From Wikipedia: A blog (a portmanteau of web log) is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order.
Radiohead’s laser show
July 15th, 2008
Nobody else would do it would they? Radiohead’s new video for “House of cards” wasn’t actually filmed as such - no cameras or lights were involved.
No, Oxford’s finest used a laser to record the data of the movement taking place in front of it. Explaining it fully would take hours but the story is fascinating. So I highly-recommend the following:
And - because it was data that was recorded and not filmed - you can actually interact with the “video” (oh God it’s too hard to explain, just click here and trust me).
Nature is sick - and amazing.
July 14th, 2008
So, there’s these worms - Horsehair or Gordian worms they’re called - and they grow inside crickets. The world’s full of parasites but what these little critters do is even more amazing/disgusting (delete due to opinion after reading the following).
When the worm is fully grown, it injects a little bit of poison into the cricket’s brain - and makes it go mad. And this madness causes the cricket to seek out water and drown itself - thus releasing the worm into its preferred-environment.
Sick or wonderful? Clever or repulsive? You decide…
Proof: Aliens are among us!
July 14th, 2008
No words can explain this; in short aliens are living among us and working for CNN. Time to prepare for the oncoming battle. Me? I’m off to my cabin in the forest to sit it all out.
Star in a reasonably-priced TARDIS
July 12th, 2008
From the Dr Who web site: “Inspired by his colleague Simon Catt, Matt Taylor of the BBC’s Repeats & Reversioning team had the idea of combining David Tennant’s appearance in Top Gear’s Star In A Reasonably Priced Car slot with clips of the TARDIS in flight from Doctor Who…”
The second BarCamp to be held in Leeds. Not sure what BarCamp is? Want some more info on the Leeds event? Would like to see a pretty picture of a kitten playing with wool?
I like to cater for all tastes.
You sad b**tar**
July 5th, 2008
Now, don’t get me wrong, I plan to get myself one of them there iPhones when they’re lauched. But - that’s next Friday, you know… IN SEVEN DAYS TIME.
How do people think of these things? Who sees a Boba Fett ‘doll’ and thinks “you know what, I think I’ll spend the next few hours re-creating that iconic sequence from Flashdance I enjoyed 20 years ago through the medium of stop-motion animation.”
Obviously there’s not a lot to do in Canada, home of filmer/animator/loony Patrick Boivin.
Hoffspace taking over
July 3rd, 2008
From the “you couldn’t make it up” file comes the news that actor, producer, singer, global megastar and 21st century renaissance man David Hasselhoff has started his own social networking site.
Facebook - you might as well shut down now. There’s no point in continuing really.
MySpace? Well, Rupert that $850m you spent might as well have stayed in the bank accruing interest cause, well, the Hoff’s here now.
In the name of science, I signed-up so you don’t have to. It’s got a forum, groups, photos - all the usual social networking stuff and - of course - my own page (and the ability to invite friends to join me).
So now I can contact all the other Hoff fans in the world and share our love of the hairy-chested screen God.
Crikey. I knew Apple liked to keep things close to their chest - but escorting journalists to the loo at their World Wide Developer Conference… well, that’s just taking the pi**.
