http://www.sunnyblue.net/mm being a complete and accurate record of divers things Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:19:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en David Pearson's designs for the Penguin "Great Ideas" series of books are all er... great. But I particularly love this from the forthcoming 3rd wave... http://www.sunnyblue.net/mm/archive/book-cover I have a strange relationship with Wired magazine. The design and layout gives me a headache, the relentless consumerism that underlies almost everything in the magazine really gets on my nerves and, well, it just irritates me. Having said that I always pick up the office copy and I love ... http://www.sunnyblue.net/mm/archive/arg-wired So apparently I never posted anything about Belgian jump style. This is kind of odd seeing as I was utterly obsessed by it for a good two weeks last year as anyone who I saw - and forced to watch you tube videos - during that time will testify. So anyway, ... http://www.sunnyblue.net/mm/archive/jumpen-etc The pilot, who is usually based at RAF Lossiemouth, turned to the Queen's Regulations and found the moustache's width did not breach RAF guidelines. if a moustache is worn, the upper lip is to be unshaven and the moustache is not to extend below the edge of the mouth. http://www.sunnyblue.net/mm/archive/jolly-good-show OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets via LMG http://www.sunnyblue.net/mm/archive/vacuum Big Ideas (don't get any) from James Houston on Vimeo. Radiohead held an online contest to remix "Nude" from their album - "In Rainbows" This was quite a difficult task for everybody that entered, as Nude is in 6/8 timing, and 63bpm. Most music that's played in clubs is around 120bpm ... http://www.sunnyblue.net/mm/archive/radiohead-remix-contest I assumed everyone would be pro free swimming. Clearly not I prefer to keep my tax money and if / when I fancy a swim I will pay. Unbelievable actions by this government!!!! Blimey, are the government drunk? What the hell are they talking about? I just spent 50 quid to fill ... http://www.sunnyblue.net/mm/archive/not-the-views-of-my-employer-c An unintentionally powerful piece of design from the CIA From Social Design Notes The ACLU has posted a handful of documents they’ve pried from the CIA about the use of waterboarding on prisoners in CIA custody. After the Director of the CIA publicly admitted that the CIA has, in fact, used waterboarding, the ... http://www.sunnyblue.net/mm/archive/censorship Apologies in advance for the incomprehensible nature of this post. OK, I've linked my Wii account to my Nintendo club account so in a sane world I'd be able to simply buy Wii credits with those points which I could then use to buy virtual console/Wii-ware titles. In this sane ... http://www.sunnyblue.net/mm/archive/jesus-christ-nintendo We've just watched episode 10 of the fourth series of The Wire. The accepted wisdom seems to be that The Wire, at least up the end of 4, is on an entirely upward trajectory but I've got to say that so far, after the magnificence of 3 it's a bit ... http://www.sunnyblue.net/mm/archive/the-wire-4