30th August

32 Ways To Tell You Grew Up In The Golden Age of Pop Punk
SHORT ARTICLE
This is a Buzzfeed article. Sorry. I know I promise to not be boring and predicatable and link to the Daily Mail and Mashable and rubbish things that everyone already reads, because otherwise, this blog serves no purpose. BUT, this is basically my childhood in a post so I had to share. In fact, at the time of writing this, I am about to head off to see Alkaline Trio tonight. Still living the pop punk dream at 25.

Slow Motion Booth
VIDEO
New awesome idea for a thing to have at a wedding - a slow motion booth. Looks fun, especially after much champagne.

Ah man! Traore
SHORT ARTICLE
You know how footballers are a bit stupid? Well Armane Traore (QPR, ex-Arsenal left-back) is an absolute idiot.

Skyline Chess
CASE OF THE WANTS
This definitely gave me a case of the wants. If you live in London, then you'll probably want this in your dream house too (becuase nothing says sophisticated like a chess board).

Facebook Competitions
SHORT ARTICLE
Boring social media gong! This week, Facebook announced it would finally allow competitions to be run on brand status updates. That's right, all those 'like or comment to win!' competitions you've seen on Facebook up until Monday were COMPLETELY AGAINST THE RULES. Now they aren't. However, you still can't have a 'share to win' instruction. So, you know, don't do that or I'll report you like the little bitch I am

The YouTube Crisis
LONG ARTICLE
Boring social media gong part two! This however is a must read article about how the 'YouTube economy' is in trouble. Basically, YouTube ad revenue isn't providing enough money to create any form of sustainable, real business, outside of teenagers with webcams in their bedroom.

Tech-ja Vu
VIDEO
Ever thought that a lot of tech business adverts are eeriely similar? Well, that's because they are.

Girls Aren't Afraid Of Math, But They Do Think They Should Be
SHORT ARTICLE
Fascinating study and article. Read it.

The Crusades
DOCUMENTARY
What with Syria being all in the news, here's the best ever documentary all about The Crusades. Don't watch it if you don't like thinking about how fucking stupid human beings are sometimes.

And Finally
IMAGE
This bin in Shoreditch is a depressing insight into the digital world of 2013.