Mostly This:

Olympic Debit: London 2012 debit cards from lloyds tsb.  Basically all debit cards issued this month will be London 2012 branded.  So time to get your ‘damaged’ card replaced :)

Scirocco Studios: very nice ‘pop-up’ gallery just off carnaby street (2-6th sept).

5 commissioned installations, all worthy of a lunchtime visit, and it’s also done it main job of informing me of the vw scirocco and its bloody cool. Not for me as I’m strictly people carriers these days - but hey! click the picture above for more info on the artists / work.

we:recycle our nokias: goodbye N70 you were life changing but I’ve moved on, time to go to silicon heaven and let the finns do what they will with you.  Available at the nokia store and service centres.

N96 gets uk price confirmed: It’s up on nokia.co.uk at £535 pre-order. No sign of the N85 or N79 or an availability date just yet (a vague september). Which is at least better than the £699 expansys have it on preorder.  I’m guessing at this price point it’s unlikely to be free on any tariffs. Where as the N85 will be free on most £30+.  Game over?

Colours: Nike iD now has some flag options - a tie in to the nike+ country challenge.  so for a premium you can create your own custom runners in your flag colours or any you choose.

The Chippy: New trendy but reasonable priced chip shop on Poland Street. Table service or traditional take away counter.  Very nice and very filling!

Beach Rugby: When I saw adverts for Scrum on the Beach, I assumed it was well on a beach. But no, the beach has come to Trafalgar Square for a day of highly branded fun.

Party like its 2012: The handover ceremony party was F.U.N. it was poptastic and reminded me of cheesy event’s like ”party in the park’.  But there’s no harm in shamely joyful fun - which this was. The sun shined, the music was jolly and familiar.  Roll on 2012.

RIP N96 and N78 it was nice not knowing you: Nokia’s stunningly confusing product range took a strange turn this week with the launch of the N85 and N79.  Both effectively killing the month or so old N78 and the yet to be released N96.  The N85 makes the N96 redundant for all but a minority of users - The N96 is inferior except for a slightly larger screen and integrated memory (nice summation here). Ignore the DVB-H as that’s useless in 95% of the world.  The N96 was announced back in feb and it is still not out.  Too little, too late. Samsung’s copy and improve INNOV8 is superior and out a month earlier.  Meanwhile nokia have launched 4 or 5 almost identical sliders to further confuse punters.