I’d

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It’s such a perfect day

Lou Reed – Perfect Day. Turn it up loud while relaxing (or indeed toasting) in the sun. Wonderful. Tweet

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Function over Form

After a couple of months break, I’m back. I should show you around the new place, I don’t trust you not to get lost. The new design is very ‘function over form’.  I opted to keep it a simple as possible design-wise, while massively boosting the the network pinning it all together. Take a look at the

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The American Businessman and the Mexican Fisherman

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The Classic Fable of a Thousand Fishermen An American businessman took a vacation to a small coastal Mexican village on doctors orders. Unable to sleep after an urgent phone call from the office the first morning, he walked out to the pier to clear his head. A small boat with just one fisherman had docked,

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