Mobile Video Hat

If you've seen me in rehearsal you will realise that not only do I lug around all my music and a bottle of water, I also carry all sorts of digital paraphenalia for capturing the moment. Sometimes though, I wish I had more hands so I could, for example, video our choreography and hold my music or run the dictaphone at the same time. Enter the Nokia Mobile Video Hat, which far from being a joke item, actually exists. How wonderfully practical! Who needs to see real life when you can look through a viewfinder? Christmas is coming up, who can I bug for a present?

Who will enter my posse?

I was very excited to hear about the lovely Bass section's super social event. Apparently it will be a Southwark Hunt? I don't get to go south of the river very often and so I can't wait to forage about down there. Hopefully the clues won't be too cryptic or I'll have to rely on my posse to solve them. No-one has offered to enter my posse yet, but I'm still very optimistic.

Bad Logo Design

They are knocking down the Middlesex Hospital, and all residents of Fitzrovia have been sent an invitation to see the plans for the new building. I had a free moment just after lunch yesterday, so I went down with Beryl, who lives in one of the lower flats. The exhibition itself was interesting, but what caught my eye was the logo of the development company, called Candy & Candy.

What do you see through the peep hole? Candy and even more candy no doubt. In my view it was a very bad design choice. Perhaps it doesn't rank as highly on the all time list of worst possible logos, but I still think it is pretty awful.

What are the worst logos ever? Well, here we have the Arlington Paediatric Center's logo, and the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. These designs are so bad they are almost legendary. In comparison, the Pink Singers logo is a paradigm of elegant understatement. I think it works very well precisely because it is so simple. There is some discussion about a possible update or even replacement, but I will be sorry to see it go as I think it is a strong identity for us.

Undercouture

Sometimes I walk into a shop and think, "Gosh! I never knew I needed one of those, but what a great idea." You know the kind of products I mean - the nose hair trimmers of the home shopping channel world.

Anyway, I was doing a bit of web surfing when I came across this page which multiplies that feeling of hitherto unfulfilled needs a hundred fold. Every single invention has a fruitful purpose.

Looks like I am a bit too late to get myself a manmitt (pictured) since they sold out last month. Turquoise really isn't my colour anyway - they need one in fuschia. However, I could do with a Sacfree®, for that "pleasant feeling of liberty" I have apparently been missing out on for so long.