The new must have gadget of 2009 has hit the shops and guess what? Apple have done it again. They have reinvented the keyboard and I want one. Will their empire of cool ever yeild its iron grip?
Entries from January 2009
Chris Betley’s Diary of a Ballroom Dancer, Part 1
January 26th, 2009 · Chris · No Comments
Let’s be clear — I am not a massive Strictly fan, and I certainly don’t regard myself as anything like a good mover on the dance floor. For the sake of marital harmony, however, I have decided that the best way of achieving my wife’s long held ambition for me to learn to dance is to really bite the bullet and become part of this year’s Martel Maides Dance Challenge, organised by Jamie and Vanessa Le Tissier and the Guernsey Amateur Dance Association (GADA).
No CommentsTags: News · Sports & Social
Guernsey Gas Sponsors Greenland 09
January 26th, 2009 · Chris · No Comments
Guernsey Gas, in partnership with Sure CW, is sponsoring intrepid Channel Island adventurers Steve Wright and Simon Elmont on their Spring 09 expedition across Greenland — a trip designed to raise awareness of important environmental issues to school children in Alderney, Sark and Guernsey (through interactive experiments, devised by the students themselves), as well as charitable fund raising in aid of Motor Neurone Disease (for full details, visit greenland09.com).
No CommentsTags: Design · Environmental · Guernsey Gas · News · Web
New Member of Staff
January 21st, 2009 · Annie · 2 Comments
Annie has recently joined Betley Whitehorne as Production Manager, having graduated from the University of Portsmouth in June of last year, with a BA Hons. degree in English Literature. She is delighted to undertake a role that utilises her skills in research and communication, and looks forward to developing the interest in Graphics and Media that she acquired during her A-levels.
2 CommentsTags: News
Mob Culture
January 18th, 2009 · Adam · No Comments
Take a look at these sale ads from Harvey Nichols. The sheer scale of this sale has the mannequins quivering and cowering from the discount mob. This also looks a lot like a fashionable version of Pompeii.
No CommentsTags: Advertising · Design
Making Guernsey Greener
January 15th, 2009 · Ric · No Comments
Betley Whitehorne and Guernsey Gas have launched Greener Guernsey, a website dedicated to helping you save energy, money and the environment. With global warming becoming an ever bigger topic the time to act is now. You may feel that you can’t do much to help but even small changes can help make a big difference if we all get involved.
Packed full of useful tips and great offers the site is well worth a look. For instance, did you know that simply fitting the correct heating controls in your home could reduce your energy bill by up to 15%.
For tips, offers and advice visit Greener Guernsey.
No CommentsTags: Environmental · Guernsey Gas · News · Web
Chameleon Interiors website launched
January 15th, 2009 · Ric · No Comments
Betley Whitehorne have launched the Chameleon Interiors website. Specialising in beautifully fitted made-to measure Kitchens, Bedrooms & Home Studies since 1997. For Chameleon it is not just about the design and the quality of the products, they like to take a holistic approach, working professional tradesman from plumbers and electricians to builders and painters to ensure everything is done to the highest standards.
For more details visit their website.
No CommentsTags: Advertising · Clients · News · Web
80-Story Rotating Tower
January 12th, 2009 · Paul · 1 Comment
An extraordinary piece of architecture and engineering, this 80 story building scheduled for completion in 2010 should really make people think differently. The tower, located in Dubai, will house 20 floors of retail space, 15 floors for an extravagant hotel and the remaining floors for residential apartments with the top 10 floors set aside for luxury villas of up to 12,900 square feet in size.
Designed by Italian architect Dr. David Fisher the tower will rotate to benefit from the sun and adapt to the wind. It even generates it’s own energy by cleverly integrating 79 wind turbines between floors and using photovoltaic cells on the roof of each floor.
1 CommentTags: Architecture · Environmental · Science & Technology
World’s biggest crossword appears on tower block
January 9th, 2009 · Georgina · No Comments
Crossword enthusiasts will be flocking to the city of Lvov, in the Ukraine, which is the location for the world’s biggest ever crossword.
The crossword takes up the entire side of a residential building and measures in at more than 100 feet high.
Clues are scattered around the city, at major landmarks and attractions, such as parks, theatres and fountains, and visitors are encouraged to collect and decipher these while strolling around the area.
No CommentsTags: Art · Design · Science & Technology
Minoru is world’s first consumer 3D webcam
January 7th, 2009 · Georgina · No Comments
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas saw the unveiling of the world’s first consumer 3D webcam, Minoru.
Named after the Japanese word for ‘reality’, Minoru connects to your PC, the eyes lighting up to look at you and allowing friends and family to see you in 3D over most popular instant messaging programs. Read more