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The Guardian!

“You sort of got to go whole heartedly. If you go half, there’s no real change.”

I am thankful again to be in London. Yesterday I had the distinct pleasure to have lunch with Mark Leeds at The Guardian. Across the street from the newsroom, over lunch we talked about the changing role newspaper design has. As the special projects director, I’m sure he’s quite busy, but he seemed happy to help me with my research assignment.

We had met at SND Orlando in the elevator on the way to the Banquet. After Florida, we corresponded a few times, and well, here I am! It was very interesting to learn what the philosophies are behind such a massive and reader-considerate publication are. And of course, though it goes without saying, just Brilliant. I’ll save you the gush and share some photos:

The Guardian How do you percieve

I found this down the street.  The essentials:
The basic necessities

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The Hello-graph

Celebrities (my nerdy kind) are everywhere!

I was walking back from Parliament with one of the political correspondents for my internships website, epolitix.com. We had just met with the Defence Committee’s chairman, James Arbuthnot for a podcasting.

On our walk back, George Jones, political editor of The Telegraph flew around the corner on his bicycle! Too bad I couldn’t grab my CV fast enough to shove into his pocket.

Oh, what a city. Don’t worry Jami, the Hugh Grant radar is always on.

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The Real World: Stonehenge

I’m a bit overdue on this update. But I think if we’re going to be a reality-tv obsessed culture (well, most of the West at least), I want to see something compelling. I propose Survivor meets The Real World, or something.

Seven people picked to build a henge, and have their lives caught on tape. Can you just imagine the massive strength and intelligence the henge-makers had? Could present day humans recreate such an architecture? Say our cast has equal number of builders, of equal strength and we give them the same resources/technology and span of time that the henge-makers had. Or you make two teams, have them compete.

I don’t know if present day humanoids could do it. The next season could be Real World: Giza. Hey it’s a thought, but we might have to run it on the Discovery channel.

If you squint, you can see the Druid Ghosts