"I didn’t know I was this geeky until I discovered the online world through my office’s 2400 baud modem back in ’93." Monthly Archives for August 2010
links for 2010-08-31
The Wilderness Downtown Interactive film built in HTML5. By Arcade Fire and Chris Milk. Works in Chrome. (tags: video html5 interactive chrome music arcadefire) De Morgen Multimedia – Vlaamse omroepen samen ten strijde tegen Telenet en Belgacom TV (1150876) Flemish … Continue reading
Arcade Fire – Wake Up (Reading 2010)
update: unfortunately embedding has now been disabled for these videos The hair stood up on the back of my neck watching Arcade Fire play Reading on BBC 3 the other night. The band has uploaded the entire show to YouTube.
Max Richter – On the nature of daylight
Enjoy this happy little ditty by German composer Max Richter. www.maxrichter.com
links for 2010-08-30
Third edition of OED unlikely to appear in print format | Books | The Guardian Yup. Threw out all my dictionaries earlier this year. (tags: dictionary)
Erwin Olaf: “Adversity breeds beauty”
Erwin Olaf Interview from Katharina on Vimeo. I don’t have a lot of Dutch heroes. The two that I have are both photographers. Erwin Olaf is one of them. VPRO television aired a marathon interview with this 51 year old … Continue reading
British Sea Power – Come Wander With Me
Lost track of British Sea Power, so I missed this lovely tune from 2009, set to a scene from Man of Aran, the classic 1934 film. The band did a complete soundtrack for the movie which was released on DVD. … Continue reading
Gangsta!
First I heard of this. Boardwalk Empire, a new series on HBO from Terence Winter (writer, The Sopranos) and Martin Scorcese based on a book by Nelson Johnson. It is set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition era … Continue reading
links for 2010-08-28
Tools to Boost Your Social Media Productivity » SocialOomph.com (tags: twitter tools socialmedia management social) Into The Abyss: Teal and Orange – Hollywood, Please Stop the Madness Explanation of "THE COLOR GRADING VIRUS THAT IS TEAL & ORANGE!!!" (tags: colour … Continue reading
You are not alone
Your obsession makes you interesting. Actor Alan Cumming has started a website documenting people’s obsessions. On www.itsasickness.com you can join existing obsession groups (Shakespeare, sloths, Buffy, etc) and add your own, then upload photos, videos and articles. “Itsasickness is an … Continue reading
Merlin returns to the BBC
Series 3 of Merlin starts September 11th. After an eye-rollingly bad first season, the second season was surprisingly good. Fingers crossed.
