Archive for August, 2006

Cool hunting

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Doyobi has just opened up on Sydney Street, selling Kubricks, kicks and Japanese cultural ephemera. My kind of stuff. Last week I picked up a Slave Leia (pictured) to complete my Star Wars series 5 Kubricks. On the subject of which, pics of SW series 7 have leaked (scroll down) and they’re looking hot. I’m […]

What the terrorists want

Monday, August 28th, 2006

New theme

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Daily links

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Powers of ten

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

A conversation this weekend about the classic Eames short, Powers of ten, caused me to hunt it down on Youtube. No surprise that I found more than I was looking for:

Powers of Ten
Simpsons version
Interactive Java version

Snow Crash in Second Life

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

YouTube favorites

Monday, August 7th, 2006

More than meets the eye. Those crazy Japanese…
Star Trek 2.0 ad. No salsa on the leather! I absolutely love this. The voice work, the superb animation. Aw yeah!
I can’t resist it: Camelot Trek.
Rubikins!

Guest links

Monday, August 7th, 2006

More web goodness from you, dear readers:

Chad Vader, day shift manager. From Channel101, home of Robotperson favorites, Yatch Rock. Thanks Tom.
Stef tips us off to an ominous looking new Sony Bravia advert, expansive follow-up to the bouncy balls ad. Oh! here’s a spectator’s clip of the detonation. Props to Sony for resisting the urge […]

Web Credibility

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

Note to self: memorise Stanford Guidelines for Web Credibility

Make it easy to verify the accuracy of the information on your site.
Show that there’s a real organization behind your site.
Highlight the expertise in your organization and in the content and services you provide.
Show that honest and trustworthy people stand behind your site.
Make it easy to contact […]

Improve Amazon picks

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006