I'm a 30-something chap who loves spotting a whole bunch of ephemera that may or may not amuse and entertain people.
I'm also on twitter - @robram - so feel free to follow me and keep up with my blather
The event was organised jointly by Fareshare, Fareshare, Recycle London and a number of other partners and their aim was to show how easy it is to reduce the unimaginable levels of food waste in the UK and internationally. And how governments, businesses and individuals can help.
In part that's true, but no-one remembers to tell you about the downside. The point at which blossom dies, withers and falls to the ground.
In Brighton, we have a proliferation of Robinia trees that actually look quite pretty when the flowers are out.
However, it's no coincidence that they are also known as 'locusts'. One view of Brighton in late spring will convince you of that.
When strong winds coincide with dying blossom, the results are quite frightening. As the above image shows, the dead blossom goes everywhere.
Streets all over the city are covered in the blossom and it's a right royal pain in the arse.
Just in case you hanker after the days typing pools and analogue technology, but still can't kick your PC/iPad habit, here's just the thing for you.
Yup, it's a computer peripheral with a difference - a genuine typewriter acting as a keyboard and it's yours for just £550.
If you're interested in how it works, check out USB typewriter.
The Japanese are renowned for being slightly more wacky than most, but the fact that someone is selling iPhone cookies at $30 a go is pretty impressive, even by their standards.
They measure 12x6cm and have even received the seal of approval from the president of Softbank, the company that sells iPhones in Japan.
- via intomobile
This is exceedingly clever. Designer Alex Hulme has carved a clip into a bog-standard pencil.
Simple, but effective!
So this week the student population of the UK finally wrested back the spotlight from the French with their protests in Westminster.
The image that adorned the front page of most newspapers on Thursday was the hooded student kicking in a window at Tory HQ in Millbank.
For all the world, it looked like one of those images that was caught spontaneously by one lucky photographer. That is until you get the wide angle view.
There must be at least 40 photographers and an equally large number of TV cameramen all crowded round - surely a set-up sequence, if ever there was one.
What makes it even more farcical is the bored look of the fluorescent jacket-wearing policeman in the background. Couldn't he have at least made an effort to stop the protestor? Was he worried he'd get lynched by the media for ruining the perfect photo-opportunity?
If you've never seen X Factor, this will mean nothing to you.
If you have, sit back and enjoy. Very, very clever.
(via @TomDavenport)
In a rare escape from the sofa on a Monday evening, I ventured out to the Hydrant on London Road, Brighton last night to enjoy the wondrous talents of CW Stoneking.
Originally hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Stoneking channels the spirit of 1920s Louisiana and Mississippi blues, with his extraordinary voice and technically gifted banjo playing.
Backed by his 'Primitive Horn Orchestra', he puts together a quite remarkable show, full of dry, witty inter-song banter, tunes to dance to and an atmosphere that wouldn't be out of place on Main St, New Orleans.
Close your eyes when you're watching him live and you find yourself transported, such is the realistic nature of the experience.
The above video doesn't really do justice to his act - which has admittedly been criticised for being a little too knowing and arch, but then when did Bruce Springsteen ever work on a factory line?
If you get the chance to go and see this guy, do. It reminded me of the true pleasure of the 'live' experience, rather than the mundane, in-ear iPod listening that most of us do every day.
Coming just a few days after comedian Stewart Lee described how he ditched all his shelves of books, this is surely something to make him reconsider, although you might have a job living as a family inside.
Matej Kren has created a gigantic tunnel of books and, if you happen to be in Bologna, you can go and see it at the city's Museum of Modern Art (MAMbo).
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I mean, I think lots of books are pretty awe-inspiring, but this takes them somewhere completely new.
Spotted this today in my Pulse news feed and had to share...
I did tweet earlier, but felt it deserved a wider audience.
Favourite bit is the post-script about his brother LMAO
