maynardcase.co.uk linkfest

… in the window of a Korean supermarket in New Malden:

Love the fact that he’s winking. Reminds me a bit of the Jesus from Dogma

… although I quite like this one.

A very interesting little project of recursive polaroids - take a look…

The snowboarding photos are now up in the main gallery area! I can tell you’re excited. There aren’t really any majestic scenery shots as we didn’t have any decent weather but there you go

The main thing I like about the City of London is the bizarre combination of ancient churches with brand-new shiny buildings. If I remember rightly, this church originates from 1733 (or something), which is only a couple of hundred years older than the building behind it…

Kurt Wenner - Gallery of Work

These “street paintings” by Kurt Wenner are a fairly impressive example of what’s possible with some home-made pastels and a lot of time and skill. Note that all of these are on flat pavement!

This is a really interesting article for any programmers interested in design, particularly OO design. It’s a dialogue between two designers trying to work out how to write a simple bowling score application, based on the idea of writing tests first.

Object Mentor - Bowling

The crowds of suits hurrying home around Canary Wharf, London’s new financial district.

The National History Museum is an amazing building - not only does it have a distinctive striped facade but there are hundreds of tiny sculptures built into the walls of everything from monkeys to jellyfish.

There’s a rather funky wire-mesh sculpture of an elephant at the top of the escalators going down to the Jubilee line in Waterloo station. I don’t know why…