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Popup Fiasco is Ian Haigh’s personal blog, for all things I find interesting but not too geeky (see how I switched from third to first person there?). This blog is tall and skinny. Like me.
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Monthly Archives: March 2009
New Math
Pithy truths expressed mathematically. Very clever (I particularly like this one). Via my erudite colleagues.
Now Even More Noise
The Dutch agency Kessels Kramer created one of my all-time favourite campaigns for the Hans Brinker Hotel, a notoriously bad hostel in Amsterdam. Rather than play down how dreadful it was, Kessels Kramer chose to celebrate it, appealing directly to … Continue reading
A Postmodern Viral : Mini Clubman
Dude your ad is soooo fake. Mini Clubman on YouTube. Via the inimitable Jon Vall.
Where The Wild Things Are
It looks beautiful, although the trailer manages to be schmaltzy (“inside all of us is … hope”). The film’s pedigree is beyond reproach: the screenplay is by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, and it’s directed by the former. Where The Wild … Continue reading
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A happy bag, spotted by Karin in our office.
That's me and him from The Sopranos
Great article by Armando Iannucci in The Observer about his experience on his debut film, “In The Loop”: Now Steve [Coogan], who’s in the middle of filming something else, spots a Friday he’s got off, and comes to shoot with … Continue reading
Happy Holi!
The Big Picture is hosting a bunch of terrific photos of Holi, an Indian festival involving a lot of coloured powder, enthusiastically and liberally rubbed into everyone’s face. And I do mean rubbed. Into everyone’s face. We were there a … Continue reading
In The Loop
The Thick Of It is one of the best British comedies in recent memory. Created by the genius behind “I’m Alan Partridge” – Armando Iannucci – it parodies the behind-the-scenes events of the British government. It’s extremely sharp, witty, and … Continue reading
Fresh Air
I can’t recommend this programme enough. Fresh Air is a public radio show broadcast in the US, hosted by Terry Gross. She interviews all sorts of luminaries: journalists, comedians, musicians, bureaucrats. The last few shows I’ve listened to included a … Continue reading
Cramer vs Non-Cramer
Over the weekend I found time to watch the widely-reported battle between Jon Stewart of The Daily Show and Jim Cramer of Mad Money. Stewart took issue – primarily with CNBC – over the way the networks were reporting the … Continue reading