Beatbox Beardyman and Nathan Flutebox Lee at Google

Posted: September 23rd, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Music | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Another incredible set, dipping into two of the UK’s top er.. x-boxers? No that’s not right.

Well a “flute boxer” and a beat boxer walk into a bar and .. nah. maybe not.

I hope this sounds alright. We got here with an hour and a half to spare to sound check… and then someone… touched the dial. crowd groans

This is a pale shadow of a fragment of a mere slither of a hint of what you can expect:

  • The Night Rider theme song (OMG!)
  • James Brown! Oww!
  • Hip hop beatboxing
  • Bird flying high (you know how I feel) – amazing
  • Drum and bass (duh) “I think it made it as far as New Zealand”
  • You were always on my mind (listen for the fart noise (really))
  • 1927′s 80s pop classic “Take on Me”, the Beardyman Break mix (yo)
  • Marlon Brando as the Godfather and flute
  • David Attenborough commentary (with incredible bird noises)
  • Bangra style duet
  • Classic R&B with beautifully rendered vocal vinyl scratching
  • Walking double bass
  • Oh my got they had to do Beasty Boys “Flute Loop”

And all that is great and everything. But shouldn’t all those programmers get back to typing in zeroes and ones? </jealous>


Timelapse Girl Takes a Photo Every Day for 4.5 Years

Posted: September 15th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Design | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Look at how her eyes stay fixed. She cuts her hair, she gets ready for parties, her mood changes but she always takes the photo. Every day for 4.5 years.


Minecraft Piston Powered Monorail

Posted: September 14th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Games | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Minecraft redstone creation videos are always trying to one-up each other. The nerdcore amongst us compete to take the crown for fastest or most compact implementation of some kind of machine – or to build something everyone before had assumed was impossible.

With this in mind, I introduce you to toasttify’s Piston Powered Monorail. Give it up for toasttify!! woo!

So obviously there are much smaller ways to do this… but this looks FREAKIN AWESOME

I concur.


Kiva Microfinance Visualisation

Posted: September 7th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Culture | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Kiva is a microfinance platform. What’s that?

It’s a way to lend small amounts of money to people in poor countries who are trying to earn a crust. Small time entrepreneurs, you know, fishmongers and the like.

This video shows the flow of money loans across the globe over the past five years. It’s interesting to see how Kiva has grown in popularity and reach.

Intercontinental Ballistic Microfinance from Kiva on Vimeo.


Bruce Lee: “Be Like Water”

Posted: July 18th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Philosophy, Strong Like Water | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.

– Bruce Lee


How to Dance to Dubstep by Small Child

Posted: April 12th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Music | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Small Child demonstrates Correct Technique.


Michael Wolff, Graphic Designer

Posted: April 8th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Design | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Beautiful!


Dance to Autechre

Posted: January 27th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Music | Tags: , , , | No Comments »


Samurai or Rice Picker?

Posted: February 22nd, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Startups | Tags: , , , | 1 Comment »

If you were in an entrepreneurship class and a successful millionaire asked you whether you want to be a samurai, being truly free to execute on your dreams and achieve greatness, or to pick rice all day and only make a small part of someone else’s dream come true, what would you choose?

This is the opening question of Jason Calacanis, TechCrunch 50 co-founder and CEO of Mahalo, to a class of 50 Penn State University students when prompted unprepared to talk on entrepreneurship.

Jedi Knight or Drone?

… I train people to be Jedi Knights. I need my light sabre. Emily, get my light sabre please.

Jason Calacanis annoyed me when I first started watching his video podcast This Week In Startups. He seemed too self-absorbed and often spoke over his guests, telling his own story of succerss and sharing his own thoughts more than letting his guests speak.

But after watching for a while I’ve warmed to him. He is a bit grating sometimes but it’s his shoot-from-the-hip style that ultimately endears him.

This 30 minute bonus episode is the best one yet, not to mention the shortest. Jason covers the ups and downs of his past startups including weblogs inc, publishers of engadget and joystiq which he sold to AOL for a rumored 30 megabux.

Actually, though it is a little rough and unrehearsed, it’s pretty inspiring!