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Contemporary products that sit comfortably alongside more original pieces from afar. - Tom Steel

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Coming soon, still in development - Tom Steel

Noisy Decent Graphics: "You'll notice I've said 'books you should own' and not 'books you should read' that's becuase you should OWN these books. They're not really the sort of books you can read, they're the sort of books you should own and keep coming back to again and again. And it's Christmas soon, so you can put them on your list." - Tom Steel

Londonist: Sadly for Sarah, as her compatriot Blaine discovered with his hanging box antics in 2003, Londoners have a built-in bullshitometer that doesn't take too kindly to being shortchanged. - Tom Steel

Devloung: "The chosen theme for 2008: poverty. Once again, we anticipate many thousands of participants, including at least 20 of the Technorati top 100 blogs. In 2007, the first annual Blog Action Day focused on the environment. About 20,000 bloggers participated." - Tom Steel

Tech reviews for idiots: "No one's going to buy shares from a man bellowing into a Fisher Price activity handset with one choice of ringtone (London Bridge is Falling Down)." - Tom Steel

Read/Write Web: "When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you're in the right state of mind?" - Tom Steel

Crap Cycling & Walking in Walthamforest: Lighting columns have been placed in the new, improved Chingford 'quiet route' off-road cycle lane, to help cyclists avoid any obstructions they might encounter there at night. - Tom Steel

Swissmiss: "Research reveals people make a subconscious judgment about a person, environment, or product within 90 seconds of initial viewing and that between 62% and 90% of that assessment is based on color alone." - Tom Steel

SwissMiss: "Just discovered this Laptop Speaker over at UrbanOutfitters." - Tom Steel

London Daily Photo: " I wasn't going to link to the Alpha Course, but I found their page where you can write your question to god and read other's which amused me." - Tom Steel

Going underground: "So if you travel on overground trains which come into London, please send your views & experiences to overcrowding@london.gov.uk" - Tom Steel

Read/WriteWeb: anyone can upload a photo of a drawn image and Ponoko will create a physical object based on that photo alone. This whole company is really fun but Photomake turns it into a generally accessible tool for those of us who aren't designers. - Tom Steel

Rocketboom: Rocketboom field correspondent Tim Brunsden of Liverpool Stories speaks with David Allan about ‘Joyful Trees‘, an architectural art installation created by Diller + Scofidio + Renfro for the 2008 Liverpool Biennial. - Tom Steel

Noisy Decent Graphics: Sometimes it's better when things aren't designed. It took me a while to learn that. - Tom Steel

BB Blog: Sleep under a cardboard box so a homeless young person doesn’t have to. - Tom Steel

Strangemaps: This fantastic contraption, called the ‘Routefinder’, showed 1920s drivers in the UK the roads they were travelling down, gave them the mileage covered and told them to stop when they came at journey’s end. - Tom Steel

Going underground blog: As the inquest into the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell London Underground Station continues, leading to prosecution of the Met Police under the health & safety legislation, some eagle eyed person took the photo above. Thanks to David R for forwarding me the photo. - Tom Steel

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From SwissMiss: ???Mauritian Sunset??? by Sandy Smith. - Tom Steel

Mashable: there are a variety of online tools that can help you and your team. Here are the top 10 services for soccer moms and weekend warriors that allow you to manage your team’s schedule, notify players of news, upload and share player photos and statistics, and much more. - Tom Steel

BBC: "Today is a big day for BBC television on the web with the launch of brand new websites for BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four as well as an updated BBC Three site (building on February's relaunch) and a new TV homepage." - Tom Steel

Noupe: "The main advantage of elegant CSS typography lies in its ability to be both attractive and improves the user experience. When chosen wisely and used carefully, it can be very effective to support the overall design." - Tom Steel

SwissMiss: Protect your lunch with Anti-Theft Lunch Bags , which are regular sandwich bags that have green splotches printed on both sides. After your sandwich is placed inside, no one will want to touch it. Hilarious! Made my (surfing) day!) - Tom Steel

Photojojo: "Break out the secret ingredients, rev up the brain cells and get ready to get your hands dirty. We've teamed up with our pals at Lomography to create the ultimate photo tip extravaganza! We want to see the best ideas you've got for making amazing photos WITHOUT digital manipulation." - Tom Steel

SwissMiss: The first peer-to-peer travel site is doing well even in my own neighborhood - they are about to surpass 100 listings in NYC/Brooklyn. What a fabulous resource! Save money when traveling to NYC or make money as a host when you're home. - Tom Steel

I'm sure there are loads of big heavy books on Design and Maths, but I don't really mean that. I just mean the simple stuff. Working out 6 columns, making 12 indentations in a path and so on. You use maths all the time. All these pictures are of little scribbles or notes that I've made when I've been designing this week. Loads of maths. Maybe I should have done that Maths A level after all. - Tom Steel

While there's hardly a shortage of green spaces in Bloomsbury, this one is especially secluded, full of mature shade trees and scattered with dilapidated mementos mori. It's well tended, but not too well tended, if you know what we mean. - Tom Steel