If you missed an Oscar you may still be able to score a Meta

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 10 March, 2010 to the comment subset

The categories for the Meta Awards have been announced…
Most Confused That These Are the Meta Awards, Not The Mehindra Excellence in Theatre Awards, and About to Be Further Confused That He/She Has Won This Very Award, Even Though He/She Is Clearly in the Wrong Place

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Saved by the Oscar Award acceptance speech generator

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 4 March, 2010 to the movies subset

Thanks to the Academy Awards Acceptance Speech Generator I’m all good for next week. Here’s an excerpt from the acceptance speech I plan to give at the Oscars:
You know when they first told me I was a God on Earth, I just had to take a craft seminar and obsess about how unaesthetic my experiences [...]

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I know it sounds crazy but I’m afraid of the telephone

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 3 March, 2010 to the comment subset

The Oatmeal’s guide to the ten types of telephone callers.
My line of work renders me too busy to take phone calls. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

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What might have happened if the internet was not invented?

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 1 March, 2010 to the trends subset

The other week, an article written in 1995 by Clifford Stoll who – in short – could see no future for the internet, resurfaced.
While events obviously took a different course, Stoll’s words started me wondering about a world without an internet, and what our lives in 2010 might be like in the absence of [...]

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Art may be money for some but some money may also be art

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 26 February, 2010 to the design and art subset

30 examples of dollar notes that have been artistically modified.

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No direction shown: signs that don’t always make sense

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 19 February, 2010 to the photography subset

From the Flickr blog: Funny signs.

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The somewhat serious business of understanding jokes

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 5 February, 2010 to the comment subset

Jokes, and other forms of humour, are the subject of some serious study as the way they stimulate parts of the brain may advance research into depression, and other medical conditions.
Yet humour is a far more complex process than primeval pleasures like sex or food. In addition to the two core processes of getting [...]

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If you could send letters to dead people what would you say?

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 5 February, 2010 to the comment subset

Agatha Christie, J.D. Salinger, Isaac Newton, Ernest Hemingway, and Marie Antoinette are some well known dead people who have been lucky enough to have been sent letters from Celine Song.

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What happens if you hate a movie you were told you’d love?

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 2 February, 2010 to the movies subset

A few handy pointers for sitting through a movie someone has said you “will love”.
People seldom love movies for rational reasons, so try to avoid being too analytical and dissecting the movie.

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Photo: overland and underwater in the yellow submarine car

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 27 January, 2010 to the snap shots subset

I’ve made a lot of special modifications myself…

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