Fear: Google Maps, the Movie.
Two young men take a turn down the wrong street view. Thanks Devon.
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Two young men take a turn down the wrong street view. Thanks Devon.
You may recall my plee for the new look minimalist look of “Coca-Cola Classic” in the US to make it over the pond to the UK just over a month ago. Well they must have heard them… check out this beast I picked up at the cafeteria…
Some of you may have noticed the minimalist look creep into the Christmas Coca-Cola branding, though this could be sign, I considered, I assumed it was just for Christmas, looks like I should have taken it seriously though, as we have our authentic British “Coca-Cola” with this epic “new” design, which is great.
Thanks Coke.
P.S. Afterthoughts: Looks a bit boring, doesn’t it?
A man in Ghana who decided to answer a call while his phone was charging was electrocuted and ended up dying before he got to hospital. I don’t know about you but, I don’t want to die, I’ve talked on my phone while it was charging before, never happened to me.
This does prove that power from a wall socket can kill you, if not instantly. But you know, this guy was foreign, we in Britain have that Earth wire thing, the third prong on the plug, so hopefully there’s less chance of us dying in such an event.
modernghana via Gizmodo
Well life has gotten a little easier since finished my first week back at university, buried under assignments. Though there is a looming exam which I can’t revise for right now because, we L just can’t find my folder. At least that’s my excuse. I did ok last time, hopefully it’ll be ok this time as well.
Thursday was an interesting day, with my usual selection of excruciatingly boring design lessons, where the design teacher falls head over heels with the most undesirable piece of work I had done in the past 2 weeks, every time. This day I was also reminded that I need to be looking for a house or flat, as to paraphrase one of my classmates “only the shit ones will be left in March”
In the evening, I went bowling for another classmate of mine’s birthday, you know, it’s not usually that you get to celebrate an attractive popular girl’s 20th birthday by going bowling, and it made a great change, and wasn’t lame, well I was, I wasn’t quite last though.
So that finished, a few went to the union to party afterwards, but I was with a group who were decidedly less enthusiastic, so went back to my flat, only to arrive outside and be dragged 
back into another taxi for a night at “road mender” which was absolutely terrific, I met friends from my course, found that my flat mates were more connected to them than I would have ever realised, and I even met a girl who was nice, though her facebook implies, as ever, that she is not available. What a wonder this connected world is.
Getting back at around 4am with no reason to get up in the morning has a side effect, you don’t wake up until 4pm, or when your flat mate randomly knocks on your door at 2pm. I got dressed, hopped on my bike had a meal at a supermarket, got some supplies, and somehow found my way eventually to the cinema.
I had intended to either see Sweeney Todd, or Cloverfield. Both movies I’ve been looking forward to for some time. I arrived to find that despite evidence to the contrary I had seen on the (American) Internet, that as with Sweeney Todd in December, Cloverfield isn’t even out for another month. To make matters worse, Sweeney Todd wasn’t even on until 3 hours time.
A compromise needed to be made, so I saw Charlie Wilson’s War.
Charlie Wilson’s war is based on an “unbelievable true story” which turned out to be a pretty cool movie, how one (woman obsessed) man turned Afghanistan into a secret fighting machine and helped end the soviet empire, almost single handedly. Though without spoiling the ending, which you kind of already know, it’s not all happy.
As one reviewer said, it’s definitely the film you’ll want to watch again. After a long cycle ride back home I argued with my mother who insisted the only reason this Texan must have cared about Afghanistan is oil. Which the film, and his back story, seems to indicate is an ill informed assumption. Though perhaps not for the current administration.
So I find myself here, a day later, without a folder, not doing revision, for an exam on Tuesday. Great.
Well, while mucking around at 3am for no particular reason, I found out that the actor, who plays the joker in the upcoming ‘THE DARK KNIGHT’ movie just died. The movie (according to IMDB) is in post-production, so hopefully we’ll get to see his last work.
Heath Ledger apparently died due to a drug related incident. I hardly knew his acting, but I’ve seen him playing Chaucer’s main (character) dude in A Knight’s Tale. Which I watched, mainly because it might impress someone who liked Chaucer, it didn’t, I don’t think… Ahem.
Anyway, it’s a sad day I guess. RIP.
Source, regrettably: MSN UK
This is amazing, it’s the iPhone guy rapping.
Via Fake Steve as always.
PS. I’m still unsure if I want an iPhone or an iPod touch (with these new updates both look attractive now). By the time I decide, they’ll be even better - arghkerf!
My good friend Mark, who is training to be a music technician at an unspecified location in the United Kingdom, has just launched a brand new site! The site tells you more about this man and his character than I could ever hope to in a single post, so I’ll just link to the site… marktobitt.co.uk it’s worth a look!
You know, I always thought Adam Sandler was capable of playing someone other than Adam Sandler… looks like I might be right. Don’t know if I’ll go see it though.
Alexander Rodchenko was a great photographer, graphic designer, painter, sculptor and all round busybody, like me. Hah. But now an event has conspired to be apparent in London which showcases his photographic work.
Here: Southbank Centre Rodchenko Event
7th February - 27th April 2008
All the cool graphic designers and photographers are going, are you?
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