• Google UK is holding a competition for kids: It’s your chance to design a Google logo and take over Dennis Hwang’s job for a day! Rupert at Google says: “Here in the UK, we wanted to let Dennis have the…

  • It’s cute, buzzing with conversations without being overly noisy, and no one’s making you feel guilty for having only a cup of green tea and a plate of spicy chips with garlic mayo (which, by the way, were very tasty!).…

  • Last week, I posted that I was attempting to leave behind my pale almost-light-emitting look (as my sister would call it…) for a “summer glow” without sun. My sister and a few readers have been poking me repeatedly (ok, virtual…

  • YouTube‘s been the breeding ground of many 15-seconds-of-fame videos. Some were just bizarre, some were very funny, and others, well… the vast majority, are just dull and you might as well watch paint dry. It’s also home to the best…

  • I used to go on to my coworkers about my great advertising ideas, a few of which involved paint, oversized ads and Google Earth (usually after a few pints, they seemed GREAT!) But it looks like Maxim magasine has beat…

  • Last month, I mentioned that Audi and John Lewis had impressed me with the quality and simplicity of their customer service. We always think of our relationship with insurance companies as complicated, lengthy and generally dull. Of course, you’ve got…

  • Sunday night already? I spent the weekend at my friend Claire’s cow-themed hen weekend and had a pretty good time. I’m not usually a very outdoorsy person, but it was exhilarating doing high ropes and zip line activities – even…

  • I’m pasty white, there’s no two way about it, I have no lovely olive skin that tans nicely as soon as the sun peaks out of the clouds. So I thought I’d do something about it and bought some of…

  • I started the list wanting to post 10 items, but I can only think of four. What new useless facts have you learned recently? I always wondered where Mormons communities were and who they were. Only last week, I realised…

  • Mr. Patto highlights the fact that Australia’s new tourism commercial, which has the tag-line “So where the bloody hell are you?”, has so far been modified, restricted or banned in the UK, Canada and now Japan. Britain raised the issue…