plasticbag.org

Congratulations to Chris Ware for winning the Guardian first book award. From the few issues I read independantly, it’s well deserved…

When B3ta interviewed Dave Gorman, it was moida: “Q: Have you found any other Danny Wallaces yet? A: No. But then I’m not looking.”

Find out all you never needed to know about Walford East tube station…

Hey Cal! Look! They’ve gone and mentioned Secret Santa in the New York Times! Woo – and lo there was a day of press…

Should a serious issue be protested about seriously? No. At least not when the actions of the entity you are protesting against can be made to seem ridiculous. There is no defence against feeling like an idiot. Aggression causes aggression – being shown up to be absurd cause embarrassment. As Emma Goldman said, “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution”. You could add after that… “I’ll make my own…”

Micro branding reminder: Correct: plasticbag.org – Incorrect: Plastic Bag, Plasticbag or Plastic-Bag. Tag line if required: “Finding Magic in the Mundane.” Origins: Multiple, including self-conscious reference to plasticbag.de, American Beauty, disposability, functionality and modernity. How good is the site: Adequate at best. Have you got a reliable job? No, not really. Do they have electricity in England: Yes. Do you have indoor ‘bathrooms’ yet? Yes. What’s your favourite colour? Blue. Are you ever going to redesign? Er….

Oh (KPMG) and (KPMG) you can (KPMG) keep (KPMG) up (KPMG) with (KPMG) all (KPMG) the (KPMG) news (KPMG) that’s (KPMG) fit (KPMG) to (KPMG) print (KPMG) over (KPMG) at Chris’ site…

1) A couple of cool bits of correspondence at Politech. 2) A fun article at Wired.com: Big Stink Over a Simple Link – featuring lots of good lines and salient points from Chris, one quote from me that makes me sound like an illiterate hacker, and one quote that makes me sound like the Che Guevara of the weblogging world. 3) Chris has also been doing interviews with Wall Street Journal and USAToday. So look out for those. We’ll leave you with this message: Keep linking free, you ass! [We love you: kpmg, kpmg, kpmg]

Keep your eyes on Wired.com today – there seems to be an unusual amount of interesting news appearing. Rumour of the moment: LCD iMacs Due at Macworld. Scientific ‘Wow’ of the moment: Astronomers ‘See’ Dark Matter.

hmmm. interesting.