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From Facebook to Vox
Giving Six Apart's new Facebook app a quick spin. Will this post magically jump from Facebook to Vox?
The Summer of '66
Another one from Mum's old slides: Dad & Dusky on the beach in the summer of '66:
Makes me laugh out loud every time I see it, and I have no idea why.
Dusky & The Baby
Once in a while, while scanning my parents' old transparencies, I come across a photo that works as a piece in its own right, separated from its emotional context. This picture, from a film dated June 1967, is one of them. It's quite, quite lovely.
I Think I Fancy Boris
In the US, they have Obama Girl. Here we have:
And therein lies the difference between the two cultures. :)
Ah, Ludvig
Today's e-mails have been full of my colleagues swapping bizarre children's cartoons of their youth. I couldn't resist sharing the most bizarre, yet strangely elitist, cartoon of my childhood: Ludwig.
Ah, Ludwig.
Mourn
Enter the ICHC <a
Gary Gygax, the guy who invented a hobby, passed on yesterday. I actually exchanged some e-mails with him a few years back, when I was working on a very, very short-lived gaming magazine. He seemed like a decent bloke, with a genuine passion for what he did.
He'll be missed.