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Relaxation

I picked up this link to Andy Carvin via Jeff Jarvis. Jeff has been reflecting on what will a restaurant look like in the Google age.

Andy reported on the Wiki Wiki restaurant in Austin, Texas.

This is borrowed from the Daily Mail. Too good to miss.

Holly Willoughby and Jessica Rabbit.

This will ruin your productivity this morning (you may have run into it in yesterday’s Britblog review). It is a recreation of the D-Day landings at Omaha beach for BBC Timewatch.

The whole thing was done with three people, and the fieldwork took 4 days.

Stunning.

Having watched the first 15 minutes of Ashes to Ashes, I have two conclusions already:

1 - I thoroughly approve of DCI Alex Drake (legs AND fists: gorgeous).

2 - Somebody in the BBC has been itching to remake the Sweeney with decent cars.

Watch out for historical errors on the Audi Quattros. If I remember, only the original (140mph -ish) version was available at the new set date.

I’ve been clearing out the archives - a salutary experience. I’m trying to cull around 75% of a library which goes back to school exercise books. Among artefacts from the past, I have found - in addition to a set of university books that I would have sold had I had more sense - some [...]

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