Oops!… Sony Did it Again

A couple of months or so ago, Sony, according to the Daily Mail, used
a freshly slaughtered goat to promote a violent video game.
The corpse of the decapitated animal was the centrepiece of a party to celebrate the launch of the God Of War II game for the company’s PlayStation 2 console…. Guests at the event [...]

Art in Vyner Street, E2 - Artists Anonymous: 900 Calories

I went to explore the area near where we live here in London, yesterday, and my particular destination was Vyner Street, E2, as I had heard there were some galleries tucked away there, out of sight of the main hustle and bustle of the East End. Vyner Street has been described as

a gruesomely picturesque urban [...]

Art, Art, Art!

I went to a gallery today. Will write about it tomorrow.

I’ve subscribed to the Evil Media Empire of R. Murdoch_TM

I have now got Sky. There is a good reason for it too, which I’m not going to divulge in the weird privatepublicprivatesphere of my blog.
I’m somewhat pleased about it, in terms of increasing my 21st century-digital-culture-cred. I’m not a big TV junkie and I don’t really watch that much; however, it’s incredible what choice [...]

WiFi Across the City of London

This week, a wifi zone across the entire City of London (that’s the zone called the City, not actually the entire bloody city!!) launched. In what is described as “Europe’s most advanced outdoor WiFi network”, an area covering approximately a square mile will be accessible from anywhere within the zone. We’re slightly [...]

Blogger and Podcaster Magazine

I’m sure this one will create a bit of a stir laugh confusion overall weird reaction in the blogosphere - a (printed, offline) magazine for Bloggers and Podcasters (as seen on the Guardian).
Actually I’ve had a quick look at it and it’s not all bad. I do like reading stuff offline, and I quite like [...]

Win a Georgian 17-Room Mansion for £60, and other news

Yes, my daily reading of the BBC news feeds (I read the News Front Page and Technology feeds) always has interesting and refreshing results, and keeps me ‘in the know’ of what’s happening. Invaluable for someone like myself who has periods where she doesn’t have time to watch the news on the telly.
Today I [...]

Films Films Films!

The always pretty spot-on pomo k-punk has written a good review of Inland Empire, which I watched and tried to review a while ago.
It reminded me again of patterns, rhizomes, and the human desire to look for connections or ‘make sense’ where there was none, or rather, the ab-sense [ ] that were being [...]

What is Advertising 2.0?

What is Advertising 2.0? It’s Advertising inspired by, but not restricted to, web 2.0. When Advertising first started, it told us about a product and why this product was good for us. This was the age of quite explicit, factual, no-nonsense advertising that simply purported to ‘tell it like it is’ (of course, the ‘facts’ [...]

Peep Show - The Best Thing on the Telly?

Peep Show, probably the funniest TV series ever, is back. I hardly watch any telly at the moment, but Peep Show is always worth it. For a while it had looked as if series 3, which finished in 2005, would be the last one, due to lower-than-expected viewing figures. Don’t people have taste? It’s brilliant!
As [...]