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  • m3u8

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  • Helvetica hunt

    Helvetica hunt

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    This weekend I finally got around to watching Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica documentary. Super interesting by the way, much recommended. A longtime fan of comedic standing and pointing, my favourite part was Lars Müller (author of Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface) on a font-hunt around the streets of East London. Note the joy on Keep Clear.

  • Tile and track in underground Berlin

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  • Bruce Chatwin’s deep freeze

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    Excerpt from a letter to his fiancée Elizabeth Chanler, 22 July 1965 From Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin Now all week I have been instructed about the evils of paganism and heresy. I have learned the implications of life everlasting, the light of Heaven, the darkness of Hell, and the mist of Purgatory. But I now find…

  • Did you find them?

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    Guys, enough! This weird template advertising swaps personality for “You’re all different and awesome. Anyhoo, use our product”. Hoping it’s just about run its course. (Update, March 2016: it has not run its course) (June 2016: No AXE, nooo!)

  • Give vultures a chance

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    Last Friday I did some falconry with The Hawking Centre. One of the birds we met and flew was Morticia the hooded vulture—here she is in the photos. Our falconer Katie declared the vultures to be her hands-down favourites, over and above the majestic eagles, savvy harris hawks and fluffy barn owls. She’s taken it upon herself to change people’s…

  • Viennetta sounds

    Viennetta sounds

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    1. Hit play on Soundcloud embed2. Hit play on YouTube video and mute the sound3. Consider

  • Ivy Beatz

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    Dear Gran,How are you?We’re all good here..still working hard. Thanks for the £30. How’s it going with the new stylus? Hope it’s the right one. Mum sent me details of what you wanted but there were so many to choose from. Next time you come up we’ll have to take you to the shop. It’s…

  • “Opel’s 54 horse powerplant runs on peanuts”

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    On a trip to the States last year, I stayed in an airbnb flat in Washington and was pleased to find a stack of coffee-stained magazines from the 60s. Flicking through, it struck me how accomplished, persuasive and charming the ad copy was, in comparison with most of what we read today. It’s not uncommon…

  • Put some south in your mouth

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    Some cool neon from my August stroll down Beale St – Memphis’s home of the blues. It’s 36 degrees there at night.

  • Land of plenty

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    Excess is defined as an amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable. On a recent US road trip I marvelled (as always) at the complete and utter abandonment of “necessary”, and the ever-expanding nature of “permitted” and “desirable”. If you’re not used to it, having so much choice in every purchase…

  • Your secret sales job in Likefordshire

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    Remember that one time you ‘liked’ that brand on Facebook to enter a competition to win an iPad or whatever? Yeah well now they’re using you as a salesperson. More and more sponsored posts are appearing in the Facebook feed, which, considering their 40% drop in share value since Feb ’12, is to be expected…