Oh I'm missing the Oxford Cambridge GOAT Race

Oh, why do all the best things in London happen when I'm away?

This Sunday - the same day as the traditional Oxford / Cambridge boat race, Spitalfields City Farm will host a day of fun that at 3.30pm will see two 2 real live goats, one representing Oxford and one representing Cambridge, race a tough, meandering course lined with cheering spectators.

There will be an official goat race bookie + sweepstake, the opportunity to enter a goat wrestling tournament (I think someone should call the RSPCA) + a goatee knitting competition.

What fun! All the information is here. And they have a Facebook event page here.

..and dressing up too:

DRESS CODE

Strictly: Black Tie, Rowing lycra, boat club jackets and ties, or goat.

ADMISSION

£3 on the door charge, all proceeds go to a Spitalfields City Farm.

[Giant] me on blogging in .net

Eek, I've never seen my head so big.

This is an article I wrote for this month's .net magazine about using bloggers to drive word of mouth for brands. Too small to read here, so you'll have to buy it if you want to read it!

Watch this space for the pic that didn't make it in.

The World's first iPhone band

Oh look, another thing that makes me wish I had an iPhone.

To demonstrate that nowadays musical talent isn't necessarily required to make well, pretty ok'ish music, The Mentalists perform MGMT's 'Kid' using their iPhones + apps downloaded from the Apple Music Store.

Thanks @jemimakiss for the light relief while we work into the night pitch-style!

Swap your unwanted stuff for Hummus

This is so so clever.

The Hummus Bros of Soho are helping Cancer Research UK by hosting 'Barter Day' on Sunday 15th March.


Delve through your drawers, get under the bed, dig around in the basement + grab any unloved + unwanted stuff. Take it down to the chickpea HQ between 12pm + 6pm on the 15th where a Cancer Research charity shop expert will be waiting to value your wares + exchange them for an equal amount of the creamy goodness*!

Genius. Shame I don't come north of the river on the weekend.

* it's not just hummus you know, you'll get pitta bread + a choice of variants of hummus, but it is kinda mostly hummus.

Keep Calm + Carry On

On the way to work today I saw a girl carrying a v.cool Keep Calm + Carry On bag. So when I got in I searched for it online + didn't just find the bag, but a whole site dedicated to KCACO gear.

For anyone who doesn't know, the Keep Calm and Carry On artwork was originally produced by the Ministry of Information in 1939 as a poster to encourage the British people to carry on as usual despite the outbreak of war. It has now been reproduced to deliver the same message in times of recession (but not by the ministry of information!)

It feels like it might just become the new 'I [heart] New York'..but with a bit more meaning. I like it (for now).