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Citing Ben Aston, originally uploaded by benaston.

It’s always nice to know that someone’s reading the Truffles & Nuggets I’ve created. Although not an issue I’ve struggled with many times before, supposing I were to be quoted as an authoritative source, how should I be cited?

Loser.

It’s a bit like a dancefloor for your fingers.

I’m probably misunderstanding what it does, but it looks like the perfect instrument for someone who’s really good at tapping. As it happens I’m very good at tapping so the Novation launchpad is probably what I should be asking for, for Christmas this year. You can read all the blurb about it on Ableton’s website but it doesn’t really do it justice.

Groovy.

Tesco triathlon timesheet, originally uploaded by benaston.

Today I was a (Sponge) Bob along with the Nickelodeon crew at Tesco’s Help for Heroes triathlon at Downey lake, Eton, the rowing venue for the 2012 Olympics.

I got the longest leg of the Olympic distance triathlon, cycling. Despite a nasty headwind, I managed an average speed of 18mph over the 24 mile course bringing me home in 1hr 22mins.

Might have to find another way to get to the Olympics next year.

Google finally lets you switch accounts, originally uploaded by benaston.

A bit nerdacious, but when you’re trying to keep an eye on the wife’s emails, this makes it much easier. Now you don’t have to log out of your account before logging into hers.

Googlelicious.

35 days, 2 handfuls of wedge, and 1 re-shoot later, the all-consuming (but fantastic) project I’ve been rather supremely project managing, bounc3d, has finally gone live! Check out http://www.bounc3d.com.

This video is just one component of the campaign I’ve knocked up with a bit of help from fellow Crayons which includes the viral video, website, online game, press ads in London and national press, tennis ball hand outs at London stations and shopping hubs, Sony Facebook takeover, Sony Head Office takeover and viral seeding with Go Viral and Unruly. We’ve been doing a lot of crayon-ing!

The campaign was created to celebrate the Wimbledon Finals being filmed in 3D by Sony and broadcast on BBC HD for the first time. We’ve created an online tennis ball hunt with some great prizes including Wimbledon finals tickets and lots of Sony stash up for grabs. We’ve released thousands of virtual tennis balls all over the internet. Every tennis ball you catch gives you an entry into the prize draw, as well as a chance of winning spot prizes along the way. So the more balls you collect, the more entries you get into the prize draw and the better your chance of winning. Visit http://www.bounc3d.com to sign up and start playing the game – or just click the bounc3d ribbon on the right of the screen.

Whoooooooop!