Got me some tasty new books by Ellen Lupton…can’t wait to dive into them! Been feeling frustrated lately, wanting to do more design and creative output, but haven’t really tried as I know I’m lacking some discipline and knowledge with regards to several areas of design! Also as I’ve gotten older I’ve become more and more interested in Typography and layout patterns, so time to delve in.

So my Flickr pro account runs out today-do I carry it on?! Let’s consider a few things:

1. I’ve found a great new plugin that allows me to upload images and create galleries and albums, complete with slideshows, right here on my blog
2. The exchange rate isn’t as good these days for $24.95
3. I don’t actively network a lot on flickr these days
4. I’m building up a huge cycle of dependency on the service
5. Keeping the free account for regular throwaway photos, and taking more time on my blog with special photos might be a better strategy

Well I don’t have to decide yet, but I reckon that I will keep my best pictures on here, under my ownership, and use mobile uploads etc so keep the social networking tools buzzing with random throw-away photos.

This has to be my book of the year so far. Why?

Because if you want to know how unscrupulously evil tabloid journalists, Big Pharmas and other dubious organisations manage to bamboozle the general public with misleading and inaccurate facts, figures and sensational headlines – then, buddy, this is the book for you.

I studied the Biological Sciences at University but they never covered the dark arts of cherry picking research data and how to skew results in your favour. But I had gotten out of practise with basic common science-sense and critical thinking. I feel like I am now mentally protected against all the rubbish you see and hear in the news, and will never take those headlines at face value again!

I was making breakfast when noticed that one egg had this feather stuck on top, like funny hair, so naturally I had to make a persona out of it. Looks like a Timmy to me.

I recently went to The South Island in New Zealand, and drank many, many fine beers (and wines) whilst I was down there. My favourite brand was Monteiths, a West Coast brewery that now produces a lovely range of beers to suit everyone’s tastes. My favourites were the Pilsner and the Golden. Sweet as.

I have this every Friday with my pub lunch, I’m so glad that I found it on tap! It’s a quality lager with a slightly bitter taste, very refreshing and goes well with a burger or Club sandwich. Good stuff from the US of A.

I like my different teas. Rooibos is  one of those healthy teas, high in Antioxidants, lacking in caffeine. Yes it’s South African. Seems like a nice tea for winter time.

Damn fine beer, a cool clean taste (supposedly made from Glacial meltwater 18,000ft up in the Peruvian Andes).

Seriously, I tried to watch this movie but had to wash the dishes and do the ironing at the same time to even attempt it.

The dialogue is third rate from the very beginning, the acting is atrocious, the film is so full of clichés and really obvious devices masquerading as something deep and meaningful that I felt insulted!

The ingredients were there for at least a half decent movie – the settings, some decent actors, interesting themes…but somehow the result was an amateur level script and pointless over stylised camera work.

Total rubbish. I’d fire my agent.

A historic day, a great day.