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I’m repping commercialism, AKA Santa, for our Christmas Tweets project. So I thought I should at least download the little guy and carry him around with me. Here’s my step by step guide to creating your own credit crunch gift idea for Christmas. Step One Go to http://www.christmastweets.co.uk/ and download your own Santa (or one of the other characters – I forget who they are now). Step Two Print that bad boy out. Step Three Cut Santa out whilst wearing your most festive hat. Mind your fingers kids! Step Four Fold up your little Santa. No tearing. Step Five Place on Martin “The Hit Man” Hearns’ head. Or any other inanimate object. Enjoy!

We’re almost at the finish line and have managed to raise a fair few pounds for a very good cause. And, in the space of a couple of weeks, we’ve managed to cultivate the most manly, rugged and sophisticated looking digital agency in London. Thanks again to Lex for the moustache categorisation (and Erik for the photos). The First Eleven The Clear and Present Danger The Wife Taker The Bounder The Five to Ten Stretch Squadron Leader The Musician’s Apprentice The 10110010110110 Don’t forget, there’s still plenty of time to sponsor us. Just click here.

This morning I saw something that made me laugh so I thought I’d share it. We have a problem with people tidying up after themselves in the kitchen. So much so that it gave rise to this post-it note. Not only do I find the note funny because I like the idea of ‘Magic Spoons’ but, by the time whoever wrote the note – in the style of Gordon Brown – they could have put the spoons in the dishwasher themselves. Brilliant!

I always tell myself that one of the joys of working in the online space is that you constantly get exposed to human ingenuity in all its glory. To prove the theory, I experienced two innovations this morning and read about another. The iPhone is the new Star Trek Communicator I’ve had my iPhone for over a year. It drops calls, heats up like a stick of uranium and sometimes crashes, but it is a thing of beauty. I read about RedLaser – the hottest barcode scanner app – and installed it this morning. It is a work of genius. You can scan any barcode and within seconds it will tell you where you can buy the product online and…

Andy Berndt, MD of Google Creative Lab and Tom Uglow, Creative Lead did this presentation at Advertising Week in New York last month. The presentation shows the ways consumers; brands and Google are using technology to create new ways of engaging and interacting. Many of the examples in ‘87 Cool Things’ highlight mashups, interactivity, unique data usage, and the fusion of virtual worlds and reality, all in combination with Google tools. Some great stuff in here: http://bit.ly/87coolthings