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Pet Shop Boys top my list of the year’s best videos. The post 10 best synthpop music videos of 2024 appeared first on Synthpop Fanatic.

In 2023 Phil Beer and Steve Knightley announced a final tour before putting Show of Hands on indefinite hiatus, pledging to “prioritise their well-being, creativity, and longevity above the demands of the road.” There was no suggestion, thankfully, that either of them would be giving up performing altogether and for those feeling a Show-of-Hands-sized gap in their lives the good news is that Steve Knightley is back with a brand-new …

Last week, for my birthday, my wife got me a Nothing Phone (2a). No, it wasn’t an attempt on her part to turn me into an Android user (she uses an iPhone herself); two weeks earlier she asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and since I had recently shown her just how I liked the design of Nothing’s products and Nothing as a company, she said something like, …

Sheryl and I spent the weekend in Halifax to watch Camren compete at Dalhousie and to enjoy the city the way we enjoy most: lots of walking, with coffee roasters and bakeries as our waypoints. The extreme weather and exhaustion cancelled those plans, so we spent our free time at IKEA and Costco, which isn’t quite the same at all. Dinner out was the first pub with a table and …

One of the highlights of Thanksgiving in the United States is the food, as seen through the lens of Google Trends. Turkey gets an especially high peak, which I’d wager is partly from people who have to find a recipe for something they make only once or less each year. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I am thankful for you and hope you get to eat lots. Tags: food, Google Trends, Thanksgiving

The Board upheld a Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark shown below, for vehicle radiators and air conditioner parts, finding confusion likely with the registered mark REACH for "Motor vehicles, namely, automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles and structural parts therefor; trucks and structural parts therefor; vans and structural parts therefor." Applicant Reach International argued that, under the Strategic Partners approach, its prior registration for a similar mark should …

Being ghosted is a phenomenon that nobody wants to experience but retailers and hospitality companies are doing exactly that to many thousands of people, which is very damaging to their brands. This occurs when people are applying for jobs and the candidate invariably hears nothing back. Even when the applicant is massively qualified for the role. The best most people can expect is to initially receive an automated response stating …

🍿 I’ve watched still more made-for-TV holiday movies: Jingle Bell Run Meet Me Next Christmas Hot Frosty Hot Frosty taught me that no matter how built a dude is, no matter how kind he is, if he’s a himbo, I will not find him attractive.

My final read of the month is my fourth one for German Literature Month; I would have liked to have squeeze in more for that event, and *did* have a plan to spend time with a particular chunkster. However, it wasn’t chiming with my mood and then a lovely review copy arrived from Recovered Books which fitted in with GLM and frankly I couldn’t resist! The title is “Red House …

originally published on: instagram she said she accidentally took the photo – i thought it was poignant how she held on to my foot the entire hour or so i was having my root canal. if this isn’t true love, i don’t know what is.

Lately, I've been thinking about my inner compass — the one that guides me through work and daily life. I've touched on my design ethos before, but this feels like something more personal. It's a lightweight breakdown of who I am, both as a designer and a human, shaped by the values, mantras, principles, people, and quotes that influence what I create and how I try to live. But consider …

The MIT Press, ISBN 978-0262546836, English, 288 pages, 2023, USA ‘The distinction between image capture and image creation is now increasingly blurred’, writes Joanna Zylinska in the introduction to The Perception Machine. This is already one of the pivotal arguments in the current debate on photography. Indeed, the digitisation of all visual elements and the computation that goes with it has transcended the definition and role of photography, which is …

To combat trespass on the line, a couple of scary locomotives with terrifying fibreglass faces have been bought in to scare small children and probably some adults away from the line. As they patrol the route, they emit an unnerving canned laughter sound which will make even the most hardened cry “Mummy mummy, please make those cackling hysterical voices go away, they remind me of when you locked us in …

In the spirit of experimentation, I’ve tried out something a bit different and that is a new format: I’ve put together a mini class that I hope you will enjoy: “Sharpen your observation with blind contour drawing” is all about quick and fun exercises to boost your observation skills and hand-eye coordination. In just 10 ... Read more Source