Twitterfall + Gmail Fail Gives a Sense of Twitter Scale

by Iain on February 24, 2009

If you’ve not seen Twitterfall it’s quite nice. It streams in Twitter messages with certain keywords in real time. It makes twitter feel like a bit joined up community (which it isn’t really). What really freaked me out was watching (…)

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I Put A Donk On It

by Iain on February 23, 2009

I spent my Sunday afternoon making this. Sophie said “why?”. I was really just using it as an excuse to learn a bit about how iMovie 09 works. And as soon as I stumbled across the beat matching feature I (…)

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WTF – Caught This on TV Just Now

by Iain on February 22, 2009

Seriously disturbing on so many levels. Obligatory buttons:

Status Quo vs Scooter

by Iain on February 22, 2009

Kind of like Walk This Way by Run DMC and Aerosmith. But the version that would have occurred if Satan was in charge. And just in case that leaves you in any doubt of Scooter’s genius. Check this. Kind of (…)

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The Power of a Decent Remix

by Iain on February 21, 2009

This track just totally floored me. It’s a remix of In for the Kill by La Roux which has been done over by dubstep star Skream. It’s just huge. When it kicks in just after the 4 minute mark it’d (…)

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Samsung Go All Out in Cute Attack

by Iain on February 21, 2009

How are you going to show off the big bright screen of your new mobile phone? Use it as the centerpiece in loads of scenes with super-cute animals. How can it not fail? They’d be better not having a mega-sucky (…)

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Donk Donk Donk Donk Donk

by Iain on February 18, 2009

I’ve just been on a very strange voyage. A voyage into Donk. I’m going to rewind and retrace my steps so that you can join me. Come with me. Come to the Donkside. Take a trip to the heart of (…)

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Best Door Closing Mechanism Ever

by Iain on February 18, 2009

At Flat White on Berwick Street Soho, London. A nice little coffee shop with a nice way of keeping the door shut. You probably can’t make it out in the photo above. So here’s a detail shot: They use a (…)

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February Mix Now Live

by Iain on February 17, 2009

This latest mix was recorded when it was so cold in the loft that my fingers were numb. Hopefully it hasn’t led to it being a crock of crap. Actually I’m pretty chuffed with how it turned out. It’s quite (…)

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Retro or Nutter?

by Iain on February 12, 2009

This old school Sony Walkman was sitting on the train table in front of me this morning (with its original stickers still in tact). Without even looking up at the owner. Half of me thought: “woah, like, totally, retro, cool, (…)

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