A log of fun stuff that is shared between friends. Hopefully some of it will be inspiring. This is not a place to find updates on my life.Tumblr (3.0; @mattplace)http://blog.mattplace.com/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7ples6EgX1qz97y6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>All of Chewbacca’s Dialogue From “Star Wars” by <a href="http://www.savagechickens.com/chewbacca">Doug Savage</a></p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/1008743608http://blog.mattplace.com/post/1008743608Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:59:15 +0100<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6f8rn6AUf1qzqci1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.joncherry.net/post/884110271/yuji-hamada">joncherry</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.heyhotshot.com/blog/2010/07/30/hhs-contender-yuji-hamada/">Yuji Hamada</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/912398812http://blog.mattplace.com/post/912398812Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:57:48 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qa7vSTpD1qz97y6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://behindthelogo.appspot.com/image/55001">Greenpeace UK: Rebrand BP</a> (via <a href="http://www.flavors.me/resa">Resa</a>)</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/912302088http://blog.mattplace.com/post/912302088Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:21:00 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6phgbiDo41qz97y6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>By Claudio Pesci</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/910142497http://blog.mattplace.com/post/910142497Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:00:11 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l68wfiZLPI1qz4s8qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>FFS DoD.</p> <p><a href="http://anitakatyzita.tumblr.com/post/875409745/ilovecharts-colin-where-did-the-money-to">anitakatyzita</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://ilovecharts.tumblr.com/post/868619342/colin-where-did-the-money-to-rebuild-iraq-go">ilovecharts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://colin.tumblr.com/post/868613000/where-did-the-money-to-rebuild-iraq-go">colin</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://hunsonisgroovy.com/post/868397667">Where Did the Money to Rebuild Iraq Go?</a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/875458326http://blog.mattplace.com/post/875458326Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:08:51 +0100<p><span> <p>The word Bluetooth is an <a title="Anglicisation" href="http:///wiki/Anglicisation">anglicised</a> version of Danish <em>Blåtand</em>, the epithet of the tenth-century king <a title="Harald I of Denmark" href="http:///wiki/Harald_I_of_Denmark">Harald I of Denmark</a> and parts of <a title="Norway" href="http:///wiki/Norway">Norway</a> who united dissonant Danish tribes into a single kingdom. The implication is that Bluetooth does the same with communications protocols, uniting them into one universal standard.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sysopt_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-sysopt-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BTooth_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-BTooth-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EETimes_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-EETimes-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The Bluetooth logo is a <a title="Bind rune" href="http:///wiki/Bind_rune">bind rune</a> merging the <a title="Younger Futhark" href="http:///wiki/Younger_Futhark">Younger Futhark</a> <a title="Runic alphabet" href="http:///wiki/Runic_alphabet">runes</a> <a href="/wiki/File:H-rune.gif"><img height="21" width="10" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/H-rune.gif/10px-H-rune.gif" alt="H-rune.gif"/></a> (<a title="Haglaz" href="http:///wiki/Haglaz">Hagall</a>) and <a href="/wiki/File:Runic_letter_berkanan.svg"><img height="14" width="6" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Runic_letter_berkanan.svg/6px-Runic_letter_berkanan.svg.png" alt="Runic letter berkanan.svg"/></a>(<a title="Berkanan" href="http:///wiki/Berkanan">Bjarkan</a>), <a title="Harald I of Denmark" href="http:///wiki/Harald_I_of_Denmark">Harald</a>’s initials.</p> <p><em>(shamelessly lifted straight out of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth">wikipedia</a>)</em></p> </span></p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/867414560http://blog.mattplace.com/post/867414560Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:38:00 +0100<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5vk6l7CdH1qz97y6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I am enjoying Le Tour de France his year.  Interested to see if Schleck (reflection) can make a move past Contador (featured) on Thursday during the last day in the Pyrenees.  (via <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/07/2010_tour_de_france_-_part_i.html">The Big Picture</a>)</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/837781300http://blog.mattplace.com/post/837781300Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:11:08 +0100letour<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4aouq2Yev1qz5stso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumblr.tryingtofollow.com/post/802262221/weve-gotta-have-our-bottled-water-dont-we">tryingtofollow</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>We’ve gotta have our bottled water don’t we?</p> </blockquote> <p>Truth.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/804039794http://blog.mattplace.com/post/804039794Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:04:10 +0100“Creation is God’s phenotype.”<br/><br/> - <em> Cheryl. (<a title="Phenotype Wiki Article" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype">definition</a> and <a title="A Roger Mitchell Blog comment" href="http://rogerhaydonmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/created-out-of-nothing/?replytocom=393#respond">source</a>)</em>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/772325996http://blog.mattplace.com/post/772325996Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:55:38 +0100<object width="400" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dLdHbtuCIyY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dLdHbtuCIyY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://teaim.tumblr.com/post/748958237/this-rather-nice-piece-of-stop-frame-animation">teaim</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>This rather nice piece of stop frame animation from <a href="http://www.weareplus.com/">We Are Plus</a> aims to demonstrate the potential of classroom white boards - </span><span>The ad will be released in seven languages over the next few months to promote the SMART Board and was made for Sharpe Blackmore Euro RSCG. More <a href="http://uk.smartloveoflearning.com/">here</a></span></p> </blockquote> <p>Stop animation for the win.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/759242087http://blog.mattplace.com/post/759242087Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:02:31 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3uqwmmzJK1qz97y6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Jan Feliks Kallwejt</strong> - Beautiful Vector Illustrations (on <a href="http://abduzeedo.com/beautiful-vector-ilustrations-jan-feliks-kallwejt">Abduzeedo</a>)</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/687018206http://blog.mattplace.com/post/687018206Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:31:34 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3stxnAGXs1qzs2oxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://teaim.tumblr.com/post/683526153/welcome-to-the-website-of-father-magnus-wenninger">teaim</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Welcome to the website of </span><span><a href="http://www.saintjohnsabbey.org/wenninger/index.html">Father Magnus </a></span><span><a href="http://www.saintjohnsabbey.org/wenninger/index.html">Wenninger OSB.</a></span></p> <p><em>monk, mathematician, and builder of polyhedrons and polytopes</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Hero.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/684961752http://blog.mattplace.com/post/684961752Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:34:00 +0100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3tj533gjm1qz97y6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>If this works out well then I’ll be getting rid of my Windows partition at long last.  And yes, that is a pyromaniac listening to his/her ipod while playing air-guitar with a fire axe!</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/684833522http://blog.mattplace.com/post/684833522Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:46:15 +0100mactf2geek<p>I’m reading more and more headlines that summon up images of a malevolent technology company trying to take control of the internet, a bad apple set on poisoning open standards.  Is this really the case or is it just cool to attack the company that has done so obviously well despite failing economies?  Or have people taken to choosing their side, be it Google, Adobe, Microsoft, Apple, and find identity in defending said company’s supposed ideals?  Let’s not be fooled, all of these companies want to take your money.</p> <p>Mozilla on the other hand are less bothered about your money, they’ll settle for your service, however, I’m sceptical that an excellent web can be designed by committee.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/680189667http://blog.mattplace.com/post/680189667Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:52:34 +0100applemozillaadobemicrosoftgoogle<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3fxt7DeU31qzohdro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://anitakatyzita.tumblr.com/post/660401993/via-evoke-so-far-i-am-enjoying-being-back-in">anitakatyzita</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://evoke.tumblr.com/">evoke</a>)</p> <p>so far i am enjoying being back in the uk but i know this will all change as soon as i go to buy a coffee…</p> </blockquote> <p>I had the same revelation within minutes of putting foot back on to British soil.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/660481896http://blog.mattplace.com/post/660481896Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:07:47 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2npwuhlyb1qzs2oxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://teaim.tumblr.com/post/612597864/antony-gormley-has-some-new-stuff-going-on">teaim</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.antonygormley.com/">Antony Gormley</a> has some new stuff going on… </p> </blockquote> <p>Oooh, ghostly…</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/613122210http://blog.mattplace.com/post/613122210Wed, 19 May 2010 14:14:33 +0100<p>Just wondering how much the incessant feed of beautiful and grand homes, gardens, chairs, bookshelves, <em>et cetera </em>nurtures a middle class attitude of want within me, where my aspirations are centred upon comfort and consumption.  I have always justified it as art, as inspiration for something that I would like to make - if we ever have a house that we can edit then we will craft an equally ornate <strike>wet-room</strike> bathroom door out of salvaged hardwood, how thrifty and creative we will be.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/610044627http://blog.mattplace.com/post/610044627Tue, 18 May 2010 14:24:20 +0100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2awksJAWB1qzs2oxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://teaim.tumblr.com/post/592067893/lovely-packaging-for-espolon-tm-the-super-premium">teaim</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Lovely packaging for <span>“Espolón™, the super-premium tequila <a href="http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2010/05/before-after-espol%C3%B3n-tequila.html#more">returning to the U.S. market.</a></span></p> </blockquote> <p>This reminds me that I want to get into tequila.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/592326990http://blog.mattplace.com/post/592326990Wed, 12 May 2010 13:33:57 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l29nertJ211qz97y6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>FOTC by <a title="Hello Jenuine" href="http://www.hellojenuine.com/index.html">Jen Collins</a> (via <a href="http://kitsunenoir.com/">Kitsune Noir</a>).</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/590016196http://blog.mattplace.com/post/590016196Tue, 11 May 2010 18:32:51 +0100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l291xcIRkL1qzyceco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://anitakatyzita.tumblr.com/post/589211649/hoping-to-pitch-a-stall-at-bristol-refugee-week">anitakatyzita</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>hoping to pitch a stall….at Bristol <a href="http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk/">Refugee Week</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Not just Bristol, so get involved.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/589497593http://blog.mattplace.com/post/589497593Tue, 11 May 2010 13:49:53 +0100