Author Archives: Niall Murphy

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We All Want to Be Young – a short film based on a series of studies developed over the past 5 years by BOX1824 – a Brazilian research company specialising in behavioral sciences and consumer trends.

It will make you feel old. Unless you’re young. In which case, it will make you feel pressurised and self-conscious.

Hey, cheer up kids, that’s so much better than feeling old.

Created by Simon Morgan & Paul Thacker on Guinness World Records Day, the massive treat measures a whopping 59cm long and 39cm wide and weighs 15.73kg. It took 11 and a half hours to make.

You can’t have it. It just sold on eBay for £410.

Meet The World’s Largest Custard Cream (Newslite)

Yesterday, we posted a productivity-sapping link to André Michelle’s Tone Matrix.

Well, if you liked that (and didn’t have time to delve further into his sinewave synthesisers), you’ll love this.

It’s called Pulsate. Go here, click to create a circle. Create another. Go nuts. Space bar to clear and start again.

RATINGS AGENCY Standard & Poor’s now believes the upfront cost of bailing out the banks will be at least €50 billion – its estimate for the maximum initial cost just three months ago. The agency yesterday cut the Republic’s credit rating by two notches.

Irish Times

Yes, but what does €50 billion look like?