November 2009
39 posts
“I’ve found the link between apes and civilised men — it’s us.”
– Konrad Lorenz
“I was only my consciousness and nothing else”
– Rom Houben (via The Guardian). Amazing story of a man thought to be in a vegetative state for 23 years, who was really just paralysed with a fully functioning brain. Impossible to imagine how that must affect your mind.
Kaleidoscope →
I hate being sucked in by glossy marketing videos for vaporware, but I’m damn intrigued to see what Sofa (the folks behind the awesome Versions, Disco and Checkout have conjured up in Kaleidoscope. No clues yet (apart from it not being a theming or colour picker app), but I shall await eagerly.
“The unicorns don’t look realistic enough.”
– Client commenting on preliminary animations from a ‘Magical Wonderland’ (via clientsfromhell)
The 32 qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup →
Nice interactive guide to the countries that have qualified for the World Cup from the Guardian.
“One Cesc is a thing of wonder, two of them would be almost like cheating.”
– Arseblog
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Hancock
Directed by Peter Berg (2008)
It would be remiss of me to not concede that Hancock certainly has its moments: the early stages of the film offer a fun take on the traditional superhero genre. The effects are a bit ropey at times (the ‘Spiderman’ effect is in full-force) and Will Smith teeters on the edge of parody rather than playing the down-and-out Hancock totally straight (which,...
“I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that my...”
– Memento (2000) (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
“Older people are still people, they’re just people who think when they...”
– Mark Corrigan
“Good software is cheerful software”
– freckle: time tracking rethought
“Talk doesn’t cook rice.”
– Chinese Proverb (via @zen_habits)
“I read all the blogs because I’m an under-employed fat fucking loser with...”
– Malcolm Tucker (via kapi)
Folly!
Every Thursday at Proud Cabaret No.1 Mark Lane, London EC3R 7AH
Had an absolutely terrific night at Proud Cabaret last night, where Michael and Miss Stark presented the inaugural Folly! supper club: a ‘retro’ cabaret night to be held every Thursday, with music, comedy, burlesque and really great cocktails. The venue itself is modelled on a 1920s speakeasy, and tucked away in the...
“Real-time simultaneous offense and gratification is not my thing, I have a...”
– James Watt (of BrewDog)
“The message for the British government is a simple one: don’t exclude...”
– David Nutt, Governments should get real on drugs - New Scientist
Sir Alex Ferguson calls on fans to end... →
Fair play to old red-nose, and United, though it’s about time.
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This weekend, I...
Went to see a special screening of Colin at the ever-magnificent Union Chapel courtesy of the good folks at Jameson.
Had a delicious late dinner at Isarn on Upper Street: very impressed.
Rather enjoyed watching Arsenal stroll past Tottenham without really breaking sweat. Which is odd, because Tottenham’s squad is so much stronger than Arsenal’s. Heh.
Went to a Halloween party in...