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Return of the jock: is Team GB’s success bad news for geeks?

August 23, 2012 By Katie Lee

Two conversations with my nephew about three years ago: Me: "Do you do much sport at school?" Him: "NO! Only geeks do sport" Me: "Geeks do sport? Don't the cool kids do sport?" Him: "No, only the geeks. The popular kids play computer games." Another day: Me: "What do you want to do when you're … [Read more...]

Panning for Internet Gold: The owl jockey edition

August 17, 2012 By Helen Brown

Panning for Internet Gold: The owl jockey edition

Ah, internet. Without those rusty old tubes, almost nobody would know whether a Slow Loris liked to be tickled. Rebecca Black would choose her car seat without intervention and millions would have no idea of the existence of these nested Avengers dolls (below). But who has the time to find the … [Read more...]

Panning for Internet Gold: the Olympic Mars landing edition

August 10, 2012 By Helen Brown

Panning for Internet Gold: the Olympic Mars landing edition

While the world's athletes appear to be staging some kind of 'Occupy the Telly' protest, there's no better time to switch off and check out what's what on the other tubes. We even begin with the Internetian roundup of Olympic highlights, to save you all that watching. Stuck on a zipwire with … [Read more...]

Geek Nail Art Special: Union Jack and Stars and Stripes tutorial

August 7, 2012 By Katie Lee

Geek Nail Art Special: Union Jack and Stars and Stripes tutorial

You may have spotted the impressive array of patriotic nail art on display at London 2012. Swimming bronze medallist Becky Adlington has led the way with her marvellous union flag nails for Team GB (along with a nice set from tennis silver medallist, Laura Robson) while the American athletes have … [Read more...]

Free Patterns: Knitted Usain Bolt

August 6, 2012 By Katie Lee

Free Patterns: Knitted Usain Bolt

We're still reeling from the excitement of Usain Bolt winning the 100m final at London 2012 last night (not to mention Super Saturday when Team GB had their best day of Olympic achievement for over a century). A nice spot of calming knitting is just what we need. And, for some reason, the … [Read more...]

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