March 2010
35 posts
WatchDing Dong Denny’s History of Ireland, a short film directed by Cathal Gaffney. Very good.
“Think of not thinking.
How do you think of not thinking?
By not thinking.”
– Dogen
Main Source - He Got So Much Soul (He Don’t...
WatchAbsolutely loopy new video from Hot Chip for I Feel Better. (via Example)
WatchNice stunt by Heineken: Heineken İtaly Activation on Vimeo
WatchIt’s taken Puma — a ‘sports lifestyle’ brand — to actually create an iPhone alternative that has at least some focus on people who like their UI’s to look nice.
People talk about style over substance, but I say anyone who doesn’t want something they use several times a day to look nice and be enjoyable (not just efficient) to use is a incorrigible geek...
Wired Reread →
A trip down 128MB Memory Lane - Adverts from old issues of Wired (circa ‘95). Minidisc, Newton, Geocities, Flashback … thanks for the memories.
THE LONG TAKE →
A compilation of the best long takes/tracking shots in cinematic history. I have to say my personal favourites are Frenzy (for the cinematic effect of the shot), The Protector (for the sheer insanity of attempting a four minute fight scene with about 60 stunt-men and a spiral staircase), Goodfellas (outside to inside, through a narrow corridor, kitchen — where even Ray Liotta bumps into a...
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
– Albert Einstein (via #johannal) (via quote-book)
Shawcross and Ramsey an interesting study into the... →
‘On one hand we have a promising 19 year-old footballer with a career-threatening injury, on the other a player whose international call-up has been “overshadowed”. So where do sympathies lie?’ — I’m not surprised, but I am appalled, disgusted and generally more angry than usual at the hypocrisy and idiocy of the UK media, and football fans in general.