Since the Olympics, it seems like we've all become a little bit nicer. Perhaps got to know our neighbours a bit more. Made more of an effort to get involved with the community and see what we can contribute. In fact, over 100,000 volunteers signed up to Keep The Flame Alive, the Olympic … [Read more...]
Return of the jock: is Team GB’s success bad news for geeks?
Two conversations with my nephew about three years ago: Me: "Do you do much sport at school?" Him: "NO! Only geeks do sport" Me: "Geeks do sport? Don't the cool kids do sport?" Him: "No, only the geeks. The popular kids play computer games." Another day: Me: "What do you want to do when you're … [Read more...]
Panning for Internet Gold: the Olympic Mars landing edition
While the world's athletes appear to be staging some kind of 'Occupy the Telly' protest, there's no better time to switch off and check out what's what on the other tubes. We even begin with the Internetian roundup of Olympic highlights, to save you all that watching. Stuck on a zipwire with … [Read more...]
Geek Nail Art Special: Union Jack and Stars and Stripes tutorial
You may have spotted the impressive array of patriotic nail art on display at London 2012. Swimming bronze medallist Becky Adlington has led the way with her marvellous union flag nails for Team GB (along with a nice set from tennis silver medallist, Laura Robson) while the American athletes have … [Read more...]
Free Patterns: Knitted Usain Bolt
We're still reeling from the excitement of Usain Bolt winning the 100m final at London 2012 last night (not to mention Super Saturday when Team GB had their best day of Olympic achievement for over a century). A nice spot of calming knitting is just what we need. And, for some reason, the … [Read more...]
Panning for Internet Gold: The Great London Sports Day edition
If your week has not been immediately improved by this superhero manatee, then for all of our sakes, turn back now. These links aren't for you, son. These links are for folks with soul. Pick a flag, any flag It's London's proudest moment, if you discount inspiring Charlie Dickens, recovering … [Read more...]
Doctor Who: Good As Gold – Dork Review
Just as I’d resigned myself to no more Doctor Who until autumn, the BBC have produced the latest winner of their Script To Screen competition: Good As Gold, the Olympic tie-in edition. So, this mini-episode was written by Britain’s school-children - does this mean I hold back on the critical … [Read more...]
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