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Despite a healthy bit of scammer bating there are still those unlucky few lured into dropping the odd £50k into some bank account in hope of a many multiple return. The 419 victims

Nearly brought a tear to my eye.

If true, the allegations that the Dove ‘real beauties’ were airbrushed could seriously undermine an effort that already has subjected Unilever to considerable consumer and activist backlash in recent months.

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more at adage

I’ve been through the Webby winners and spotted some great things but I suppose that’s not too surprising as it should be the very best the world has to offer. I was very glad to see the oddball but brilliant things still rising to the top like this great piece Iain showed me a few months back. It picked up 3!

Webby Award winners were announced today. Poke picked up the people’s voice award for Best Visual Design - Aesthetic

Elmanco does a great job pulling together the greatest creative and design blogs out there. With the help of Fubiz he’s just compiled a new and even more comprehensive list of goodies.

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from mr tosic

The long tail of Damn

When i started in the interactive business in 1994 this is what the media was like. Imagine that!. At the time, the amount of memory that would fit into a hard disc the size of 10 stadiums now fits into something the size of a finger nail!

via vvork

I see a lot of furniture but am rarely impressed or surprised. But Gareth Neal’s stuff both impressed and surprised me. How about that

via mocoloco

Lots of new tees at BTTS

I lived in Copenhagen for the summer of 93 and whilst there I was in this loony video for local techno-pop band, the Overlords. A little dark but you can make me out in a wig. Allan Kruse styled it (and sent me the vid) and Pierre Winther directed it.

Spotted this in the Guardian last week. Made me laugh

Rafael made his lovely colorflip into a series of paintings.