I recently noticed on the BBC website that they’d created a word cloud of Barack Obama’s Cairo speech. It revealed that he used the word ‘people’ most often, followed by ‘America’, ‘must’ and ‘world’. Though it’s not really as useful, statistically speaking, as a plain old bar chart it certainly looks far more interesting!
It’s more art than science but that’s just the way I like it. So I went to www.wordle.net and created my own using the text of this blog…
What do you think?
I’ve come across a website called WikiHow. While some might find it useful, I often find it hilarious. Much like Wikipedia, members of the public write and edit articles that offer useful and practical advice on all manner of topics.
Perhaps Sir Alan and his protégées should take a look at the following articles:
I strongly urge you to read the articles if you have time. They give very thorough yet sometimes down-right obvious advice…
“Do not go around poking people constantly. In fact, don’t touch them at all if they don’t like it“…
After seeing Lego’s Frank Lloyd Wright sets I had a look around on the web for other examples of Lego architecture. It seems it’s a booming art-form and the results are pretty amazing.
I found a Flickr group dedicated to Lego Architecture and Design and this Eames House really stood out for me…
Isn’t it stunning? It was built by Stacy Sterling and you can even see inside the house on this page. If you dig around on that site you can also see an amazing diner she’s made and lots of examples of other people’s work.
It’s all making me want to get the Lego out of my mum’s attic and have a go myself. I’ll let you know if I do!
Oh my goodness, I’ve just found a present I REALLY want for Christmas! Take a look at this.
I used to love playing with lego when I was younger. I had a snowmobile/ snow rescue kit that I used to build, break-down and rebuild endlessly. I also had an entire box full of random pieces and used to create all sorts of houses for my little lego men.
I’m really not joking when I say I want one of these. I’d love to spend a Sunday afternoon trying to work out how to put it together. The only drawback would be having to find somewhere to display it once finished. But I can cross that bridge when I get there!
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about an Alain de Botton lecture on the Pleasures and Sorrows of Work. Though I was given a copy of the book for my birthday I’ve not got around to reading it yet. Ooops!
But, I’ve just found that the Monocle website has produced a slideshow all about it, which is narrated by Alain himself. If you’re interested, click here to watch it…
I’m pretty sure Alain explains the ideas behind his book better than I did!
