Putting the 'happy' back into content
Love this new blog I stumbled upon today, in the vein of Stuff White People Like, but adorned with lovely images by the Barcelona-based illustrator (and blog author) Alex Noriega.
Some entries are funny, some are simply truisms, all look beautiful.
Go on, stick it in your RSS Feed – you know you want to.
– More creative stuff on my Posterous
– Found via Holy Kaw
Another World Cup, another appearance as a manager by Sven-Goran Eriksson. However, whereas he was England manager in 2002 and 2006, at the South African festival of football that is World Cup 2010, he finds himself coaching Ivory Coast.
And, the fickle finger of fate contrived to put him against some of his old adversaries. Drawn in the Group of Death, Ivory Coast have had to play both Portugal and Brazil and, despite being Africa’s top-ranked country at this World Cup, they only managed 1 goal and a solitary point.
Now, admittedly, Portugal and Brazil represent two of the toughest sides in the competition, but Sven does have some history here.
Cast your mind back to 2002. Remember who put England out of that tournament at the quarter final stage? Yup, none other than Brazil, with David Seaman famously getting caught out by Ronaldinho’s outrageous 40-yarder.
And who, pray, put England out of the 2006 World Cup? Could it have been Portugal? So it was. In fact, Portugal also dumped England out of Euro 2004, too, so Sven knows a bit about the Iberian country and style of playing.
OK, so Sven’s in charge of a different country, but you can’t help thinking he must have learned something from his previous encounters, can’t you?
Seems not. Ivory Coast now face North Korea in their last match with the likelihood that they’re playing purely for the wooden spoon.
– Image via Flickr from: La1003 logs
As proper books fight the inevitable march of their digital companions, it remains obvious that the way to keep the real thing afloat is by making them appealing and interesting, no matter that the content is no different.
Penguin scored a coup in the mid-90s with their Penguin 60s, to celebrate their 60th anniversary.
Now, step forward this genius set of repackaged classics from Tank Magazine.
Styled in the guise of good old-fashioned flip-top cigarette packets, you can buy these novels, including Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, in a special Tankbooks tin.
What’s not to like about these? Brilliant marketing, in my opinion. Using out-of-copyright books, there’s no costs involved with rights, so you can plough more money into the design and feel.
The books costs £42 altogether in the tin, or £8 per book, if you buy individually.
(found via Alltop)