nice (:

Take A Photo

2011-11-28T10:57:00.003Z

+Lamarr Wilson (www.wilsontech1.com) posted this on Google+. MrElliotB and friends leave disposable cameras around with a "Take a Photo." sign. Awesome idea (:

Mystery Cookie Friend

2011-09-05T13:03:00.004Z

Reddit user hankoring changed his SSID (WiFi name) to "Bring cookies to apt 203.", within a hour...

Changed SSID to "Bring cookies to apt 203." In less than an hour, neighbors delivered.

Made me smile (:

Say Something Nice.

2011-08-23T13:18:00.001Z

Reddit found, this is a project by Improv Everywhere: Say Something Nice.

To infinity and beyond!

Whale Dance

2011-07-13T22:43:00.002Z

Found this on reddit. Some people cut nylon netting from a whale and seem to get a thank you show afterwards.

The Great Whale Conservancy.

2011-06-21T12:14:00.001Z

R-Carnitine posted on reddit. I lost my wallet at Costco today, this is how I found it when the lost and found gave it back to me.

nice (:

Meanwhile in Denmark

2011-05-31T14:00:00.001Z

Found this on reddit.

Don't know if it's real but it made me smile (:

Today you.... tomorrow me.

2011-05-06T10:44:00.002Z

Found this on reddit, Lost my wallet in New Jersey last weekend, got this in the mail today. Gotta love people sometimes.

i did this once, found a wallet, googled guys name, found facebook, sent message, met next day to exchange and he gave me a bottle of wine, cool.

In the comments of this post was a link to another nice story, Have you ever picked up a hitch-hiker?

(:

Talking to people

2011-03-23T13:01:00.006Z

Found this interesting video on reddit. Reminded me of the "I'm up for a chat on the tube" art project by Hannah Hull.

Chill Pod

2011-02-27T00:01:00.005Z

Found this on a chan of all places. It's called Nestrest and is designed by Dedon. i could sit in one of these for the rest of my life.

Best Friends

2011-02-22T23:46:00.003Z

Found on reddit (:

For some reason i want to move to Preston

2010-07-31T19:20:00.006Z

Found this on reddit. wuguwa posted "so my emu Carl got out the other day and decided to head into town. we got him back with some help from the local authorities. here's the town's reaction..." (:

Richard Shillings Land Art

2010-03-13T15:48:00.008Z

Found this on reddit/flickr. Richard Shilling makes peaceful and charming sculptures in the landscape, much like Martin Hill & Philippa Jones. i find them very relaxing for some reason.

Stone Cairn Originally uploaded by escher....

If i found this wondering in the wilderness it would make my whole year...

Farewell Cairn Originally uploaded by escher....

Richard makes other wonderful stuff, so check out his site and flickr (:

he he

2010-02-09T17:41:00.004Z

cool (:

this made me smile

2009-10-09T13:00:00.005Z

keep smiling

2009-05-25T03:20:00.004Z

Found this while getting food from the Krishnas (Hare Krishna):

Made me smile (:

The wind in your hair

2009-05-12T12:52:00.009Z

i love bike riding, gliding through the city. My Dad used to pop my on his handlebars when i was a kid, although a wee bit uncomfortable i did like it, i think i may have got my love for bike riding from this. i wish when i was even younger the Taga stroller/trike had been around.

That just seems like a lot of fun for a kid. (:

With a little help

2009-04-30T18:00:00.001Z

Nice video found on reddit:

Random acts of kindness are the best kind.

2009-03-17T09:46:00.002Z

Found this nice story on reddit:

Random acts of kindness ... and not because the Bible tells you so

It's little things like this that make the world a better place.

I Heart You Online

2009-03-06T22:42:00.005Z

i installed a widget on my igoogle called "blogs of note", on a suggested blog called astropixie (things and stuff astronomy and life) i found this lovely video:

The singers are Sophie and Hannah (:

Happy puppy

2008-06-26T12:41:00.004Z

Found this floating around the internet (:

Postcrossing

2008-06-08T15:45:00.007Z

i just found a lovely thing on MetaFilter called Postcrossing. You sign up, get an random address and mail a postcard to the address, you then get a postcard from some random person in the World, what a simple, cool idea. i love selfless acts designed to bring smiles (:

i just sent this nice postcard to someone in Finland.

i think is is called Postcrossing because it is based on BookCrossing, another lovely idea. You leave books you have read in public places for people to find and read. i did this anyway and was pleasantly surprised to find it had a worldwide following.

the friendliness of crowds

2007-11-27T00:56:00.000Z

found this on reddit today, posted by csdoubleyou and i thought i would use his text in the post as it says it all:

This man with autism, who was chosen to sing the national anthem, got a case of the giggles half way through. Listen to what the crowd does to support him.

beautiful (:

:-)

2007-09-21T17:50:00.000Z

sometimes all we need is a smile:

smile :)

Welsh Festival of the Air <3

2007-09-21T17:08:00.000Z

red-arrows-display-09.jpg Originally uploaded by Swansea Photographer.

found on reddit

Operation Photo Rescue

2007-08-01T22:17:00.000Z

saw this on TeXtra:

Operation Photo Rescue

A place where you can volunteer you Photoshopping skills to restore peoples photos ruined by Hurricane Katrina (and other natural disasters). It is a small thing but i think nice.

want to live happily ever after

2007-03-21T13:51:00.000Z

OK...

Team Wiggly

wiggly metro sign Posted by wigglymoo0oo0.

HEHE (:

John Hyde - Wild Thing Photography

2007-01-08T20:49:00.000Z

Surfing the net once i came across this stunning site:

Wild Thing Photography

Simply beautiful work by John Hyde of Whales, Eagles and other wild animals. Also landscapes and some lovely pictures of people (i love the Kayak pic below). Go and take a look, a site full of wonder (:

Humpback whale breaches - Copyright © 2007 John Hyde.

Steller Sea Lions rest on rookery at sunset - Copyright © 2007 John Hyde.

Kayaker admiring intense blues of glacier ice - Copyright © 2007 John Hyde.

Thanks John for the lovely seasonal greetings, hope you and your gang have a brilliant year (:

Pretty Time Lapse

2006-12-17T18:38:00.000Z

Lapses in Light Originally uploaded by ollie larkin.

the world is yours

2006-12-06T07:45:00.000Z

Remember Google Spell (make messages with google images). Well i found a another brilliant one on reddit:

geoGreeting

This one uses building, land shapes and other things on Google Earth's satellite view to spell out messages, very clever. Even better it gives you a URL where you message can be seen.

Happy Tubein'

2006-11-30T16:50:00.000Z

london underground Originally uploaded by lomokev.
Speaking of the tube, i found this happy pic on flickr by lomokev, made me smile. Be sure to check out his other stuff... happy, quirky, funny and just plain ACE. Defiantly one of the best photographers on flickr.

That smile in the middle of all those faces is excellent. (:

pass it forward

2006-11-30T01:06:00.001Z

i found a nice article on Londonist:

Interview: Liz Akers of Team Nice

Liz, one day on the way to work, on the bus saw a lady giving the driver a hard time. At the next stop the driver didn't stop for someone running for the bus. Seeing how bad feeling gets passed around she had the idea of "passing niceness around London" in the form of "nicetie token".

Once you get one (for doing something nice) you can go to Team Nice and join. When you see someone doing something nice, you give them the token. See, passing nice around. (:

Also in the article is a link to "I'm up for a chat on the tube", wear a badge on the tube/bus/train to indicate you are "up for a chat". i bet some nice friendships have come from that.

Photoshop Online Video Podcast

2006-11-24T18:40:00.000Z

Found a lovely new Video Podcast on ScobleShow.com called:

Photoshop Online Video Podcast

In each episode Jan Kabili gives easy to follow lessons on Photoshop. Things like, how to make a black & white image from a color one (i thought that was easy), how to sharpen an image, good sepia tones. I loved 04 Neutral Density. If you own Photoshop then i recommend you subscribe to this, you won't be sorry.

Beautiful Earth

2006-10-12T02:16:00.000Z

The Vessel on which we travel:

reddit found, click pix for more.

Stone Circle

2006-10-12T01:41:00.000Z

Whanganui Bay, Lake Taupo, New Zealand - Copyright © 2006 Martin HillFound this beautiful sculpture on reddit

Martin Hill with his partner Philippa Jones visit wild places and sculpt/photograph beautiful natural objects. Check site for more stunning works (:

Free Hugs

2006-09-28T13:17:00.000Z

Tia found this lovely story:

Inspiring Story! Free Hugs Campaign Originally posted by PeaceOnEarth123.

Juan Mann, with his friend Christiana Christodoulou, in Sydney started giving out free hugs on the street. Returning from London he thought "everyone was miserable" so started the "Free Hugs Campaign". What an ACE way to cheer people up.

Free Hugs in KOREA Originally posted by b612re.

*update* i was asked to join "The Free Hugs Movement" on Youtube, it's a world wide phenomenon

Positive Words Everyday

2006-09-13T12:54:00.000Z

A nice blog full of inspiring words.

Inspiring Quotes, Daily Inspirational Sayings, Motivating Quotes, Positive Words

Seems to be doing the same work as this blog, nice to see i'm not alone, LOL.

it's full of stars

2006-09-01T12:06:00.000Z

Beautiful pic of a Lagoon Nebula. Found on (the increasingly popular) reddit

it cost nowt

2006-08-28T13:41:00.000Z

Some stories to cheer you up:

Acts of kindness

These stories are always changing, so if you need a cheer up, just pop over there (:

print & pattern

2006-08-13T00:11:00.000Z

i found this lovely blog:

print & pattern

It's a blog by a designer about patterns, how nice is that. She has a really good eye for nice patterns (some really cool retro ones).

(:

2006-08-12T21:00:00.000Z

found this pic online, made me laff :D

LOL, that's just plain nice init.

sail away

2006-07-25T17:05:00.000Z

beautiful designed kayak:

a picture is worth a word

2006-07-21T23:26:00.000Z

found this funny site:

Google Spell

put a word in and this page will make that word out of Google images. i got this after putting in johnie:

silly fun (:

JET SET SHOW

2006-07-21T21:48:00.000Z

i like podcasts, i like laughing. One of the best places on the net to get those things is:

JET SET SHOW (feed)

a video podcast made by Zadi and Steve (in a small Los Angeles living room), they have a very, very funny sense of humor and always have me rolling around laffin' (belly laffs are good for you). A ray of sunshine breaking through a dark sky. Go there, be happy... that's an order (:

hello kitten

2006-07-17T20:06:00.000Z

i think it's time we had a kitten moment

i found this site by using a very nice firefox extension called

StumbleUpon

this extension is basicly a button you press to be taken to a random site in the net, you can pick from the subjects of the sites, it's nice (:
OK more kittens

Sometimes we all need a kitten moment.

It's a dirty job but someone's gotta to do it

2006-07-13T22:53:00.000Z

Found this on reddit:

A tribuite to the "nice guys" of the world.

(:

i love U

2006-07-01T20:24:00.000Z

Found this on Regnet's Canal, made me smile (:

i luv U Originally uploaded by Johnie.

When ya go

2006-05-22T15:35:00.000Z

Well we all got to go some day and look what i found on Boing Boing.

biodegradable hand woven willow coffins from a company called "The Somerset Willow Company" (how nice is that name). I also heard about "Woodland Burials" once. When you are buried instead of a gravestone, a tree is planted to mark your grave, eventually the graveyard becomes a woodland, very clever.

Down Under

2006-05-18T12:14:00.000Z

a silly google-map thingy that tells you where you'd end up if you drilled through the earth:

opposite tool

silly fun, i would end up in the "South Pacific Ocean" just SouthEast off, "New Zealand".
found on reddit

nice little worlds

2006-04-25T11:37:00.000Z

i was doing a search for "Hiroshima street cars" (for some reason) and in the image bit i found this page:
nice strange little pictures of life around Hiroshima (i think they lamps that are for sale or like shadow puppets).



OK these pictures are lovely, so i went to the First Page and found a load more (even some little anamated stories). Most of the text is in Japanese, some English, but don't let that put you off as the pix are funny anyway.







as far as a can tell the artist is "hamayu" (:

Good News

2006-04-23T14:15:00.000Z

great news network is a news site that only has positive or good news (not as bad as it sounds). It is user driven, which means if you come across a good news story on another site, you can submit it here. Go check it out (:

Time for you

2006-04-12T14:24:00.000Z

i saw this beautiful clock on the beautiful Rocketboom today:

humanclock.com

i uploaded 9 o'clock:

21 Originally uploaded by Johnie.

the page refreshes every minute with a new photo of the time, soo nice (:

a mars a day

2006-04-11T10:48:00.000Z

found this on digg:

Smiley face on Mars

Happy 5

2006-04-03T20:46:00.000Z

found this on the nice reddit:

Five things likely to make you happier in the short term

(:

Jamaica plain principle

2006-03-30T11:40:00.000Z

Amy of Amyville explains the "jamaica plain principle" in that you can not walk down the street without meeting someone ye know in "Jamaica Plains", very happy video:

jamaica plain principle

hug a tree

2006-03-26T11:21:00.000Z

ERIKA made a sweater for a tree.

i like that (:

TURN YOUR HEAD

2006-03-14T17:36:00.000Z

found this on Boing Boing

TURN YOUR HEAD

how ACE is that, you send in ya profile and they make a "three dimensional visage". Very clever.

HAHA

2006-03-10T13:31:00.001Z

What an amazing picture :D

The 29 Healthiest Foods on the Planet

2006-03-10T13:24:00.000Z

yummy (:

We all love 80x15

2006-03-08T16:30:00.000Z

i found a nice resource for your site/blog, it's from George Taylor McKnight who made Podbop (in the USA, put a band in and you will see if they are coming to ya town and you can listen to some of their songs, nice). Anyway he also do this:

Steal These Buttons

it's a depository for all those 80x15 buttons that we all use on our blogs, you can even submit your own. I submitted these:

- used for me London Video Podcast

- Coz (the 100% nice) Selina wanted one

so if ya need a 80x15 button check here as they may have the one you want or just design one and upload, a nice resource (:

Kippah

2006-03-02T17:51:00.000Z

OK i'v been having banner fun:

Nice init, but let me tell ya bout the smiley faces. First off i didn't do um, i just went on google and put in "smiley", looked on the image bit and found this pic:

as you can see it's the pic i used so later on i went back to the site so i could give credit for the picture. When i first went there i just right clicked on the pic and downloaded it, not even knowing what it was a picture of. When i went back i found it was a picture of Kippahs (the little caps that Jews wear). How nice are they. i always knew the Jews had a sense of humor but these are brilliant (: There are loads of other designs on the site.

Birthday Song

2006-03-02T14:42:00.000Z

Found this on the Blog Mad forum

UK number 1

just put ya birthday in and find out what was number 1 in the UK charts that day

mine was:
Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days

silly (:

(:..

2006-03-01T00:20:00.000Z

Once you cheer one person’s whole day up, you have worth on the earth.

Catalina Estrada

2006-02-24T14:07:00.000Z

found on the always fun Boing Boing

Beautiful website and pix

Beautiful patterns

2006-02-24T02:55:00.000Z

...








be inspired (:

Banana's is good

2006-02-23T21:22:00.000Z

i spotted this on the lovely Rocket Boom:

And when your out and about this:

coz Banana's are good for you (:

Pictures

2006-02-20T02:03:00.000Z

Don't try to paint perfectly
just become perfect and paint naturally

Wham-O

2006-02-12T00:24:00.000Z

Frisbee is nice because nobody needs to win (:

OK

2006-02-07T01:38:00.000Z

NiceCupOfTeaAndASitDown
now everything is alright (:

Cute Overload ;)

2006-02-04T00:16:00.000Z

you might not be able to take this

you are beautiful

2006-01-31T15:34:00.000Z

found on reddit
you are beautiful
plastic cups in a fence (:

(:.

2006-01-31T01:24:00.000Z

if you think you are cool... you are.

Little Lego Builders

2006-01-29T14:43:00.000Z

HAHA (i’m laffing already), found this on digg today, very funny (:

happy feet

2006-01-28T18:55:00.000Z

i joined a socitey, it's SUPER. Unfortunately i can’t give you a link to the site as it’s a SECRET. Spread joy throughout the world with DANCE. If you can find the SOCIETY you can join. (:

beautiful worlds

2006-01-27T14:21:00.000Z

I’m on deviantART (an online ART community) and although the name deviantART may sound strange, don’t let it put you off, there are some Very, Very Beautiful artworks on there.

One of the nicest galleries i found on dA is by the artist frecklefaced29 (May Ann Licudine). A treasure among all the others, her work seems to lift ya spirit, sometimes funny, always beautiful, never offensive. Every picture seems to tell a hundred stories

Wickermoss-Back Tray Originally by frecklefaced29.
If you’re ever feeling down or low just fly over to frecklefaced29 ‘s gallery. I guarantee the art you find within, will bring a smile to your face (:

*UPDATE* new site:
(is her first web-site and it only took her 4 months, very talented)

ashes and snow

2006-01-22T18:21:00.000Z

unbelievablely beautiful, a must see (:
pix and vid by Gregory Colbert

found on dA by the very, very good photographer iamkatia.

Aurora Borealis

2006-01-22T17:47:00.000Z

beautiful skies, top of the world
pix by Lauri A. Kangas

pure beautiful

Found these nice pix on the lovely reddit

being nice

2006-01-20T21:50:00.000Z

Hey you know you lot, if ya find nice things on the net that you think should go in here please feel free to e-mail me or (if i can work it out) you could be a team member on this blog, i don’t mind. I just wanted a nice place on the net where even your granny (well ya granny who’s been around) could visit, that’s who i think of as my target audience, HEHE well you know… nice. Anyway if ye wanna be a member just e-mail me (think the member thing will only work if ye have a blogger accout).

it's strangely nice to have a nice release.

Random Beauty

2006-01-14T13:30:00.000Z

Found this lovely site on Digg yesterday:

file-swap.com

You upload a file and get a random file in return, that’s nice init.
I’m gonna do it every day (:

playing with ghosts

2006-01-13T13:06:00.000Z

An Abandoned Theme Park in Japan.
pix by this photographer

Wouldn't you just love to spend the day there playing.

Click on pix to go to 3 different pages (other nice stuff on the site) (:

a list of nice things

2006-01-11T18:50:00.000Z

See here.

Homes for all

2006-01-11T14:07:00.000Z

My mate Andy told me years ago of “ty un nos” or “house in a night”. A lovely old Welsh custom that if ye can build a house in one night with a fire burning in the hearth by sunrise the land was yours, freehold. Then you could extend the land around by the amount you could throw your axe from the four corners of ya new house. Lovely old Welsh.

More relevant today, I heard last night from someone in the pub that is illegal in Amsterdam for a building to be empty for more than 12 months. If you see an empty building you can break in, fone the police and tell um you squatting it, all legal like, seems like a simple solution to elevate homelessness.

*edit* when i did this post i found there was no entry in Wikipedia for "Ty un nos". So i made one, gotta love the Wiki *edit* (:

nice humans

2006-01-09T01:03:00.000Z

Bluebell Cottage Originally uploaded by Johnie.
this is my fav pic my DX3900 ever took. It's of the very amazing Martha and the very cool Hedd. It is my wish that when they grow up they will get married coz them to cool for school.

the SUN

2006-01-08T17:13:00.000Z

The SUN Originally uploaded by Johnie.
a pic of me in Regent's Park.

(:

2006-01-08T12:50:00.000Z

Have you ever given your brolly to someone who looks like they are not enjoying the rain ?

a picture of light

2006-01-07T23:33:00.000Z

a picture of light Originally uploaded by Johnie.
in me flat

landscape

2006-01-07T20:51:00.000Z

the view Originally uploaded by Johnie.
the nice view out me window

look where i landed

2006-01-07T20:25:00.000Z

leaf Originally uploaded by Johnie.
walking along Regent's Canal and i found this leaf, seems it wanted to watch the canal go by

Software for Starving Students

2006-01-07T19:51:00.000Z

Some nice people have put together a well ace CD, full of free software. Aimed at students (but available to everyone) it has stuff like:
The Gimp
OpenOffice.org
Audacity
and loadz more. They encourage you to burn and share the CD. That's nice init (:

>>>>>> get CD image here <<<<<<

The nice blog

2006-01-07T14:10:00.000Z

This is a nice blog, just made to make peeps happy, here's a nice pic

love Originally uploaded by Johnie.
when i went to Castlemorton (the last great free festival) i took a lot of mushrooms and went to hide in my tent. Every now and again i'd look out and everyone who walked past looked like this, i was very happy (: