To experiment with HTML5 we decided to recreated our logo using the HTML5 canvas tag, below is an image of what it should look like. View our demo.
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Top bookie Paddy Power unveiled the world’s longest free-standing billboard today located on Cleeve Hill overlooking Cheltenham Racecourse.
The colossal Paddy Power sign is a staggering 270ft long eclipsing the previous world record holder which stood at 160ft long and also dwarfs the iconic Hollywood sign in Los Angeles.
As well as being the world’s longest sign, the giant Paddy Power sign stands at a mighty 50 feet in height – making it taller than three double-decker London buses stacked on top of each other.
Paddy Power himself said: “Cheltenham is the biggest and the best race meeting in the world so we wanted to build a monument to reflect and celebrate that. Everyone knows how much the Irish love Cheltenham, so we are delighted to finally have built them a sign to celebrate what many people call the Irish people’s second home in true Hollywood style.”
Paddy Power statistics:
• 270 feet long (82 metres)
• 50 feet high (15 metres)
• Almost 100 tonnes in total
• 60 man build crew
• 3 years in the making
• Over 1000 man hours to design and build
Landmarks dwarfed by the Paddy Power sign:
• At over 270ft wide that’s longer than the world’s largest free-standing billboard in Manila, Philippines (160ft)
• Taller and bigger than the Hollywood sign (45ft by 200ft)
• Longer than the famous Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset (180ft)
• At over 50ft high that’s taller than three double-decker London buses stacked on top of each other
Taking place on numerous occasions every year, The Severn Bore is an impressive tidal wave of water which works its way up the Severn Estuary over a distance of around 25 miles between Awre and Gloucester – attracting hosts of spectators, and scores of extreme sports enthusiasts, along the way.
The Severn Bore is caused by the tide from the Atlantic Ocean entering the Bristol Channel and forcing its way into the Severn Estuary, filtering into a narrow channel and causing the water to rise by anything up to 15 metres. The water reaches speeds of up to 20kmph as it nears Minsterworth and, as the width of the River Severn narrows, becomes held up causing the natural bore phenomenon.
www.soglos.com/sport-outdoor/28010/The-Severn-Bore
As it’s Christmas day and there’s probably not much snow where you are, we’ve found a site a site where you can create your own snow flake!
The last time it snowed for us was earlier in the year.
Everybody at ICON.net would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
This year we are donating money to The James Hopkins Trust
We have requested that our donation goes to a family to help a severely disabled, life threatened and life limited child aged 0 – 5 years in Gloucestershire.
The guys at MailChimp have done it again, a very festive login screen.
Merry Christmas!
Meet Metalock’s newest recruit, Metalock Man! Find out more about Metalock Engineering at their new blog blog.metalock.co.uk
We like the Halloween theme on the MailChimp login screen, very nice.
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