Image of the Week: Risk Factory by kyz

Apr 012012
 
 April 1, 2012  Posted by at 11:00 The Picture of Machiavelli Id Tagged with: , , ,  No Responses »
Image of the Week: Risk Factory by kyz

What needs to be said about this one? It’s not the photography itself that impressed me, I admit; it’s just the concept of a Risk Factory. Is that where they make the board game? Is it the name of a nightclub I’m not cool enough to be allowed into? [In fact, it turns out to be a safety centre. Oh well.] I also thought it was particularly appropriate for posting here on April Fool’s Day. You can find more of kyz‘s work on Flickr. Want to Win Image of the Week? Send me the URL to your image, or email me

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Unnecessary Redundancy

Jan 262012
 
 January 26, 2012  Posted by at 13:05 Machiavelli Id's list of lists, The Picture of Machiavelli Id, The word of Machiavelli Id Tagged with: , , , , , ,  No Responses »
Unnecessary Redundancy

One of my pet hates is redundant language; I reserve the right to “really truly” for emphasis if I want to, but all that “05-hundred AM in the morning” stuff is for cock jockeys. Here’s a little visual celebration of redundancy in action:

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Image of the Week: Win A Dream Holiday

Jan 202012
 
 January 20, 2012  Posted by at 17:34 The 4nim4l, The Picture of Machiavelli Id, The word of Machiavelli Id Tagged with: , , , , , ,  No Responses »
Image of the Week: Win A Dream Holiday

My mate posted this on Facebook. I thought this was ironic due to the fact this paper came out only a couple of days after the Costa Concordia tragedy happened (on Friday 13th January, woo00ooo), and just above the photo of the sinking cruise ship they’ve got a big red headline offering to win a dream holiday. Mmm, I think not. I wonder if they got in trouble for this ? ***** 4nim4l ***** Want to Win Image of the Week? Send me the URL to your image, or email me the file as an attachment if you must.  I’m

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WTF Happened There?

Jan 162012
 
 January 16, 2012  Posted by at 00:26 Inside Machiavelli Id, Machiavelli Id goes digital Tagged with: , , , ,  No Responses »
WTF Happened There?

I just had one of those mad traffic spikes: not a StumbleUpon flashmob, not a run of Facebook click-throughs, but a burst of activity that comes mainly from organic search. Look: As it turns out, I had a lot of hits from people searching for Mike Crawley. Which isn’t surprising, because he’s a superstar and because he does nudie photos. There were a couple of hours there when it was all just busy, busy, busy – for this place, at least. I’m used to pootling along at no more than a hundred or so views a day most of the time, so this

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Image of the Week: Window disclaimer by Karen Neoh

Jan 062012
 
 January 6, 2012  Posted by at 09:30 Crash Test Baby, The Picture of Machiavelli Id Tagged with: , , ,  No Responses »
Image of the Week: Window disclaimer by Karen Neoh

There are a lot of things I like about this. First of all, I’m just happy that somebody bothered to make up some nice professional looking signage rather than just writing it on a piece of paper taped to the window. That restores my faith in the quirked priorities of humanity. I also like the fact that their offer of a puppy goes some way to ameliorate the threat to give children strong caffeine beverages. And look, if you don’t want the kids to drink espresso then don’t leave them unattended, right? You can see more of Karen’s photos on Flickr.

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Image of the Week: The Small Hand That Kills by Skippyjon

Dec 052011
 
 December 5, 2011  Posted by at 16:37 Crash Test Baby, The Picture of Machiavelli Id Tagged with: , , ,  No Responses »
Image of the Week: The Small Hand That Kills by Skippyjon

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