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Would You Chew This?

2011-12-10T16:43:00.001Z

Image Credit Flickr user The Rocketeer

The Strange History of The Sunflower

2011-11-20T23:01:00.000Z

Image Credit It's odd that so many things that we take for granted have histories that are borderline bizarre. So it is with the common or garden plant the sunflower. They originated in the Americas but would travel to the Old World and back – and back again – in their centuries old journey to what we know today. Zigzagging back and forth across the Atlantic like latterday Hollywood celebrities

India Opens Nursing Home with Sperm Donor Center

2011-11-11T14:48:00.001Z

Image Credit Flickr User peretzp

Spectacular Dams around the World

2011-10-30T22:38:00.000Z

The sight of a dam – some of the largest constructions that humanity has ever created – can be quite breath-taking. Take a look at some of the most spectacular of these structures. READ MORE

Unfortunate Placement

2011-10-30T18:59:00.001Z

Image Credit Flickr User Snipergirl

Clean Your Appartment!

2011-10-28T20:10:00.002+01:00

Image Credit Flickr User JeffreyPutman

Hello?

2011-10-27T12:21:00.000+01:00

Australian Priorities

2011-10-26T16:31:00.000+01:00

Image Credit Flickr User Grant Eaton Taken on Lachlan Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Imperial March - 2 x Floppy Drives

2011-10-24T19:59:00.000+01:00

We We are really not sure how this was done and to be frank we don’t really care because this is good, really good. Younger readers may not remember the old floppy drives (hey, go to Wikipedia and look them up!) but the two featured here have been played around with until they successfully play the Imperial March from Star Wars. OK, it may be more to do with the discs than the drives but

My Angel Girlfriend - Lynx Excite Sequel to Even Angels Will Fall Ad

2011-10-09T23:48:00.000+01:00

Not content with the Even Angels Will Fall ad campaign of recent months, Lynx Excite has come up with a new advert which features a young man and his angel girlfriend a little while down the line. In the sequel it seems the angel has moved in (naughty girl) and now faces the obstacles of everyday life with a pair of angel wings getting in the way. She must have led a somewhat sheltered life up

Samsung Galaxy Tab - All You Have Ever Wanted From a Tablet

2011-09-25T00:36:00.001+01:00

If you live life in the proverbial fast lane and need to keep up to date with the best technology then there is a new tablet on the market which may well suit you down to the ground. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is perfect for people who are living life to the full but also need to chill out – even if that is while they are being busy! Perfect for the trip

Doctor Who - All The Girls

2011-08-17T13:06:00.000+01:00

All Doctor Who's female companions in one long music video - how cool is that? Doctor Who has been going (on and off) since 1963 and in that amount of time he has had his fair share of young ladies in tha Tardis (as it were!). This cool video shows us the lot! We start back in Totters Lane in 1963 with Susan, the Doctor's grand-daughter who kicked the whole show off by rousing the

Roger Taylor - Dear Mr Murdoch

2011-07-19T20:30:00.002+01:00

A long time critic of Rupert Murdoch, Roger Taylor has dusted down his 1994 solo number and is about to reissue it on iTunes. We suspect it might be a hit for the Queen drummer as it has a certain prescience and says the sort of things that many at the time did not dare say. There is no doubt in your mind, after you watch this, of the disdain with which Murdoch is regarded by Taylor - and

Harrey Podder: Say the Magic Word

2011-07-19T10:44:00.000+01:00

Spells can be a nuisance if you don't get them right, so if you are starting your first year at Hogwarts this September, then be careful! In the meantime here are a few clues as to which spells could go badly wrong if you say them incorrectly! This is the first official cartoon from Stodoe Studios. What would happen in the Harry Potter world if their spells didn't quite go the way they meant

Nuns Have Fun (Mostly in the Sun)

2011-07-10T18:31:00.000+01:00

Image Credit Flickr User Bitca Nuns are only human and as such they deserve a little time out to kick back and relax. Here discover, through some amazing photographs, the hitherto rarely seen world of nuns having fun in the sun and learn a little about their world and ways. Beach Nuns Image Credit Flickr User Sekundo Playing nuns on the beach in Sydney, Australia There is nothing like a

Rachel Weisz - Esquire Photoshoot Comes to Life

2011-07-10T17:03:00.000+01:00

As if the stills that were used as spreads in Esquire were not, well breathtaking enough, here you have the opportunity to see them come to life. Rachel Weisz has a beauty that transcends most Hollywood actresses - the type which enables her to star in a blockbuster like The Mummy one second and then appear as the female philosopher of ancient times, Hypatia in Agora the next. So when we came

Mello Yello - Animated River Journey

2011-07-10T16:52:00.000+01:00

Passion Pictures new campaign for Coca Cola’s Mello Yello is something quite sweet. It is created by one of Europe's leading independent production companies, who are used to producing award winning films in a variety of contemporary styles. Here they beautifully merge 2D drawn animation, computer animation, stop frame animation, mixed media, and live-action to great effect. The choice of

Everything Everywhere - Narrated by Stephen Fry

2011-06-26T14:01:00.000+01:00

Two different companies (orange and T-Mobile) are coming together to form the big Everything Everywhere. Bill Porter directed this understated plasticine and hands animation as part of the internal engagement process. It is an interesting piece of corporate communication - very slick and well done but not really giving much away about the merge except, of course, the implication that it is

Nissan Qazana - Global Reveal Ad

2011-06-26T08:17:00.000+01:00

This is the creative concept, design, video, animation and music for the global reveal of the Nissan Qazana. If you like parkour and free running then you will love this. The whole advertisement is beautifully shot with it has to be said a real eye for contemporary urban style. It is created by Bose Collins, an independent and highly creative ad agency. Their design, production and delivery

Dolphins in the Wild - Photo Special

2011-06-26T08:08:00.002+01:00

Image Credit Flickr User OneEighteenThe Ark in Space has a photo special featuring those amazing of marine mammals, the dolphin. Ten million years on the planet and they still haven't said goodbye and thanks for all the fish! Here you can see them partaking in one of their favoirite hobbies - riding the pressure wave of a large ship. You can find the above and a host of other thrilling pictures

The History of Gold Worship

2011-06-21T15:42:00.002+01:00

Gold has always been revered because it is so rare and also so incredibly beautiful. Nothing shines and sparkles quite like gold in the sunlight. Cultures since the beginning of time have shared this fascination with gold and it is interesting to see gold and stories about gold incorporated into historical cultural output like stories and artwork. How far back does gold worship go? Wearing

Tiger Beer's Know The Not Known

2011-06-20T10:53:00.000+01:00

I fyou are a big film fan then here is some good news for you! Tiger beer and Empire (in conjunction with the Vice agency) have been working collaboratively to feed your desire to see some of the lesser known movies that are realeased in the UK. This is part of their Know The Not Known campaign and the project itself is called Undiscovered Treasures. It is aimed specifically at people like

Trashy Novel Covers of Yesteryear

2011-06-16T17:36:00.001+01:00

Let us take a trip down memory lane when books were books and the female of the species was well and truly respected on their pages. Hardly, but trash was trash and you have to respect it for that. Brazen women abounded and the front covers of these novels helped sell the, er, social issues that were contained within. It is almost shameful to think of the trash produced these days when, to be

Commodore 64 - Vintage Ad!

2011-06-16T17:29:00.000+01:00

Produced at Peter Wallach Enterprises by Marie Plagianos this Commodore computer commercial made in the late 1980's combined live-action, motion graphics and stop motion animation. As technical director Robert Lyons’ job was to put it all together. He accomplished this by having a 35mm precision print made of the live-action, rotoscoping from it for placement of the stop motion, and then

Friends of Mr Porter

2011-06-16T17:24:00.000+01:00

With the sensation of their earlier partnership, which won an ADCN Silver Lamp, Christian Borstlap and Manuel Ferrari joined forces once more for the launch of men's e-commerce site Mr. Porter. In the film you are introduced to the Friends of Mr. Porter, a very stylish group of gentlemen. A task well fit for Christian and Manuel. Altogether it makes for a very accomplished piece of