About Crackunit
Crackunit is Iain Tait's blog. It mainly bothers with the space between web and advertising, but it sometimes strays off into other self-indulgent nonsense too.
Twitterings- iaintait: @nikroope's new eco lightbulbs are quite lovely and quite brilliant http://www.plumen.com 10/09/2010
- iaintait: Reading book: "Super sad true love story" - near-future social-score-obsessed-reality doesn't feel that fictional http://amzn.to/cAiUUr 10/09/2010
- iaintait: @rubbishcorp I'd love to collaborate on a magic-taxi Spotify playlist - nothing quite like the scent of Magic Tree + smooth soul 10/09/2010
- iaintait: I love Cribbins, I love poems, I love trains, I love stamps, but I'm still not feeling the AR http://bit.ly/dCe0um via @aliciakan: 10/09/2010
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Food Fight
I found this movie damn impressive, but the sound’s a tiny bit oppressive… Food Fight is an abridged history of war, from World War II to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict. Watch as traditional … Continue reading
Comments and Community on YouTube
Knotty commented on the YouTube Cyber Haterz thing with: I don’t know why people even bother with YouTube comments… Imagine if you had to listen to every bitchy comment people made to their TV? I was thinking about that when … Continue reading
International YouTube Skate Cyber Haterz
This is one of the best little YouTube community dramas that I’ve ever seen. I’m going to try and tell the story as best I can, but I’m sure I’m not going to do it justice… It all starts with … Continue reading
Shit Disco – OK
Simple, but effective… For some reason I kept imagining an interactive version of the video that acts a bit like a Guitar Hero style game…
Star Test
From back when computers were really cool (the late 1980s I think). A Channel 4 show where celebrities were interviewed by ‘a computer’. I used to love Star Test. I can’t remember why, but I did.
Loon Dancing to Make You Feel OK
I rarely get angry. It’s not in my nature. But I got an email today that made me so angry that I really felt it, physically. The only way I could shake it off was by watching people dancing like … Continue reading
The Omelette Bomb
My trip to Manchester was made awesome by witnessing ‘The Omelette Bomb’ – a piece of extreme Teppanyaki showboating the likes of which I’ve never seen before… Thank goodness I had my camera with me…
Hot “New” Dance Step
Forget jumpstyle. This is the hot new dance step (well it was hot and new in 1930)… Check the user ‘GoodOldDays‘ for loads of great vintage videos. There’s some amazing stuff in there.
Dancing man wearing a horse mask cooks wild mushrooms
Last night I was moaning about having one of those days. This morning I’ve seen a dancing man wearing a horse mask cook wild mushrooms. Everything suddenly seems different.
McDonalds’ Freakout
I’ve got no clue what’s going on… Comment is all pure guesswork. If you can clarify please do… Is this an ad from Japan? Is this a really mentalist remix of an ad from Japan (it really gets going about … Continue reading