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Mykea customises your Ikea furniture {Design}

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Ikea’s modular furniture might be fab, cheap and functional but it can be a bit drab. Mykea sells decals and decoration specifically for your Ikea furniture. They sell amazing and rather pretty pieces by designers. You also have the option of uploading your own photo or artwork which make a fantastic new way to display your memories and creativity rather than hanging them on your walls in the traditional manner.

They’ve got a great easy to use site but the number of furniture varieties they provide designs for is failry limited.

Take a look at the Mykea site

Being Human Series 3 Trailer {TV}

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That award winning BBC3 show Being Human’s back for a 3rd series and we’ve found the teaser trailer and sneak peek videos for you. The housemates will be relocating from their Bristol abode to a new residence in Wales. Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner and Lenora Critchlow will all be back and the eight episode series will also see a guest appearance from Lacey Turner fresh from her dramatic exit from Eastenders.

Teaser Trailer

Director Colin Teague

Sneak peek at the read through

Interview with the Make Up Artist

Director Phil on his view of the new series and the special guest star

Being Human returns to BBC Three on Sunday 23rd January 2011

Best and Cutest Hats With Ears AW10-11 {Fashion}

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It may seem that the UK’s been turned into one massive cosplay convention. Hats with ears, and sometimes eyes and noses have been cutifying the heads of the nation’s children for a while…but now they’re boldly worn by adults both male and female alike. We’ve rounded up some of the best on the high street.

River Island Ladies Knitted Panda Beanie, £12.99

Similar to the one seen on the head of Katy Perry, River Island have stocked on cute panda beanies in various different colour.

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River Island Ladies’ Bonnet with Mouse Ears, £19.99

The River Island website simply describes it as “a brown fur hat with mouse ears”. What more could you possibly need to know.

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River Island Men’s Grey Furry Trapper Hat, £19.99

Go on guys, be brave and show everyone you have a sense of humour. Keep your head warm at the same time. You know it makes sense.

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River Island Leopard Print Hat, £16.99

Raaawwwwr, pretend to be a dangerous yet adorable predator in this fluffy leopard print fut hat with pom poms.

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For the chicest offerings of hats with ears take a look at TopShop where you can pick up their beanies with bear and cat ears for between £12-14

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Asos Furry Ears Beanie, £10

Asos keep it plain and simple with this furry eared knit beanie which comes in Grey and Black.

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Best of the rest:

DeLux have the animal hats market down to a tee, unfortunately it’s not widely available in the UK but there are pieces on the internet if you look hard enough…here’s the cute lemur and skunk (complete with mohawk!) both £14.99

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For more cute Nepal and Peruvian style hats head on down to Accessoryo where you can drown your kawaii side in sticky syrupy sweetness. The Penguin Hat will set you back £13.95 and the It’s a Dog’s Life Peruvian Hat is £12.50.

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Main Image used under creative commons from La FruU

Street Magic with Dynamo and Panasonic TA1

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London’s new media and tech savvy were out in force and in the real world last week to witness Street Magician Dynamo (aka Steven Frayne) perform magic tricks in Chelsea’s JuJu bar. Bloggers and Journalists were joined by names such as Karen Millen as they looked on in disbelief, amazement and cynicism.

Dynamo’s been taking the Panasonic TA1 handheld camera on his recent journeys filming with the likes of Tinchy Stryder, the Sugababes and Keith Lemon. Billed as the new, slightly cheerier David Blaine, Dynamo first learnt magic from his grandfather

Take a look at Dynamo’s TV channel on YouTube

BBC comedy brings you Episodes {TV}

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BBC Two and Hat Trick have created ‘Episodes’ a seven-part comedy series from the highly acclaimed writing partnership of David Crane (Friends) and Jeffrey Klarik (Mad About You).

The show tells the story of a happily married English couple, Sean and Beverly Lincoln, who also happen to be successful producers of a hit British TV show called Lyman’s Boys.

At an awards ceremony in London they are wooed by a hugely powerful and charismatic US network executive who persuades them to move out to LA and remake their hit show for an American audience – with disastrous results.

Things begin to unravel at Sean’s and Beverly’s first studio meeting. It soon becomes clear that the network president has never even seen their show. To make matters worse, he insists they replace their lead actor, an erudite Royal Shakespeare Company veteran (played by Richard Griffiths) with… Matt LeBlanc. Sean and Beverly are appalled. But the decision is out of their hands.

Matt comes on board and they find themselves in a complicated triangle, which threatens to destroy not just their TV show but also their marriage.

The quintessential US comedy star Matt LeBlanc plays a larger than life version of himself. Joining him are Tamsin Greig (Tamara Drewe, Green Wing, Love Soup), Stephen Mangan (Free Agents, Never Better, Green Wing), Kathleen Rose Perkins (Without A Trace, Tell Me You Love Me), Mircea Monroe (Scrubs, Without A Trace), Daisy Haggard (Psychoville, Sense And Sensibility) and Richard Griffiths (The History Boys, Withnail And I).

Jimmy Mulville comments: “These are some of the best scripts I’ve read in a long time by two writers at the top of their game.

“To have the opportunity to make a show with David Crane andJeffrey Klarik, with Matt LeBlanc playing a hilarious version of himself, and then to make that show for both Showtime and the BBC, whose combined portfolios of comedy are second to none, is both a thrill and a great privilege. Episodes promises to be one of the great comedy treats of 2011.”

Matt LeBlanc adds: “This is a great idea from David and Jeffrey – I love it. I am really excited to be working with Showtime and the BBC. And I am also so glad I got the part; seeing someone else playing Matt LeBlanc would have been devastating.”

Start watching Episodes from Monday 10 January 2011 at 10pm.

The Modern Girl’s Guide to Fabulousness by Bethanie Lunn {Book Review}

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Last week the two editors of Frost Magazine found themselves sat in a book club in the lounge of the Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street Hotel. Part of their book club initiative, we lounged in the sumptuous surroundings, warmed up with coffees served with mini cheesecake bites (always a winner) and talked to first time author Bethanie Lunn about her book ‘The Modern Girl’s Guide to Fabulousness’.


Described as “an A-Z guide on fun things to do, exciting places to go, what to wear, where to dine, shop and beautify”, Bethanie has tried and tested everything in the 253 page guide which covers all things fabulous across the country. She’s covered everything from the best cocktails, the most exotic hotels and secret boutiques to llama trekking. There’s hints and tips on every subject imaginable and even a tip on something you never thought you’d want to do with half an orange. An incredibly thorough and unique book covering everything you never thought you would want to know in witty detail.
Order The Modern Girl’s Guide to Fabulousness by Bethanie Lunn on Amazon UK

Facebook to add facial recognition to tagging {Social Networking}

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Following the news that Mark Zuckerberg has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the year 2010, Facebook are continuing their “we’re developing it whether you like it or not” mission and have announced their latest development.  Facial recognition tagging for photos will make it easier and quicker to tag people in photos. Similar to the facial recognition software in photo editing tools, the function will learn your friend’s faces and suggest them when you upload new photos.

You can turn off facial recognition if you’re really panicking about being tagged on that bender-you-never-went-on-honest-boss. To disable suggested tags go to your Privacy Settings. Just click “Customize Settings” and “Suggest photos of me to friends.” Your name will no longer be suggested in photo tags, though friends can still tag you manually.

Hands up who’s thinking “will it work on my dog?”

Oxfam + Maths Expert = Formula for a Happy Christmas!

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7,000 calories, three weeks off work, 15cm of snow and no more than 10 hours of shopping. These are four of the factors that make Christmas perfect according to Oxfam Unwrapped, the charity’s gift range, which has teamed up with maths expert Chris Green today to unveil its formula for a happy Christmas.

The full mathematical formula looks like this (click to enlarge):

Rick Lay, Oxfam Unwrapped campaign manager, said: “Christmas is the busiest time for Oxfam Unwrapped. Around 80% of the money we raise is given over the festive period, so we were really keen to find out what makes people happy at this time of year; what makes a perfect Christmas.

“It’s great to see that ultimately, happiness at Christmas comes down to quite simple things, such as enjoying time off work to spend with friends and family.”

Key ‘happiness factors’ include:

  • Number of calories consumed on Christmas Day (any more than 7,000 calories and you’ll be too stuffed to enjoy yourself)
  • Amount of time off work (just one day off boosts happiness by 70%, with three weeks being the optimum amount)
  • Centimetres of snow (15cm is ideal)
  • Family arguments (more than five and happiness levels plummet)
  • Number of hours spent trawling the shops for gifts (any more than 10 hours and shopping-induced stress sees happiness decline rapidly)
  • Miles driven to see friends and family (0 miles is ideal, with 500 miles generating a 40% reduction in happiness levels)
  • The number of gifts you receive has an impact on happiness (6 gifts gets you to optimum happiness levels), but….
  • ….most crucially, how many gifts you give (even giving just one present makes a huge difference to happiness levels, increasing Christmas enjoyment by 50%).

Chris Green, the mathematician who compiled the formula for Oxfam, adds:

“We conducted research into some of the key factors that people associate with Christmas and calculated optimum scores for each factor.”

What’s your score? For any like-minded boffins out there who want to work out the formula for themselves, this is what your scores mean:

< 50% Roll on January!
50 – 60% Frosty the snowman
61 – 70% Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas
71 – 80% You’ll be rockin’ around the Christmas tree
> 80% You wish it could be Christmas every day

“The good news is that most factors that impact on Christmas happiness are well within our control. Also, despite a lot of people thinking that Christmas is overly materialistic these days, as the formula shows, these types of things aren’t that significant.

“Most people will score between 50 – 100%, any less than 50% and it’s a case of ‘roll on January’!”

Rick Lay adds: “With the act of giving gifts topping the happiness factors, we hope that it will make people realise that Christmas is a time they can make a real difference to the happiness of others. A gift from the Oxfam Unwrapped range will not only make friends and family smile more, it will change the lives of people living in poverty all over the world.  Surely that’s got to mean a happier Christmas all around.”