I spy

In going with my whole Internet voyeur personality traits I keep displaying: It's confession time!

One of my favourite thrills of using Google Street view is when you see someone innocently going about their day on the street.
"Oh looky here... my hydrangeas need watering, I'll just pop out in my onderbroekie before they completely wilt..."
and BAM! You're online for millions of people to see!
I kinda wish I'd been outside doing something strange when they rode past my house, but alas, some of us have to work.

Speaking of work this leads me to "working girls".
A while back I found this book advertised online and I'm really considering getting it. These are the kind of things you can make using Google maps!
Pick an interesting topic that relates to location. Google. Print. Book! Wonderful.

No Man's Land is a self-published book by Mishka Henner who went online to find out where men sought prostitutes, and then compiled the images from Google Street View.

However the post where I found it does mention that some people found the book to be exploitative of the women's rights and upsetting as it's intrusive and insulting towards the women who may very well just be making a call or walking on the side of the road. They didn't give any rights to be in a book about prostitutes, but then google didn't ask permission for them to be online either.

I see what they're saying. I do, but it's also hard to deny these images are beautiful in an eerie and sad kind of way.
Then again... HAD I been outside the day Google drove past I might have been the one being called a prostitute.
Makes you think.

Oh I'd DEFINITELY make space for these!

Could I please have all of these for Christmas? These paintings by Jeremy Geddes are so absolutely beautiful they actually make my chest feel tight.

Via The Given

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If I were more adept at "assembling" and technical things I would so make one of these for the Foo-boy. Noone I know is more fun when it comes to organising the watching meteor showers or spotting iridium flares. It would be a great gift for someone who keeps you aware that there's a universe out there and we've got our tips of our toes just dipped in.

ISS Lamp Alerts You When Space Station is Flying Overhead @Craftzine.com blog

"The International Space Station (ISS) is a marvel of current technology and humanity. Sadly, we often forget it's there.
This light sits on a desk and lights up when the space station passes overhead. It stays lit as long as the station is more than 10 degrees above the horizon.

Being reminded that there are astronauts doing science over our heads every day helps reconnect us with our space program."

Pandamonium

As Swiss Miss says "there are some serious Panda Loving People out there", and my mum is certainly one of them.

I don't know too many women who'd buy a box of cereal just because they're called panda puffs (or whatever) just because of the name and picture. Good thing my cat seems to love them because none of the humans in our house have been lured into trying them yet.

I found this cutie and thought about how cool it would have been back in the day for the playschool that my mum used to run. Of course ipods would have needed to have been invented 15 or so years earlier as well, but hey, if time travel existed then this would have been the perfect gift!

Panda Pal

panda-monium |ˌpandəˈmōnēəm|
noun
wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar : but with cuteness
Panda-monium broke out at the playschool

;) look at me playing with words...

SEVERELY addicted to design, craft, tech, film, music and the wwworld

If the small blurb beneath the blog title wasn't enough and you've found yourself curiously clicking it... then here you are! You have reached a page containing a little bit more about me.

Currently I'm a self confessed web addict, who's found herself in the world of magazine publishing while she sits daydreaming about how, perhaps, she really should have studied programming and all things interwebs.
This is, of course, till I realise that I'm relatively good at my job, and that I should truly be grateful for what I have, before I turn another love into a career and possibly, "the daily grind".

When this blog first started, it was more a way for me to write about things that happened in my days. More of an online journal since my actual physical journals were starting to leave little space in my cupboards for clothes. Somewhere along the lines it morphed into a way for me to hoard images, stories, projects and people I found interesting and make little comments about what I've found so that I can always have a quick way to find them again and remind myself of how much I enjoyed them.
Leaning one way always feels a bit self indulgent and a little uncomfortable, and the other leaves me feeling a little silly just dishing out opinions if I never really share who I am and what I do...
For the future, the goal will be trying to strike a balance between these two.

Wish me luck! We'll both need it since I wouldn't want to chase any of you away or myself grow bored of what I'm doing :)

Nice to meet you!