Our response from across the pond to Adam Ladd’s brilliant video – our own 5-year-old’s impressions on brandmarks. Original soundtrack by Anthony Postman.

Everybody in the world can be divided between stationery lovers and mere stationery users. I am guessing that the separation would fall quite closely along gender lines. You may have noticed a theme in my recent reading: productivity, happiness, organisation… This Dymo label maker fits into all these categories. A couple of the productivity authors … Read more

Berries are wonderful and delicious and so are pies. Raspberry pie as the combination of the two is no exception to that but this new product called Raspberry Pi is unbelievable, inspiring and simply awesome. Forget the $100 computer which did not quite make it despite computer industry heavy weights being involved. This ‘naked’ computer … Read more

It is always amazing how much money one can spend on destroying one’s own property and even worse paying other people to do it well. This is one of our sites which is currently live and where we just started to create the new roof with an open ceiling all the way to the ridge, … Read more

When websites changed in the late 90s from rigid lists of words and images to jumping balls, morphing globes and spinning logos, animated GIFs were a hot property which with very little memory demands allowed all sorts of moving things. Not always to the better as not everything was meant to be moving. Nowadays Flash … Read more

It is your best friend when it comes to improving public toilets, walls, shoes, clothes or even your body (although that’s not the healthiest thing to do) by adding a quick comment, doodle or whatever you want. It is the gaffer tape of pens – the Edding marker. But because the world is getting more … Read more

This caffeine curve and a sign by the waste bin brought a smile to my face the other morning at our local coffee shop on Portobello Road, the Coffee Plant. Home of 9/11 conspiracy theories and some great java. And a GSOH.

So many important things in life have been proven by experiments. Unlike most of them, rats just wouldn’t do in this case, so some other small creatures were used. The result couldn’t be more clear. You can see for yourself… Watch the video