‘The Little People Project’ is the work of London based photographer and street installation artist Slinkachu.
Slinkachu places these tiny scenarios out in the world, photographs them, then leaves them to be discovered by the public, hoping to install the thought of how small and insignificant we actually are among the other 6.5 billion people living in our world. Check them out!
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I was very surprised and interested to see this video of mobile browser performance. iOS’s Safari on the iPhone is considered a very quick browser but it’s left for dead by Android and Windows Phone 7 IE9. This has to be taken with a pinch of salt though as not many websites just display graphics like the Speed Reading test. However it does highlight the growing importance of the complete platform the browser is built on. Fast JavaScript alone isn’t going to be enough with more and more graphically rich websites, that being said iOS Safari will probably obliterate IE9’s CSS3 support. It’s a shame to see Safari is so slow as it’ll really hope back the adoption of mobile web apps built upon HTML5 as opposed to native apps.
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Kurt Wenner is an artist and an architect who is renowned for his incredible street art in which he uses equations and mathematical skill to create three-dimensional street paintings around the world. His paintings are an optical illusion which, from certain angles makes the pavement or street that he has used as a canvass look 3D. Examples of Kurt’s work and more information on him can be seen on the Telegraph website.
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After much thought and deliberation we have decided to name our donkey Wordsworth. Wordsworth will feature the well known (for graphic designers) Lorum Ipsum place-holder text which will wrap around the donkey to accentuate its shape.
Due to the nature of our business and the charity involved in the Donkey Parade, GALP, we felt that this was a strong solution.
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Don’t go back to university, warn employers
As AS and A2 levels loom for a large number of Guernsey students, thoughts of ‘life after school’ are also not far from mind. As one such student currently at school in Guernsey, I have decided that three years of working within a company, possibly gaining relevant qualifications and training within a business will be a better use of my time rather than spending time at university. I hope to work in marketing after completing my A levels in the 6th form and have found that in this field not having a degree will not necessarily hold me back, the graph above taken from from Laura Luke’s article ‘Breaking Into The Career Field Of Marketing’ (About.com Guide) shows the amount a degree is used in marketing which can be seen as both interesting and encouraging.
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When using Google Maps last night I made a terrifying discovery — the South West is caught in a mini ice age. I first noticed the strangely desaturated toe of England whilst panning towards my home island of Guernsey. I first thought that maybe Google had failed to find a colour map for this part of the UK so were relying on second world war aerial photos, but no, upon zooming in what I saw snow covering the ground. I estimate it to be at least ten feet deep.
What I find more alarming is the lack of reporting on this most bizarre natural phenomenon. It hasn’t, to my knowledge, been mentioned once on Spotlight!
In all seriousness now, this highlights that while services like Google maps are amazing and have changed the world we are very dependant on what Google chooses to show us. It’s a free service so we can’t really demand that the maps be presented in one way or another but perhaps we should get a choice of viewing maps by season? Imagine if you’re trying to sell holidays in Cornwall on your website, you’ve embedded a Google Map of your locations, it used to show lush green rolling hills. Now it shows snow. Not ideal. If you’re using third party and online services, social networks etc you need to be aware that at any time they are able to change what they offer. It’s not all bad news from Google though as they now let you customise the colours of their maps as we’ve done for the Guernsey Donkey Parade.
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Guernsey Gas has joined the buzz and build-up to the wedding of the year with its own Royal Family line-up of BBQs, all on sale at their Admiral Park showroom.
With models of Broil King BBQs appropriately called ‘Monarch’, ‘Sovereign’ and ‘Regal’, the people at Gas couldn’t resist running ads in Guernsey’s print media to provide its own contribution towards the Royal Wedding.
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Guernsey’s ambitious Donkey Parade project now has its own website, guernseydonkeys.com, with details on all 40 sponsors (and their donkeys), together with a location map, showing where individual donkeys will eventually be proudly on display for public viewing, and a blog for updates on how the different donkeys are developing their own personalities. Read more
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