RIP Ceefax

At 23.30 BST tonight, Dame Mary Peters will turn off the analogue tv signal from Northern Ireland, meaning the end of 38 years of service for BBC Ceefax.

The idea when it was conceived was to give the public free access to the latest news as soon as it hit the BBC newsroom. It was named Ceefax after the simple basis that it enables users to 'see facts' from the day.

It's a sad departure to a well loved feature of analogue tv's. I still remember the 3-digit code for the 'non and next' programme viewer (606) and used to love the old quiz game Bamboozle!

Goodbye Ceefax, our big-pixeled friend! You will not be forgotten.


Click here to see the full BBC article with even more interesting facts about Ceefax!

** CORRECTION -- Bamboozle was on Teletext, not Ceefax**

We Love Digital

Quite simply a beautiful online presence for this fabulous digital agency based in Kent. Also check out one of their latest site designs, drippinginfat.com

We Love Digital...!

Don't Look!

Don't look! from Nick Khoo on Vimeo.

It's been a long time since I've posted a good animation, so it had to be a good one. And this short by Nick Khoo is nothing short of brilliant. A beautiful style and brilliant story come together to make one fantastic little piece.

World's Largest QR Code!

A family in Canada grew the world's biggest Qr code in their corn Field!

Having already been famous for their corn mazes (maizes? far too corny... sorry!) they have now entered the record books and truly made history with their latest creation.

Covering over 29,000 sq meters it is the largest functioning QR Code in the world, although you'll need to fly over it to be able to scan it! They made a video showing the functionality to prove that it works by flying a helicopter over the QR Code of corn and scanning it on a smartphone.

“It was something that we didn't think would happen. There were a lot of little things we had to do and Guinness is pretty picky with how you collect your evidence. We were a little bit on edge on whether it would come through so we were very relieved and very excited,” Rachel Kraay told CTV-News.

A brilliant creation, but like many Guinness World Records, utterly useless! Also, if you're ever considering using a QR code yourself, do check out this site first www.shouldiuseaqrcode.com

Click here for the Kraay Family website

Who Wore It Better?

Another fantastic article by Jessica Louise Turner! Who do you think wore it better this time, Carly-Rae Jepson or Miranda Cosgrove?

Read Jessica's expert opinion and cast your vote HERE!

I think I'm on that dark with of YouTube again...

Sometimes you just find yourself on that dark bit of YouTube. You don't know how you got there and you've no idea how they let this be on a non-censored website, accesible to all, but you're very much intrigued by what you find.

On this occasion it was a short film called GUTTER, I assume it's by Yelawolf, the american rapper and general artist. It's twisted, dark, creepy and I wouldn't suggest anyone who is at all squeamish to watch it. There are some truly disturbing scenes that I'm surprised are even allowed to exist.

So hey, enjoy!

Make your writing beautiful...

Click the link for a selection of great free fonts. Sreda and Vezus are must haves! Always great to have new typefaces to work with.

Also, if you don't already know about then also check out Google Web Fonts where you'll find hundreds fonts free to download and all compatible on the web! Great for web designers and code-heads alike.