Olly's handiwork on nowpublic.com

A photo of Olly's handiwork... her first attempt at guerrilla gardening... has been picked up by nowpublic.com for their article on how today's revolutionaries are growing their own food. Not sure why... her work wasn't about creating food but creating beauty from decay... but glad of the inclusion, nonetheless.

Check it out... and while you are there bookmark nowpublic.com... its a fab news source with a real emphasis on crowd participation ::

nowpublic is a participatory news network which mobilizes an army of reporters to cover the events that define our world. In twelve short months, the company has become one of the fastest growing news organizations with thousands of reporters in over 140 countries.

This is cool :: Poolga iPhone/iPod Touch wallpapers

Came across the Poolga site while surfing on the notcot site - its a fantastic collection of wallpaper for customising your iPhone or iPod Touch. Check it out.

This is cool :: Glasgow River Festival

Going to the free Glasgow River Festival tomorrow... hopefully when the weather is better.

If you are in/around the Glasgow area... you should check it out. Not much for free these days.

switched on

Pics from my holiday :: Jesolo & Venice, Italy

I have uploaded 351 pics from my break on Flickr - I haven't managed to name them all yet... so please bear with me. Please leave comments. Let me know what you think.

Photojojo timecapsule - July 9th to July 23rd, 2007

Ooops... forgot I was away for a couple of weeks. Here is my photojojo timecapsule for the period :: July 9th to July 23rd, 2007. Enjoy... I did.

First World Progress

First World Progress
Originally uploaded by mdumlao98

Thought this pic was awesome... with great commentary to make you think.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of.
In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

Confucius

photojojo time capsule - June 25th to July 9th, 2007

Here's my latest photojojo time capsule - check it out.

Relapse

I really... really... really... need to go to bed. Its beyond late... I am major league tired after a 30 something hour coach journey... so the 300+ emails and the 1000+ posts in Google Reader need to wait... but ooh... here's something about BIC introducing a disposable phone and aahh... I can stream Last.FM to my iPhone (if/when I get one).

One thing I promised myself whilst away was to benefit from my internet detox... this feels more like a relapse... and I am only in the door 3 hours or so.

This is cool :: noisetrade.com

Heading off to bed... shattered but otherwise glad to be back home. Nice to see my folks (thanks for dropping the car off)... my dog Pippin... and my trusty MacBook (which doesn't have a name... hmm?)

Tried to tackle the 300+ legit emails in my Mail.app and found a couple relating to the Derek Webb album "the ringing bell" (thanks to JD and Rob for hooking me up) - I checked it out... followed the instructions (gave the emails of 3 close friends) and downloaded the album. Haven't listened to it yet... but I like Derek Webb and am stoked to add it to the 6 CDs I picked up in Jesolo for listening (all the way there with only an iPod and no way to listen to music on CD... how terribly 00's of me).

Basically... nosietrade works on the premise of word of mouth - you'll check something out and recommend 3 close friends to do so too... or you will be prepared to Radiohead the album and pay what you want (am I allowed to transform one of my fave bands into a "verb"?) between $1 and $25 for it (90% goes to the artist...)

I love the concept... getting new music directly to the fans... and hope to check out other bands on the site (please continue to love me if you get emails from noisetrade).

Check it out... and hook me up with music you think I'll dig.

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