Well, they’re not exactly new, but I’ve only recently got round to mixing and uploading them. That’s all the culture I can muster for a…

I love the covers of these Penguin books. Gill Sans-alicious. Price tag’s not bad either.

End of year lists are, as we all know, both passé and vaguely narcissistic. So, with that in mind, here’s an end of year list,…

Been busy working on exciting things (I’ll post them when they’re done), drinking Christmastide pints, and watching Pitchfork’s Top 50 music videos of 2007.

I realise I’m…

Wow, and while I’m on the subject too…

Did we really need any more convincing that a national ID database is a bad idea? Having…

Never expected something from YTMND to put a lump in my throat. Click to play:

There are enough of them already. I just wanted to talk about two interesting things.

Interesting thing one
The dictionary is superb. See

Stop, filler time.

• How To Be Ugly – the rise of New Brutalism in design
• Google v Yahoo homepages over the last ten years

It’s no great surprise that my blogging frequency is inversely proportional to how busy I am. It’s not yet reached the stage where I’m staying…

• Bernie’s better beginner’s guide to photography
• A little visual perspective on the $87 billion being spent on Iraq – or ‘big numbers – just…

Inspired by Rebekah Sedaca’s Boxes and Arrows post, some workmates and I took a social day out learn the art of comic drawing. I…

I’ve started to play chess again. And wow, they’ve made it lots harder since I’ve been away. I’m putting it down to my more open…

It’s very late and as such I’ve yet to work out how important an announcement this is. Hasn’t even hit Digg yet.

Radiohead have a

Can’t help feeling all the mock outrage about hacked iPhones being bricked by Apple’s latest update is a little unnecessary. It’s simple: you fucked…

Back from a deserved break in Prague; was starting to feel a little tetchy. And a lovely city it is too, with jarring juxtapositions of…

These have already done the rounds, but hey, I think they’re cute. Can you spot the hidden images in the two logos?

Nice Facebook analogy from Iain Tait: Facebook is an all-in-one stereo system – fine for beginners but ultimately a bit limiting and of mediocre…

Dear Reader,

I am currently packing my gadgetry for a weekend of unabashed geekery: dConstruct and BarCamp Brighton. If you need to get hold…

Bugger.

I can’t remember where I heard it, but I was surprised it came from someone in the field. The sarcastic tone surprised me even more…

Stuck on the Tube, I remembered I also had some cute transport-related links to share. So here they are.

• Incomprehensible intersections – road design…

• Draughts got solved – I do think AI is a ‘good thing’ but I think I liked the days where great mysteries were just…

Would love to see these Sonic Youth gig stats turned into some explorable interface. Any budding information designers with plenty of time on their…

Had to pass comment on Field Day.…

Quite liking last.fm’s new video player. Not hugely different from YouTube, but seems a little sharper to me. Quite liking this song, too.

Got back from Copenhagen last night. Ignoring the cheesy tourist clubs, I need to revisit at some point. Interesting and accessible culture, helped hugely by…

Even the removals guy had heard of Robbie, and he hates football.…

Just a quick life update, before normal service of sketchy design rants resumes.

At long last, I’ve moved into my new place in Highbury, after a…

It’s been so long I’m just going to declare a moratorium on the previous two months. There’s so much to report I can’t possibly know…

Pandora are shutting out non-US customers. A damn shame, and probably not the last problem internet radio is facing. That said, I always thought…

It’s been painful. Not the move. That’s been fine. Just the lack of internet. So much information to convey, so little time. Free 30-minute WiFi…

Moving to London this week. I’ve not been as sentimental about leaving as I thought I might. If all goes to plan I’ll be living…

1. It’s definitely spring today. Happy happy joy joy.
2. It’s also Pi Day – go forth and multiply (by 3.14159)!
3. The most…

And people ask what’s so good about Twitter…

I had another Twitter-related thought recently, namely to encourage ATP attendees to sign up…

Well well. The console wars just got a lot more interesting. Sony have announced “Home”, a Second Life-esque virtual world to meet other gamers,…

Took a day’s holiday today to record some songs.

• The Last Thing I Said To You Was Don’t Leave Me Here [1:24, 1.7MB]
• Reprise…

Slightly delicate one this. A good 50% of the adult population will at some time have experienced the design difficulties of condoms. Given the use…

Well, it’s been a while, and finally…

How frustrating. Like many people (namely readers of Boing Boing) I saw the new radiation symbol released this morning by the IAEA. Like…

Europeans really know how to execute large-scale public art:

Here’s one for This Is Broken: installing the trial version of Axure, only to be warned that I should close it before I…

I rediscovered an old site I’d meant to post about long ago: WordCount. It’s another of those interesting visualisation tools, this time showing the…

The last two weeks have been dominated by pain. First, the sharp stabbing kind; second, the persistent all-conquering kind. My well-behaved body rebels in unpleasant…

Decided to put my name down for BarCamp London (or, at least, to sign…

Very busy recently: travel and long hours. Enjoying it. Some recent links of interest:

• Secure passwords keep you safer (Wired) – less trivial than…

Cardiff City fans have been banned from attending the Wolves game…

This did the rounds a couple of weeks back, but I’m passing it on since it’s been invaluable.

Set your homepage to about:blank.

That’s it.…

Delegates “screamed”. Twitter ground to a halt. The shockwaves of a simultaneous nerdgasm shook the very core of the internet.

Yes, it is a lovely phone.

Just made my choices for the ATP vs The Fans weekend.

• Shipping News
• The Knife
• Rachel’s
• Sightings
• Stereolab
• Tapes ‘n Tapes
• Battles
• Part…

It may be one week after the event, but I think I can just about get away with the resolutions post. And yes, I am…

Just to redress the balance a bit, here’s some design I love – the Nottingham tram timetable.

I bought several books to increase my design knowledge, including Don Norman’s The Design of Everyday Things, which I’m currently ploughing through. What these…

Happy New Year to everyone, of course. Now please check your racks* for the following CDs of mine that have apparently been liberated from my…