Strings of Life
A few reasons to post this clip: It’s one of the greatest techno records of all time. It shows the value of experimentation, and how a ‘mistake’ can create something incredible. When he talks about the making of the track you realise that…
Family Music
Confession: This is a plug for a friend’s business. I’ve signed up because I think it will be good (with my own real money) so there’s no kickbacks going on Check out Family Music Ben and his friend Tom have set up a music subscription…
The Art of Headlines
Confused I was.
One Laptop Per Child
I’ve not paid much attention to the development of the One Laptop Per Child project recently. But looking at it again, it’s truly one of the most inspiring projects around right now. Their aims are really interesting: The MIT Media Lab has…
I Love Second Life
Someone mentioned to me that they were surprised by how much I hate Second Life, so I probably need to put the record straight. I don’t hate Second Life. In fact I love Second Life – above you can see my alter ego Taito Dahlstrom wearing…
Yoda’s Freaky Eye
Meet my Yoda Furby. As you can see it’s a quality piece of Star Wars merchandise. If a little bit repetative. I’ve had him for a few years now and he’s been hibernating in a box for the last couple. I found him the other day and…
Yahoo! Mail Championships
Here’s a little Poke project. To promote the new Yahoo! Mail we’ve set up the Yahoo! Mail World Championships. Starting with the theory that everyday challenges became competitive sport over time (e.g. hunting became Javelin throwing…
When Things are Broken it’s Bad
I was sitting upstairs on a bus last week and the CCTV screen was broken. A blue screen with ‘no signal’ on it. As well as a couple of tags and a sticker with another tag on it. It made me feel really unsafe. More unsafe than if the…
Tea for 2.0
Teabuddy.com (our social web app for managing tea-making and preferences) has come to the boil again. It’s one of those odd sleeper projects. We did it ages ago and at first it got picked up by Wired, then a bit later by The Guardian. Now…
Things I Learned in Cork this Weekend
There are green Irish postboxes – yay! Limerick and Blarney are both real places in Ireland, and you go the same way from Cork to get there. I really wanted to go and kiss the Blarney stone, but apparently so does everyone else. Everyone…
Odd Junk Mail
I get a lot of strange ‘junk mail’, or highly targeted direct mail communications depending on your point of view. And at least this one was informative. I had no idea that the BAA was my First Stop for Airport and Aviation Imagery!…
Boyfriend Behaving Badly
I’m finding it harder than I’d thought to gather together posts on Modern Man. But yesterday whilst reading the paper a gem just dropped in my lap, not unlike an advert for car insurance. I found this article from the Times depressing and…