tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:30:44 +0000CoffeePersonalRomany CultureCarsMusicFoodFashionWorkAwarenessArtCosmeticsAcademiaMoviesBookshttp://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Scar)Blogger542125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-7911419768808411865Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:49:00 +00002012-01-28T19:49:43.720ZWork source If you're someone who gets distracted easily, or someone who procrastinates when you have to do something you don't want to do, or just someone who gets carried away with looking at Reddit when you should be working, then hi! Welcome to the real world where the vast majority of us reside. Especially those of us who have to do our tax returns.  One rule I use when I'm having one of http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/seven-seven-some-procrastinators-rule.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-5053400195250126967Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:31:00 +00002012-01-23T12:31:59.247ZWorkIf, like me, you're someone who spends a lot of time online, trawling the web for specific groups of people, Google Real-Time Insight Finder might be a big help. I can't believe I hadn't discovered it until one of my colleagues sent it around today; I haven't tried it out yet, but it looks amazing. Check out the video below and then head over to thinkwithgoogle.com to try it for yourself.  http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/google-real-time-insight-finder.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-714651157886185704Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:02:00 +00002012-01-21T15:02:00.595ZCoffee Disclaimer: I can't help it, I'm addicted. I'll try any kind of coffee, especially if the caffeine level is beyond the recommended amount for human consumption.  Death Wish, as its name suggests, is a case in point. Its USP is that it's "The Strongest Coffee In The World", and actually, it is pretty intense. It comes in a wonderful little black bag with a skull & crossbones on it, just in http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-death-wish-coffee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-8972261326662794780Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:39:00 +00002012-01-20T14:39:00.243ZFood I am too lazy to do my own food shopping. When I say "lazy", I use the term loosely. I am frequently known to work 40+ hours per day (yes, I know that's impossible, but surprisingly you can still do it), and tend to spend my weekends... you guessed it... working.  This means that I can rarely be bothered to go outside on a Saturday and spend an hour trudging around a shopping centre, bashinghttp://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-abel-cole.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-4590285941930483536Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:55:00 +00002012-01-19T13:55:00.239ZCoffee I work in Spitalfields, near the market and in the middle of lots of excellent food places. Brick Lane at one end of the road: cheap curry galore. Spitalfields market at the other end: posh food, sushi, crepes...  Surprisingly, though, the place is slightly lacking in good coffee shops. Naturally there's a Starbucks near the station (a couple, actually) and a few Costas and stuff scattered http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/coffee-shop-review-nude.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-6787895400588783180Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:30:00 +00002012-01-18T11:30:00.936ZBooks I've never really read much of Terry Pratchett's stuff. Needless to say, like most of the population, I have a lot of friends who absolutely love him and own all his books, and for Xmas my in-laws bought me I Shall Wear Midnight, the story of a young witch named Tiffany who has to fight the powers of evil which she inadvertently resurrected when she got a bit frisky in the cold. Or something.http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/book-review-i-shall-wear-midnight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-8876823668149105895Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:53:00 +00002012-01-17T20:53:59.347ZWork ComScore just released a report detailing how Facebook's immense growth over the past 12 months has led it to overtake Orkut as the leading social network in Brazil. This is big news; Orkut was previously in the #1 spot with 32m users in December of 2010. Although Orkut's overall usage in Brazil grew by 5% last year, increasing to 34m users, Facebook stormed ahead with a massive 192% growth http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/facebook-steals-top-position-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-179719538128764697Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:20:00 +00002012-01-17T13:20:00.489ZCosmetics I'd give you a picture of me, but trust me,  you'd  rather look at the pretty Maybelline lady This was one of those impulse buys from Boots. I don't know what it is about that shop. I'm normally not a shopping kinda gal at all: I hate shopping for clothes, I despise shopping centres, and normally I'm in and out of any shop in 30 seconds flat. In Boots, I don't necessarily take a long time, but http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-maybelline-dream-matte-mousse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-1988061492026339751Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:07:00 +00002012-01-16T12:07:00.383ZBooks I've been a huge fan of Roger Penrose's ever since I read Shadows of the Mind when I was about 18. His views on human consciousness, the universe and... well, everything... are groundbreaking, but beyond that, it's the way he manages to explain arguably the most complex subject in the world - quantum physics - in a manner that your average person could understand that really sets him apart http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/book-review-cycles-of-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-4417371866745844870Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:48:00 +00002012-01-16T00:48:02.705ZCars If you possibly can, get along to the Detroit Motor Show this year. Of course, it's always worth going, but right now Ken Block is there, which automatically doubles the cool factor of pretty much any event.  He's working in partnership with Ford, who have built a stand to showcase their new Ecoboost engine, which promotes green energy. Clarkson would have a heart attack, you'd think; but http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/this-would-be-amazing-but-sadly-i-have.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-6146951360153391246Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:44:00 +00002012-01-11T13:44:00.547ZRomany CultureA great initiative from the Open Society Foundation, Barvalipe is a Roma summer camp that took place in Budapest this year. 28 young Roma people came together to learn about their culture and history. They studied the basics of Romani language - sadly, something that's being lost among much of the younger generation - took part in debates, and went on a day trip to Auschwitz to remember the Roma http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/barvalipe-gypsy-summer-camp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-3937385038175540102Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:34:00 +00002012-01-10T12:34:01.391ZFashion Starting NOW. Well, actually, it's already started. There's one in Brighton and one in London, and you can also shop online. It's a lot of fun even for people who don't like shopping, because it feels more like wandering into your friend's living room and looking at stuff on the walls. If you have friends like mine, anyway.  I got my Awesome Speaker Bag (above) from there a while ago, and http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/cyberdog-january-sale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-5208221641131349188Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:09:00 +00002012-01-10T10:09:25.873ZMoviesThis looks like it'll go one of two ways. It'll either be an irritating, cloying movie in which saccharine kids hide behind their daddies who protect them from imaginary scary monsters, or it'll be an awesome work of thriller movie-ness like Hide And Seek.  Or it might be another werewolf/vampire movie, but I sincerely hope not.  Whatever the case, I think I'm going to have to check it out, http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/movie-trailer-intruders.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-8719192262161764298Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:29:00 +00002012-01-09T11:29:00.070ZWork An interesting study from the Journal of Business Research dropped into my inbox today, talking about the risks involved with foreign brands breaking into the Chinese market. Following the contamination of some imported milk that had been marketed in China, researchers at the University of Wellington in New Zealand discovered that there was a high level of guilt-by-association exposure for http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/guilt-by-association-risks-surrounding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-5575073222327093492Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:09:00 +00002012-01-07T11:09:00.791ZAcademia A fascinating paper to have come out of China this week is one called Hybrid Chaos Optimization Algorithm with Artifical Emotion.  Stop panicking, I know they're long words. But they're really interesting.  Essentially, Yin & Yang et al noticed that much of the research and experimentation in the field of Artificial Intelligence focuses on building intelligent systems, applying them to http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/artificial-emotion-mathematical-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-2581383138633458712Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:22:00 +00002012-01-06T12:22:00.097ZBooks A present from one of my sisters-in-law this Xmas appeared in the form of Kraken, a book about a cult who worship a giant squid. Naturally, being a bit weird myself, it sounded like exactly my sort of thing. Besides which, I live in Brighton, home of the Cthulhu Rising Coven. And I spend a lot of time by the sea.  Needless to say, I liked the sound of Kraken. I was up for some fantasy for a http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/book-review-kraken.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-8358475604429020148Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:37:00 +00002012-01-06T10:37:00.514ZFood When I was about 15, someone bought me a coaster with the above saying written on it. The older I've grown, the truer it's become.  I've had quite a habit of cooking with wine (and drinking copious amounts of it) recently, and when Abel & Cole had some venison in their Sale section, I decided this was an excellent idea. It arrived, and I threw together some venison with pepper, red wine & http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venison-with-red-wine-rosemary-sauce.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-6881329251676501463Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:45:00 +00002012-01-06T09:45:32.052ZWork More news rolling in from China - last year saw a 39% increase in people watching online video content, and CMM Intelligence is predicting that the number will rise to 445 million in 2012.  With that in mind, both Youku and Tudou have been upping their game over the past few months, with Youku currently in the lead with 200 million registered users compared to Tudou's 90 million. Youku has http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/youku-tudou-in-online-video-battle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-3202773210734789699Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:18:00 +00002012-01-05T21:18:13.681ZAcademia An interesting in the Netherlands has found that there are significant changes in the way people use language as they undergo psychotherapy. 299 participants with personality disorders were assessed, as well as a control group of 108 people with no diagnosed personality disorder. Everyone was asked to write short essays about their lives at three points over two years, during which period http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/natural-language-changes-as-personality.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-1087200905755737631Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:49:00 +00002012-01-04T17:49:23.449ZArtI rather like this. (Click to enlarge) - created by Vladstudio. Nice work.http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2012/01/typographic-world-map.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-8474139161350438372Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:27:00 +00002011-12-21T10:27:00.933ZArt I got quite excited when I found out about this, because from the description it sounds like my telephone doodles could have potential: after all, what could "Scribble Art" mean other than the kind of strange line scratchings I make on the bits of paper around my desk?  Unfortunately, this particular kind of scribbling is a lot more sophisticated. Maybe I'll file my doodlings away for now...  http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2011/12/scribble-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-717516834831675726Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:48:00 +00002011-12-20T14:48:00.068ZWork As we all probably know by now, I work in digital advertising. This means that I'm fairly cynical by now when it comes to ads: it takes a really good one to make me sit up and take note, and an even better one to make me watch it all the way to the end and share it on the blog.  Heineken's done it, though. They're pretty good at creating awesome ads in general - last year's party-themed clipshttp://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2011/12/finally-responsible-drinking-ad-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-2709356998470600206Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:46:00 +00002011-12-20T11:46:21.462ZPersonalThere's a thread on RFUK at the moment where people can vote for their favourite snake of 2011. If you're a fan of our serpentine friends, it's pretty awesome and there are some great specimens. Check it out.  At the moment, I have two corn snakes and a royal python. I did have a rough green snake, who I added to the thread because she was beautiful, but she died a little while ago, so now I http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2011/12/snake-wishlist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-5444149671690125187Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:18:00 +00002011-12-20T11:18:01.535ZArtThese are pretty amazing. At first glance, they look like beautiful oil paintings, but they're actually made of yarn. Artist Cayce Zavaglia has developed a technique to make wool thread look like oil paint, as the following pictures show:  More after the jump Visit Cayce's websitehttp://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2011/12/beautiful-oil-paintings-oh-wait-no.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320909838560155716.post-33659250585561112Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:35:00 +00002011-12-19T15:35:01.272ZRomany Culture I'm not normally the kind of person who signs up for "Women Who Do X" kinds of initiatives. I find them twee, annoying and a bit fussy. This time, though, I've made an exception, because I am a Romani woman who lives in Europe. Having said that, I'm also a woman who likes blogging, and I'm not a member of any "I'm a Female Blogger" networks.  However, the Gypsy community is under a lot of http://bohemiacademia.blogspot.com/2011/12/im-european-roma-woman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scar)0