IT'S BEEN TOO LONG

Time I feel for a short ramble. That's a contradiction in terms but I'm going to go with it. It works for Ford so why not me? I don't really have the time for this - hence it being a short ramble. And really that's be the problem of late. So busy. So much to do. So much to show. Not enough time to put things up. But here's something I did for work.

It's Jubilee as most UK readers will no doubt know. And like the rest of this currently gloriously sunny nation, we at Cogent shall be out there with the best of them doing a little lunchtime tea party. Here's my contribution to letting the good people know. Was a lot of fun making. Especially as I got to play with an AMAZING 3 grands-worth of Canon lens. Ta again for that Meshell. Anyway here's that for now. More will follow.

I LIKE YOUR MASK

In keeping with my love of all things paper mache and blip-blip it seems quite fitting to stick this up today.

THE ONLY WAY I CAN TAKE SUGAR

I'm sure people have seen this before, but I was just so relieved that I'd finally found a way to enjoy Alan Sugar. Thank you cassetteboy!

Hats off to Alan, he's made a lot of money. He knows more about business than me. But I still find his tightly curled barnet and permanent snarl unnerving. But this way I can put those things aside and simply enjoy. And I hope you do too.

WISH I'D THOUGHT OF THIS

OH & THE THERE WAS THIS FROM THE OTHER DAY

Hilarious. I also have an irrational fear of Vegan's but unlike the rollercoaster film, it doesn't make me feel anymore inclined to redress my phobia or indeed try one. In fact I find it adds an extra layer of funniness for me associating male vegans with virility just because of what a male vegan looks like in my head. (Sorry to my vegan friends out there.)

GUILTY PLEASURES

Tilt shift just makes everything look super cute. I've never really been the same since the sandpit film. But found this.

Coca Cola - Invierno from Black Sheep Films on Vimeo.

And now I'm really thirsty. But perhaps what's even prettier in a kind of smile in the mind way is Black Sheep's film about rollercoasters. I particularly like the waltzer right at the end. Even makes me want to go on one (am absolutely terrified of rides, unless it's the pirate ship of course).

Buenos Aires - Inception Park from Black Sheep Films on Vimeo.

RETRO PHIT

Saw this from It's Nice That today. And it certainly is. It's ManvsMachine's MORE4 rebrand. It's proper retro PHIT! By that I mean it's like the old 80s/90s Channel 4, but with some modern muscles. You know a bit metro like. Very nice.

MvsM / More4 Idents from ManvsMachine on Vimeo.

Reminded me of Hye-Yeon Park's clock I saw at the design museum. It's like this (this being the Mr Clock she made before seen in the video below). But it made words when you walked away from the sensor. That was well special too. Can't wait to be able to buy it.


Mr.Clock_Hye-yeon.Park_Design Product_2010 RCA from hye-yeon.park on Vimeo.

TWO THINGS THAT MADE ME SMILE

I got my Holga back! I can get back to doing more of what I first intended with this tiny corner of the internet (realsised how distinctly un-analogue analogue-a-go-go was looking the other day).

Plus I found this, which I guess has it's ideas in analogue things - tenuous I know but still worth pointing out. And if that don't make you smile, then I'd reckon any kind of hi's lost on you ^_^


Hi from Multitouch Barcelona on Vimeo.

LIKE PATTING YOUR HEAD AND RUBBING YOUR TUMMY AT THE SAME TIME

But much, much harde, I'm thinking. This just made me smile today and so had to share. How did they get to a point where they worked out the strings could be split three ways? And why? Either way I'm glad they did ^_^

I KNOW HOW A DOLPHIN FEELS

I don't really. Not for sure. For one, I don't have access to one to ask. (Or for those more rational - less imaginative - minds I'm not a marine scientist with research facilities to do an experiment). But today I got sent something that I think goes someway to experiencing what dolphins must feel with those big domed foreheads. It's weird. Listen to this and tell me it doesn't make you feel like you've got a much bigger forehead. Or some sort of bubble floating round your head with sound bouncing around in it. Or a bit like you got really bad head cold. I prefer the dolphin analogy. Either way it makes me feel pretty

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