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Mashups are proper over. That said, when someone flips a decent homemade remix, it can still turn my head. Aside from the awful name, Doppelbanger has joined Pharrell and ATCQ with aplomb. Yes, i said aplomb. Enjoy.
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downhill skateboarding can be WAY more extreme than any X-Games crap. Blog writers are often prone to hyperbole, but I think this this is one of the most exhilarating things i've ever seen.
Brick Lane in London is pretty much like this right now (plus a bit of Robert Smith)
Cooliris is like coverflow should be. Install it, go to flickr (or google images etc.) and enjoy it in all it's glory.
Adding fanboy whoops should be De Rigueur for any Sci-Fi trailer from today onwards. Sure the trailer for TR2N looks supergood, but the pantwetting nerdscreams make me way more interested than i should be.
I used to get annoyed with people spelling things incorrectly until i realised that all words have twisted and turned their way through history (see etymology Wednesday posts for proof), and more than that, all words are made up anyway. Ed Rondthaler has a pretty good party speech on the subject...
The new logos for the olympic candidate cities. Judging by these, I think Chicago should win, but the difference between a candidate logo and the actual logo can be vast...
music monday 57
I'm a huge fan of self deprecating lyrics in hip hop, it's like antacid for all the gangster posturing on show these days. Fatlip used to be the king of the genre, but Canadian rapper Shad is taking charge nowadays... His new track is a peach, nice beat, nice lyrics and all, but the video, yowzer.... you should recognise it unless you've been under a rock for 25 years.....
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really cute idea showing how photoshop would look in the real world.
Simple idea based on a simple observation. When we tie up our rubbish bags, it makes two little 'ears', hey, that looks like a little rabbit!
Incase were off the radar for me, but they have really stepped up, doing collaborations with all sorts of heavy hitters, including a sweet tie-in with Krink recently. This new luggage for pro-skater Paul Rodriguez is super nice. Take heed world, incase is on a charge...
I must have drawn things like this a thousand times, but it's finally on sale (made by someone else i might add). An MP3 player speaker which looks like a gramophone.
Emanuel Augustus, entertainer, boxer, the ODB of the ring...more here
Paintball portraiture, the slomo is awesome.
Either letters on trucks is more common in america than here, or this took fucking ages...
Huh? Virgin do comics? huh?
ben wilson & scirocco studios
Went out last night. The free champagne is taking it's toll on me this morning. Hooked up with my boy Ben Wilson, who's knocked together some pieces for volkswagen, and the launch of their new Scirocco (very nice by the way). The party got messy with the arrival of the Dazed & Confused crew, but thankfully i have pictures. Peep them here.
etymology wednesday 20
PEDIGREE
This word originates from the ancient French phrase 'pied de gru', which means 'foot of the crane'. On old manuscripts, ancestral lineage was indicated by a forked sign resembling the branching lines of a genealogical chart; the sign also happened to look like a bird's footprint, specifically a crane.
things to tick off the life list
climb a ship's mast - done.
music thursday 56
I've been listening A LOT to the third LP from New York electronic purveyors Ratatat. The hardest thing is trying to fit this album into a genre, which also makes it the best thing. There are elements of Aphex Twin, Daft Punk, Air, Hot Chip, Sky and Jean Michelle Jarre in there. My current favourite on the album (cannily titled LP3) is Mirando, primarily for the bleeps, but also from the badass video, which cuts scenes from predator to make the bad guys look like they're wigging out. Lovely.
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a really simple and well executed advert for jeep, but i can't help thinking they need more examples and the 'venn' crossover portion could have been a bit larger.
Finally, a snowglobe which actually reflects the city it represents
I saw this a while ago, it's quite poorly executed but a sweet idea. A sneaker with a built in wi-fi sensor for your networking pleasure
Numark finally cut out the computer from their vinyl to MP3 setup...
No matter how bad your body image is, you can take pride that you're not on this site.
Cut chemist makes the first video with a double fisheye, sweet and mindbending.
Old school gaming coming to an iphone near you soon.
clever firefox plugin which filters out badly spelled or idiotic comments from youtube videos.
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