Saturday, 9 August 2008

The Orwell Diaries




FFrom the Orwell Prize blog


"The Orwell Prize is publishing George Orwell’s diaries as a blog. From 9th August 2008, Orwell’s domestic and political diaries (from 9th August 1938 until October 1942) will be posted in real-time, exactly 70 years after the entries were written.

Orwell’s ‘domestic’ diaries begin on 9th August 1938/2008; his ‘political’ diaries (which are further categorised as ‘Morocco’, ‘Pre-war’ and ‘Wartime’) begin on 7th September 1938/2008.

The diaries are exactly as Orwell wrote them. Where there are original spelling errors, they are indicated by a ° following the offending word"


This is a fantastic opportunity to read a daily post by one of the greatest English writers ever. Check out the Orwell Diaries 
here

Monday, 4 August 2008

Chongqing

Lee and Sachi LeFever from Common Craft show us around Chongqing, China as part of China week on their blog

June Taylor Jams


Another cool Cool Hunting video, in which June Taylor demonstrates her art

Friday, 1 August 2008

US Elections in Plain English




The Common Craft store






With English subtitles




Electing a US President in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.


Finally - somebody has explained the crazy US election process. Thanks to Common Craft for this and all their great videos 

Finding True Knowledge on the net





True Knowledge aims to answer questions

Friday, 25 July 2008

FREE BEER!


Sarah from The Daily English Show tells us all about FREE Beer! Yay!
Transcription here (if you can focus)

Thursday, 24 July 2008

Saturday, 19 July 2008

The Glass House

In this Cool Hunting video RISD president John Maeda narrates a visit to Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, CT. Maeda shares his impressions and talks about how it relates to his thoughts on simplicity.

Friday, 4 July 2008

Summer Tips No.5 - Office massage


If you're working in the office this summer, take some time to relax with a quick massage. Here's a video from The Guardian to show you how. Watch here

Summer tips no.4 - Summer dictionary



Here's a great way to carry a whole lot of dictionaries with you - so if you are going on holiday to different countries and you don't want to fill your suitcase with heavy books, put this site in your browser favourites and don't fill your laptop with big files either.

Check out WordReference.com here

Thursday, 3 July 2008

Summer tips no.3 - Summer listening



Podictionary is a short, free podcast with a transcription available daily or weekly.

Charles Hodgson, creator of Podictionary says,

"Every day podictionary delivers a new short story about the history of a common word to thousands of subscribed listeners.
Not only is podictionary an audio word-a-day, but as the number of words grows in the podictionary archive the website is becoming an on-line audio etymology reference of sorts.
It's all for fun, so please enjoy."
Check out Podictionary here

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Monday, 30 June 2008

My day


Sarah from The Daily English Show describes a day. Transcript here

Sunday, 29 June 2008

Spain United?



The Obsever thinks that success in the Euro 2008 competition is uniting Spain. Read the story here

Back to the future?

Saturday, 28 June 2008

Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Rafting in Niseko Japan


Sarah from The Daily English Show takes us rafting in Niseko. Transcription here

Tuesday, 17 June 2008

How to nap





The Boston Globe has published a very useful guide to napping. Read it here








Friday, 13 June 2008

Thursday, 12 June 2008

Slow Road


Sarah from The Daily English Show puts a song by Steven Dunston to footage of the Road To Hokkaido

Monday, 2 June 2008

Helvetica - the documentary




A film about a typeface? Watch Neville Brody & Rick Poyner talk about Helvetica

Tuesday, 27 May 2008

I Will Derive

Think maths is boring? Check out this video by MindofMatthew which I found on Jenny Luca's blog Lucacept.   Read the lyrics here (click on "more info").

Sunday, 11 May 2008

Open Yale Courses



Yale University is putting entire courses online which can be studied for free. Check out this great initiative here.

Thursday, 1 May 2008

London Secrets


If you're going to London soon check out this Guardian guide by top London bloggers and discover some "secret" places in the city.