So, this is the first blog post about the Flackenhacks 2008. I would love to have won the ‘Wank 2.0: User-generated twat’ award but sadly had to give way to Richard Bailey who wasn’t present to collect his. I had my speech ready and everything (can’t repeat it here – remember what happened to Russell […]
Archive | October, 2008
Holy Roman Empire Batman! It’s the Flackenhacks! Call the cops!
There is an event of unprecented importance coming our way. It is certainly of national significance, global even, and could quite possibly change your life forever. The credit crunch pales by comparison. None of this applies to the Flackenhacks however, which is just an excuse for a rag-tag assortment of miscreants from the seedy worlds of […]
Hello Communications Director!
About a month ago I was contacted for some details about this blog because it might feature in Communications Director. And today – it’s in! Thanks to an eagle-eyed client spotting it this morning and scanning it for me. I don’t think you can access it online but if anyone can point me in the […]
My birthday, and me
So, as of tomorrow, I will no longer be thirtysomething. It’s the big four-zero with, I think, the accent on the zero.* As every blogger knows, events are good things to hang blog posts off (or ‘off of’ if you’re American – although, as an ex-copywriter, I really shouldn’t end any sentence with a preposition, […]
Yahoo Pipes: you’ve got to go there to come back
If anyone’s been following my Twitter feed recently they’ll know that I’ve been getting to grips with Yahoo Pipes. I think it’s an amazing tool and offers the tantalising possibility of creating a wholly modular monitoring system, effectively through programming-like routines which, through a neat graphical interface, largely remove the need for knowing how to […]
Social spume
- 'Chime' Instrument Turns City Sounds Into Musical CompositionsHorns honking, engines running and construction clanging — the urban jungle's daily noises can be hard on the ears, and easy to ignore But Marc De Pape, a self-described "creative technologist" based in Toronto, is encouraging urbanites to tune back in by turning these city sounds into musicDe Pape achieves this through his creation, an instru […]Anita Li
- Multitalented Teen Is Ultimate Ladies' ManThere are two ways most teenage fellas try to attract the ladies: play sports or play music. If you play one, you're probably doing alright. If you play both, you're probably doing quite well. But if you play both at the same damn time? That's next level, right there SEE ALSO: U.S. Open Golfer Sinks Miraculous Hole-in-One Nineteen-year-old Ben […]Sam Laird
- Join Us Live From Facebook's Mysterious 'New Product' EventA small group of Facebook employees have been working on “something big,” which the social network is set to unveil on Thursday. The press event for Facebook's "new product" will take place at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. To notify reporters about the event, Facebook sent out paper invitations through traditional post — an unpreceden […]Emily Price
- 'Man of Steel' Reviews: This Looks Like a Job for … Twitter!With Man of Steel in theaters and doing monumental box office numbers, the film has quickly become the hottest commodity of the summer. Reviews for the film have been generally positive, but there's also been plenty of criticism. While a few folks have called Man of Steel one of the "greatest superhero films ever," others maintain it's […]Quenton Narcisse
- Jimmy Kimmel Will Channing All Over Your TatumChanning Tatum's noodle, an explosive science fair project and Miley Cyrus under a vending machine — all that weirdness and more pops up in Jimmy Kimmel's new music video for "(I Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum." The euphemism-filled video never answers what it actually means to "Channing all over someone's Tatum." But […]Gabe Bergado
- Lolo Jones Vine Provokes Bobsledder BacklashHurdler Lolo Jones' athletic talent, good looks and sassy social-media posts catapulted her to Internet fame before and during the 2012 Summer Olympics But Jones landed in hot water this week for a post she made about the financial rewards — or lack thereof — of her lastest athletic endeavor: bobsledding SEE ALSO: Lolo Jones, Virgin Olympian, Becomes a […]Sam Laird
- TWA Flight 800 Spawned the Internet's First Conspiracy TheoriesOn July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 crashed just south of Long Island, claiming all 230 lives aboard the Boeing 747. A four-year National Transportation Safety Board investigation determined a fuel tank explosion was to blame for the incident Even before NTSB investigators arrived at the scene, however, conspiracy theories began to float: Was it a terrorist arm […]Alex Fitzpatrick
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