Tag Archives: YouTube

Why I’m in love with IKEA’s “Cat herding” campaign

In case the news hasn’t made it to your corner of the office yet, here’s a YouTube video perfect for a Friday. IKEA’s campaign involved releasing 100 cats into a London IKEA store and letting them roam free. Whoddathunk hanging halogen light fittings made such great cat runs… Aside from the fact that I’m a [...]

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A Tasty Homemade Chicken Wings Recipe

Usually, when Andrew browses YouTube and comes across food, it’s the kind of recipe that makes you gag – like the Bacon Explosion. A few weeks ago, however, he came across a real gem – a recipe for homemade chicken wings. First, a bit of background on why we both got so excited over chicken [...]

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A world full of knee jerks

I won’t be blowing you away with this observation, but the world has gone bonkers. Completely, utterly bonkers. Beyond political correctness, I think the world’s cojones have well and truly decided to retract all the way inside the body, and given up altogether. What makes me say that? Three stories in the past week have [...]

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What English sounds like when you don’t speak it

People are often surprised when I tell them that English isn’t my first language and that I wasn’t comfortably speaking it all the way into my early teens. I also clearly remember hearing music in English when I was very young and not understanding any of it. So while I think this girl is mad [...]

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Star Wars story told by a 3 year old

Because I know you all miss my posts while I have no Internet access at home due to the house move, I’ll provide you with comic relief in the form of some of YouTube’s cream of the crop. Everyone loves Star Wars. Everyone loves kids. Everyone loves YouTube. (sort of.)

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Let it snow!

Just a short video of the snow today. Lovely big snowflakes falling softly while we’re comfortably sitting indoors.

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Gadget lurve: Coffee and little friendly robots

Recently, I’ve been falling in love with inanimate objects. I self-diagnosed I had a problem when I found myself talking to said objects while home alone. Either it’s cabin-fever from having spent the past few days in the house or I’m just losing my marbles. (Generous reward if marbles are returned) First gadget I’m in [...]

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The death of the water cooler chat

Once upon a time, water cooler chat was a company-wide thing. Anyone could gather in the kitchen during their coffee break and talk about last night’s TV show. Gags and allusions to TV twists caused team-wide laughter or nods, and no one would really feel left out, since most would have watched the same thing. [...]

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Such a wonderful industry

If you don’t work in media/marketing: Enjoy this video, which probably reinforces what you think of marketers. If you work in the industry: Can you honestly tell me this doesn’t remind you of at least a few current or past colleagues/clients/companies who came in to pitch to you? [Via Seth Godin]

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