Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category

With these posts I’m basically looking for new suggestions for feeds to follow. The list below is what I currently follow in Google Reader that comes under fun. Just the one (I did follow loads at one time!) so definitely need more suggestions here: Telegraph: How about that?: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/rss The Telegraph’s ‘tabloid-like articles ;-) What about [...]

What’s so wrong with Comic Sans?

Posted: Wednesday, 20th October 2010 in Blog, Fun
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Amplify’d from www.bbc.co.uk Comic Sans, that unassuming jaunty typeface lurking inside millions of computers, has become the target of an online hate campaign. Simon Garfield explains why normally mild-mannered people are so enraged by its use.Read more at www.bbc.co.uk   See this Amp at http://bit.ly/aiSkuF

Europe According to Stereotype

Posted: Wednesday, 22nd September 2010 in Blog, Fun
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Amplify’d from www.andrewcusack.com A London-based graphic designer has created a series of maps depicting Europe according to the national stereotypes in the minds of various peoples. Yanko Tsvetkov, a Bulgarian living in Great Britain, created the first one in 2009 in the midst of the energy dispute between Russia and the Ukraine. Russia was labelled [...]