tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74402008636241739252024-02-19T09:23:53.966+00:00i like...anything and everything i likei like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-74916438442261172072013-11-23T12:21:00.001+00:002013-11-23T12:41:33.101+00:00*** Africa ***Moving from Africa after living there for 23 years has left me a little nostalgic this morning.<br />
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Some things I miss:<br />
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Sunshine. Heat. </div>
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Colour. Here everything is grey and muted. Everything looks and feels the same.</div>
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Oppikoppi.</div>
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Thunderstorms. The sound of heavy rain. Yellow light after a thunderstorm.</div>
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Flowers. Jacarandas. Hibiscus. Bougainvillea. </div>
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Baobab trees, Palm trees. Coconuts. Fynbos.</div>
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Penguins, seals, dassies, monkeys, camels</div>
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Springday</div>
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South african sense of humour and openness.</div>
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Friends I've known 'forever'.</div>
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Tings an times, Cool Runnings</div>
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Space. Gardens. Pools. Nkwe. Harties.</div>
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Braais. Biltong.</div>
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Sitting on the ground. People here do not like to do that.</div>
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Pap. With cheese. Or sous.</div>
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People carrying things on their heads.</div>
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Some things I don't miss:</div>
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Paralysing fear. Being petrified of rape, murder, mugging, armed robbery, hi-jacking. Every day. All the time.</div>
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People wanting to burn everything if it doesn't work.</div>
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Nothing works.</div>
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No being able to drive a car. i.e. being stuck. Everywhere. All the time.</div>
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All the political nonsense.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Oppikoppi. Img from <a href="http://www.tailsofamermaid.com/2012/08/oppikoppi-2012.html" target="_blank">tailsofamermaid</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Penguins (Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlesfred/2310594714/sizes/l/in/set-72157603996439032/" target="_blank">Charles Fred</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Barber sign (Img by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallyrango/6285990859/sizes/l/in/photostream/%20penguins:%20http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlesfred/2310594714/sizes/l/in/" target="_blank">Sallyrango</a>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fruit and colour. (Img by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlesfred/6937381033/sizes/l/in/set-72157603996439032/" target="_blank">Charles Fred</a>)</span><br />
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Ingemaak. Geskenke. Tamaties. (Img by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlesfred/6943498555/sizes/l/in/set-72157603996439032/" target="_blank">Charles Fred</a>)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ostriches. Funny birds. (Img also by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlesfred/7148880111/sizes/l/in/set-72157603996439032/" target="_blank">Charles Fred</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Classic (Img from <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/24/south-african-international-climbing-meet/" target="_blank">here</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The amount of time and money spend here. Hmmm. Runnings. I miss you so. (Img from <a href="http://www.modernoverland.com/south-africa/gauteng/pretoria/cool-runnings/" target="_blank">here</a>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Another Cool Runnings (Img from <a href="http://explorer.timeslive.co.za/2010/03/11/cool-runnings-2/" target="_blank">here</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Jacaranda city :) [Img by <a href="http://frikkieawesome.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/snor-city-jacaranda-city-die-vaderstad.html" target="_blank">Frikkieawesome</a>]</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Harties (Img from <a href="http://re-blended.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/hartbeespoort-dam.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Skillz. Marabastad. (Img by Anthony Comyn, have a look at his photography site <a href="http://whitejuncture.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">More head carrying in Marabastad. Also by <a href="http://whitejuncture.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Anthony Comyn</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">On the Koppi at Oppikoppi. (Img <a href="http://injoburg.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/oppikoppi4.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">More purple prettiness. Img by Anthony again, <a href="http://re-blended.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/my-purple-city.html" target="_blank">here</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Space. I miss space. Img by <a href="http://justinlee.co.za/" target="_blank">Justin Lee</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Diani Beach. Kenya. Paradise. (Img <a href="http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/16417483.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Penguins in the beautiful Cape. (Img <a href="http://www.deshow.net/travel/south-africa-scenery-578.html" target="_blank">here</a>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cool ass sail boat. Diani beach. (Img <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4325414" target="_blank">here</a>) </span><br />
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i like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-40587831860284363832013-10-16T21:26:00.003+01:002013-10-16T21:27:36.582+01:00*** chickens, still ***I posted a <a href="http://anythingandeverythingilike.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/chickens.html" target="_blank">chicken video</a> about three years ago, similar to this one- only this time round, since it is a production of/for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MercedesBenzTV?feature=watch" target="_blank">Mercedes Benz TV</a>, the image quality and such is far superior. <br />
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Chickens are freaking amazing. I will get one someday and I shall name it Henry. And I will never eat Henry, I'll just bob him around. Maybe I will call him Bob. Yes, maybe.<br />
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<br />i like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-74898765301463637572013-08-04T00:00:00.000+01:002013-08-04T00:00:00.629+01:00..."life of a stranger who stole my phone" blogI came across this <a href="http://lifeofastrangerwhostolemyphone.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> the other day. The gist of it is that the blogger went on holiday to Ibiza and someone stole her phone, which automatically uploads any pictures taken on said phone to her Dropbox- ie she gets all the phone thief's photos, which she consequently uploads to said blog, with very amusing commentary. Have a read through it, I find it endlessly entertaining.<br />
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When I moved to London I lived at my friend's for four months, more specifically I lived in a little corner of his livingroom under a foosball table. All my belongings were piled on the top of some abandoned staircase in his flat. I then moved to a tiny three bedroom flat, shared by five, with no livingroom. My room was next to the crummy kitchen where the ceiling had been removed due to mould, and never replaced; and our toilet had a hole in the wall (for a non functioning fan), which made the temperature drop to almost unbearable in winter. Welcome to London, hey? </div>
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I've lived under far worse conditions though, but the point is not how awful our flat was, but rather how nice our "new" place is (a lovely three storey semi detached house in East London). We've lived here for precisely a year now, and besides it having much more space all round, we also have a little garden. When we moved in it was a bare patch filled solely with weeds. A year later and it is sporting a decent lawn instead. Our flowerbeds are buzzing with bee activity and our concrete patio is covered in pots full of vegetables. It brings joy to me everytime I see it.<br />
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I love summer. And I love gardening. I am obsessed. So much so, I'm sure I irritate the crap out of gardening non-enthusiasts (if you aren't into this sort of stuff you may as well stop reading, because to follow are a whole load of delicious plant pictures and vegetable talk).<br />
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These are our tomatoes. Not yet red, but happily budding away and making little green fruit. We tried growing tomatoes last year, but we planted them way off season and they all perished. I'm very jealous of people living in hot climates, everything grows so easily. Here it's far more challenging to get things growing. We persevere nonetheless. For the moment we have ten tomato plants. Can you believe it?<br />
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My carrots in a pot... They are taking quite long, but I can see tiny carrot rots at the end of the plants. I wonder if they will mature though, they don't seem to like growing in captivity much. And also a pretty wooden box i picked up from the trashpile at Roman road market and repurposed it into a plantbox.<br />
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Bushy brassicas. The colour of the leaves is amazing, almost brilliant blue. I think we have a purple sprouting broccoli, a cauliflour and possibly a normal broccoli. Can't wait to see which is which- they look pretty much the same to me and I lost track of what I planted where.</div>
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4b. A pretty purple aubergine flower. The plant only ahs one flower, but it is magnificent. I hope it is happy and pollenated and there is a little aubergine growing under its closed petals. Mmmmm.</div>
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My potted cucumber. I also think cucumbers aren't that happy in pots, but at least I got to pick a cucumber today. The only one (so far).</div>
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Chillies! Our house is generally obsessed with chillies. We started off with one "grow your own chillies" in an ugly silver bag from the 99p store, which have supplied us with a steady flow of cayennes for the past few months. This success (and insatiable love for all things chilli) has inspired far more chilli planting. At one stage we had 50 or so seedlings (some of which we still have, others my housemate has re-homed). Varieties this time include jalapenos, habaneros, chocolate habaneros, scotch bonnets, hot wax and twilight. Our landlord, who is from bangladesh ( I think) noticed our enthusiasm and brought us a naga plant. Naga being one of the top hottest chillies, with a scoville rating of <a href="tel:855%20000%20-%20140" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors="true">855 000 - 1</a> 400 000 (cayennes are between 30 000 and 50 000), so we will have some mega hot ones coming up. Hopefully.</div>
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And beans. Broad beans, purple climbing beans (stunted growth because of drastic slug attacks) and borlotti beans. The broad beans were massively attacked by blackfly, but we still got a semi decent crop.</div>
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I also got some house plants to green up my room. I don't have ideal growing conditions indoors, so I got some succulents and some other plant that isn't too fussed about its conditions.</div>
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The original recipe is from Jamie Oliver, "<a href="http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chocolate-recipes/bloomin-brilliant-brownies" target="_blank"><i>bloomin' brilliant brownies</i></a>", but I adjusted the recipe slightly to my taste- for one I added less butter, and also <i>half </i>the sugar. I find most dessert recipes I come across these days use borderline ridiculous amounts of sugar.<br />
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200 g unsalted butter<br />
200 g dark chocolate<br />
50 g chopped pecan nuts<br />
80 g cocoa powder<br />
65 g flour<br />
1 teaspoon baking powder<br />
180g caster sugar<br />
4 free-range eggs (keep them chickens happy!)<br />
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1. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees.<br />
2. Melt butter and chocolate in a large bowl over hot water, mix in the chopped nuts once melted.<br />
3. Mix together the flour, cocoa, baking powder and sugar.<br />
4. Add dry ingredients to chocolate mixture and mix in the eggs.<br />
5. Pour your batter into a greased/lined baking tray.<br />
6. Bake. I baked mine for 15 minutes, but I suppose ovens will vary.<br />
7. Stuff your face with chocolatey goodness<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />As per <u><i><a href="http://adage.com/article/creativity-pick-of-the-day/philips-promotes-blenders-creating-fruits-multiple-flavors/241691/" target="_blank">AdvertisingAge</a></i></u>, "<i>Two Fruits are better than one, so why not try a Pinegrape?</i>"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>i like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-81987160998127462482013-05-16T22:58:00.000+01:002013-05-27T22:01:28.815+01:00*** Caine's Arcade ***Came across this a minute a go, too damn cute, it almost made me cry. It's a bit of a slow start [for the impatient like me], but worth the watch. <br />
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In context of the whole thing I particularly enjoyed 05:02 - 05:17. Cracked me up.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="393.4" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/40000072" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="700"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/40000072">Caine's Arcade</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/nirvan">Nirvan Mullick</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>i like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-1690104440396116952013-05-13T23:00:00.002+01:002013-05-27T22:05:00.246+01:00*** life drawing ***I go life drawing every Tuesday (tomorrow, yay!) at the Vintage Emporium on Brick Lane, which is a loverly little coffee place conveniently located beween my work and my home. On the same route is the Bookclub, which it seems also does lifedrawing, even though I have not frequented their establishment as yet, they made a beautiful video to promote said lifedrawing event. <br />
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Even yesterday the Greek was making fun of me, telling me that when I come home my monkey will have a mohawk stitched onto his fuzzy head, and some form of (anarchist? communist? Who knows...) flag in his hand. Potentially also a piercing or two. Disturbing. Yes.<br />
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All beside the point, again. What I actually want to share is not the love I hold for my fuzzy friend, but this lovely little video on youTube by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/zefrank1?feature=watch" target="_blank">zefrank</a>, called <i><a href="http://youtu.be/AdYaTa_lOf4">Teddy has an Operation</a></i>. Maybe also a bit disturbed, but definitely charming too.<br />
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<br />i like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-72996851382565063472013-04-08T22:56:00.000+01:002013-05-27T22:02:59.800+01:00*** being back ***I've been a horribly lame blog-poster in the last, uh, nine months or so- I've been meaning to compile a properly thought through "I'm back" post, but I think it's best I just get the ball rolling and get back to simply posting about things I like.<br />
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My boss/ employer/ muscled dude I work with during the week often sends me links to animations and designs he likes, the most recent- and one of the most fantastical- is <i>5m80</i> by Cube Creative Productions and Orange. Too damn awesome yet again.<br />
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It is just about my bedtime, or I'd elaborate more on the contents of this lovely animation, but see its awesomeness for yourselves:<br />
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***Unfortuantely I could only locate the embed code for an excerpt of the animation- to see it in its full length (about 5min), check it out <i><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/fr/relevance/search/5m80/1#video=xxyuig">here on dailymotion</a></i>.i like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-5847308499869859962012-06-04T15:55:00.000+01:002012-06-04T16:01:07.122+01:00*** Shoreditch ***Recently (and at last), I have been relatively successful in my job-endeavour and have landed myself a placement at a mobile design agency in Shoreditch- this is primarily the reason I have been such a neglectful blogger. I am not used to getting up at 7h00 and getting back home at 19h00. 12 hours straight out of the house has only happened on very rare occasions in the last month. <br />
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I do, however really like it. I will not ramble on endlessly about my new "job", it will suffice to say that besides being productive everyday in a lovely environment, I can also get away with being barefoot at work and partaking in the weekly office ritual of "beer fridays".<br />
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Anyhoo, as this agency is situated in Shoreditch, I spend most of my days there and have found two very, for lack of better word, "cool" web features related to this area in London:<br />
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Firstly, the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZITh-XIikgI#!">Überlin music video by R.E.M</a>- which is just some dude jumping around a stretch of street. The fascinating part of this music video is that it is right around the corner from my work- more specifically at 0:31 of the video you see a metal doorstep. To anyone else I suppose this is just a standard set of steps, but I noticed that last Friday I was sitting on those stairs drinking a pint. Admittedly this isn't the most fascinating piece of blog-information, but I thought it was damn cool- coming from a country that has virtually no international exposure to sitting in the middle of East London where it is literally "happening".<br />
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Also, this area is very close to <a href="http://www.visitbricklane.org/#">Brick Lane</a>, an area of East London once associated with jack the Ripper (apparently), but now popular with the "edgy and artistic crowd". Although it is a bit hipster and trendy, it still is a great place to spend a day (or night, depending on what you are in the mood for), filled with pubs, restaurants, graffiti, festivals and markets.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[Instagram: <a href="http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/user/33909409/">Graffiti</a> & "<a href="http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/detail/205116094690945504_33909409">famous doorway</a>"]</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> [Instagram: <a href="http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/detail/188765593942682522_33909409">Sunny day</a> and <a href="http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/detail/189004586114411360_33909409">beerday at work</a>]</span><br />
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Sometimes though, this area can be a bit much, as many things are often overpriced and crowded. So, for my second find, I stumbled across a website called "<a href="http://www.normalinshoreditch.com/">normal Shoreditch</a>", which is a website dedicated to the more "normal" things in Shoreditch. You can choose from a list of "normal things you want in Shoreditch", for example "An old man pint. £4 for a jar of hipster beer. I don't think so. Get a proper pint down you" with recommendations of places you would find such a beer. Pretty clever.<br />
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These people have also made a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol4CGOWW_4g">remake of the R.E.M Überlin Video</a>, stating that they "don't want a nepotistic, ironic pose down Redchurch Street. They just want to listen to a bit of lovely R.E.M and be Normal in Shoreditch". It is of a very regular looking dude strolling down the same stretch of street as that in the R.E.M video- doing more regular things- like tying his shoelace, looking both ways when he crosses the street and just walking with his hands in his pockets. I thought this was quite amusing...<br />
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<br />i like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-35452764975776689532012-05-17T21:19:00.000+01:002012-05-17T21:19:40.299+01:00*** the simpsons ***The Simpsons is one of my favourite shows- I'm not much of a TV watcher, but I often get sucked into a spiral of series watching. They are addictive. The last couple of months it has been The Simpsons (amongst others). One thing I really love about this show is its title sequence. I'm sure those of you who have watched more than 3 episodes have noticed that the title sequence changes in the bit where the Simpsons sit down on their couch. I absolutely love this little detail. I wait eagerly during the titles for this part to see "what it is this time"...<br />
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Anyhoo. Today when I came home I was pleasantly surprised when I was shown Season 17 Episode 15's titles, which have been recreated using real people and places (<span style="font-size: x-small;">**</span>find it!). It's astounding how accurately it's done. Unfortunately I couldn't find a video link online to embed, so I took screenshots galore to have a fair idea and good comparison.<br />
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Yet again, superbly cool<br />
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<br />i like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-6591689361593236612012-05-09T21:48:00.000+01:002012-05-09T21:51:46.032+01:00*** comic sans retaliation ***I think this is close to the fifth time I blog about Comic Sans... It is a truly awful font, but as this video observes, it also is equally famous - "a sans serif superman and [its] only kryptonite is pretentious buzzkills like you [or me, haha]...".<br />
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Maybe I should cut Comic Sans some slack.<br />
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Or maybe not...<br />
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These days too, Coca Cola has come up with some pretty neat advertising ideas like these:<br />
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I've also come to realise that Coke puts up little riddles on their facebook page, which upon solving lead you to a URL with a little animation of sort to "bring a little happiness to your day". The current riddle is as follows: <br />
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This sitelet is special,<br />
and will require all your attention.<br />
And if you're doing it right,<br />
it will relieve all your tension.<br />
You will need to be totally still,<br />
You're using meditation as a skill.<br />
Your camera will be used for proving<br />
That while you relax, there's No_ _ _ _ _ _.com<br />
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To read more about past riddles, have a look <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/03/09/coca-colas-url-riddles/">here</a>.i like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-69798716949896395162012-04-16T11:26:00.001+01:002012-04-16T16:14:23.345+01:00*** instabread ***As my days, so is my blog: bread after bread after bread. It is pretty apparent that I like baking bread. I'd love to get back to doing some cakes and cupcakes- unfortunately all my baking attire is STILL in Glasgow, so for the time being majority of my time is spent on breadbaking. <br />
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After the acquisition of a smartphone not too long ago, the wonders of instagram have been made apparent to me and I too now have the instabug. If you so desire, follow me (username maxine_scarf). You will probably be flooded by images of bread such as these ones:<br />
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Yummy! I usually am far too stagnant to put up the recipes, this time though, <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18257148/InstabreadRecipeWeb.jpg">here</a> it is. Enjoy munching.</div>
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I uploaded a very spectacular image of a bread I baked a while ago on facebook and was meet with a shameful amount of scepticism from a very particular friend of mine (you know who you are..!), commenting "Lovely store bought produce placed on a baking tray to create the illusion of baking. You're a sly one". To which I am cheesily retaliating with this post.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[500g white bread flour, 2 sachets yeast, milk, water, sugar and olive oil- and hey presto- you have bread]</span>i like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-54635263810685850962012-03-31T11:28:00.000+01:002012-03-31T11:28:13.095+01:00*** Aggressive Jobhunts ***Maybe this is an avenue I should explore... Extreme times call for extreme measures, well done <a href="http://grinterspencer.com/">GrinterSpencer</a> people.<br />
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<br />i like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-18650644291490847412012-03-13T15:52:00.001+00:002013-05-27T22:06:36.829+01:00*** watching myself draw ***<br />
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As many of you may have previously read <a href="http://anythingandeverythingilike.blogspot.com/2011/12/watching-people-work.html">here</a>, I love watching how illustrations are made. It fascinates me. Time lapses attract me like a fly to poo, I don't think I could get sick of them. That and stop motion. Charming techniques they are.</div>
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Anyhoo, yesterday (or by the time I upload it, it will be "the other day" as I have been almost internetless) I was busy with an illustration and just after sketching a basic outline I thought 'hey, why not make one of those videos you like so much of your own work..?' Thank you Quicktime for developing the 'screen record' function… </div>
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i like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-12730920656173259152012-02-24T10:58:00.000+00:002012-02-24T10:58:10.765+00:00*** Greg's calligraphic typography ***Dear Greg,<br />
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I have never met you, but I have heard a significant amount about you. So I am writing you a very short blog-letter: I like your work. It is lovely. I am slightly envious and sometimes would like to stomp on your foot because jealousy makes you nasty, but most of the time I am happy that you are doing well and making beautiful typographic art pieces in the sunshine of Greece.<br />
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Dear other readers,<br />
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Have a look at more of Greg's work on his <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greg_papagrigoriou/">Flicker</a>. It is lovely.<br />
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<br />i like...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12653163685419803096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440200863624173925.post-70051412109622815952012-02-23T00:19:00.001+00:002012-02-23T00:25:41.414+00:00*** bed time youtube clip watching ***A quick post before I go to bed: a lovely video of buildings collapsing.<br />
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