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I’m just looking through some online qual research that the fine guys and girls at face have engineered and moderated for us.

The qual was conducted with the Young. And I’m looking through various blog posts and wondering why now and again, they feature a capital D for no particular reason at the end of a sentence.

And then I look again at one particular cap D and I realise to my ageing horror that it’s a : D

Specifically:

Reminds me of when i was a kid

How to make yourself feel old.

I trust you have downloaded your patriotic twibbon? If not, please find it here. Google have got as close as. So you have no excuse.

Happy St Andrews Day to one and all.

Leithal Thinking are doing a bit of work at the moment for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. So incredibly benevolently, have offered us a handful of tickets for some of their concerts.

Tuesday just gone, Brie and I went along to what they call their CL@SIX. Classic pieces I suppose at six o’clock. It’s a great premise. Potted culture for the home-going workers.

My classical music tastes are populist at best. I like a little Bach, love the Queen of Sheba, Zadok and Mozart’s Requiem. All the ad / movie soundtrack stuff. In no way can I claim to be any kind of master. Perfect audience then perhaps for the CL@SIX.

The concert was delightful. We had a little Strauss, a Suite in B Flat. A perky little thing that skipped along but dwelt romantically now and again to make us feel a little bit melancholy. And then a wind serenade from Dvorak. I could pretend I heard the eastern European overtones in his march but I doubt I would’ve without the programme notes.

It took place in St Cuthberts, a church I’ve never visited before and am now glad I did. A lovely venue with beautiful accoustics. I would and will try such a cultural hometime foray again. £12 if you’re paying real money for an hour’s probable loveliness. On a filthy night such as Tuesday was - or even on a nicer one - this in my book is money well spent.

Nice little photo essay on Wired today showing us (kinda) how the internet looks. Bit of a load time but it’s worth a little wait.

This on the other hand is the complete opposite of carelessness and in fact, is rather superb. A happy collaboration between LEGO and MUJI. Only available in Japan unfortunately. I’d order one if I didn’t fear not being able to understand the instructions.

Now this is pretty careless. I should not leap to judge as I haven’t seen the magazine for myself. But really…

This is rightly billed as the stuff of disaster. Imagine if climate change took its soggy grip on the planet: where would it leave NYC and Tokyo? Studio Lindfors, an architectural practice, have given their imagination free rein in this rather fine collection of images imagining such an apocalyptic future. Courtesy of SpaceInvading.

Seems there is a resurgence of interest in Garbage Pail Kids. Which immediately makes me feel nostalgic for childhood ugly-doll-strewn days.

But now things have moved on apace and you can create your own here. Here is mine to inspire you to greater acts of creativity.

I saw a lovely new ad on TV last night for McDonalds. Although I hate to admit. Publicly particularly.

They’ve been running some really smart outdoor in recent weeks. And I was delighted to see it supported with a pretty witty (you know, by their standards) piece of TV copy. I can’t find it on the internet so I can’t invite you to judge for yourselves instantaneously but keep your eyes peeled.

It ran back to back with an extraordinary ad for Duracell that featured their pink bunny but sadly felt like a triumph of what you could do (technology-wise I mean) versus what you actually might want to do to sell a battery. But maybe I’m just not the target audience… Again, I can’t find it on the t’internet so keep alert and let me know what you think.

Respect again to google.