Swanage Regatta and Carnival

I wasnt expecting much activity when I went to stay with family in the seaside town of Swanage, however I was pleasntly surprised when I realised my stay was during Carnival week. I can honestly say that for a small town I have never seen anything like it, there were activities for all ages all week, some more quaint than others! Including dog shows, Red Devils landing, bands, yard of ale contests, treasure hunts, a fair, three firework displays...the list goes on. It was the fireworks that attracted the largest crowds, they were put on on the Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday, they were truley spectacular, and with each performance they seemed to get better, they out the Leeds firework display by miles. What amzed me was all of this entertainment was put on for free, there were people collecting money but you didnt have to contribute a certan amount, the atmosphere was unbeatable, I would say to anyone in the area next year that it is well worth travelling to the usually sleepy town to get involved with the fun!

When Will a Game Not Be A Game

With every subsequent iteration of games console comes the promise from game developers of ever more life like experiences and platforms. The actual reality is that getting us humans to believe that what we are seeing is real is exceptionally complicated. Any deviation in what we refer to as 'normal behaviour' causes our brains to reject the object.

Programers and game developers have a real battle on their hands to convince and draw us into the latest games, increasing computer speeds, memory levels and polygons is all very well but creating a non linear believable game will be the big seller .

Eye Candy

Eye Candy is an illustration agency offering various styles of illustration. Stuart Mckenzie particularly caught my eye as line drawing is very fashionable at the moment. It has been used in magazine suppliments and for book covers, it has a feel of city chic as it reflects fashion illustration. Sugar Power is a more recent designer to join Eye Candy, she is already recognised as a unique designer by artists around the globe and has designed for Saatchi and Saatchi amongst others. She uses linear drawings combined with layering dreamlike ideas to produce admirable colourful pieces.

Enamul Hoque

Enamule Hoque is a photographer and film maker, many of his recent photographs are fashion based, however he often includes unusual objects such as road signs and strong metal objects. This combined with the fluidity of the fabrics creates striking images. His clients include The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Sony and the NHS. He also keeps an online photographic blog that can be found at his website: http://web.mac.com/enamul/iWeb/www.enamul.co.uk/Welcome.html

Philip Bishop

Philip Bishop has created illustrations for clients such as Oxfam, the BBC and Waitrose. His unique style is far removed from his photographic work, however each illustration has character of its own. He utalises spikey lines combined with splashes of colour to create eyecatching images. His work can be viewed from his website: http://www.illustrationweb.com/PhilipBishop/

Gambling For The World

On Tuesday 7th August, Camelot were granted the 3rd consecutive Lottery license to control the game through to the end of the next decade. Theres no denying that the lottery has generated vast amounts of money for 'good causes' such as raising £2.2bn for the 2012 Olympic games. However the underlying issue is the increase in publicity and access points Camelot aims to employ to boost sales and ultimately lead to the successful introduction of the worlds first global lottery.

With gambling addiction increasing throughout the UK and the rest of the world, watchdog campaigners are angered at the new proposals to further increase advertising. Next Month Gambling sites such as 888.com are to be banned from displaying advertising banners on websites to online British browsers. Despite this Camelot have been given apparent Cart Blanche to advertise and promote through some of the World Wide Webs biggest company's such as EBay.

Mr Scruffs

This DJ has used flash really simply but very effectively and timed well to the rhythm of the music. There are some great examples of his style on his website. As a student trying to grasp how to use flash this is a good simple style that produces outcomes that are very effective.