Archive for the 'misc' Category

Sanshirou - thanks for nothing

Monday, July 16th, 2007

I don’t normally like to spread around the negativity, but I just felt like writing this up. For my sushi, sashimi or maki fix in Barcelona, I go to a Japanese restaurant just up the road from home - the Sanshirou of the post title - and while it’s not bad, it’s nothing outstanding. Sofia loves […]

Life-size whale

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

This is excellent.

Winston

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

Jingoistic, maybe, but on the money…? Usually: “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill Photo by brettdavis on flickr.

Very crative

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Loving this. Crate art.

The (real life) Simpsons

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

Dope on wax! (er, clay…)

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

This is quite a mad one - and yet obvious when you think about it. Pottery from thousands of years ago carries an ambient recording superimposed into the work of the artesan. A Belgian team have managed to extract the recording from a 6,500 year-old South American vase and some 1,000 year-old Latin from another […]

Hilarious comments on MacBook Pro shots

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

The fanboy comments on this flickr set of a new MacBook <gasp> Pro <gasp> being taken out of its packaging <gasp> are just hilarious! “I wonder if they make that outer MacBook package from the same cloth as nano sleeve.” “I still store my PowerBook with that foam condom before I put it in my […]

Scoopt - citizen journalists get an outlet

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

For some reason, I saw Scoopt, thought it was a great idea, and neglected to write anything about it here! Anyway, allow me to do so now… From their FAQ: What is Scoopt? Scoopt is a media agency that has been created specifically to help members of the public sell photographs […]

Scary robo-felines

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

If you ask me, cats are scary enough, but the robot variety freaks me out. The movie for Nocoro’s felines should give you an idea what I mean ;)

Latte art

Saturday, March 19th, 2005

Some very nice designs created in the foam of coffee cups over on flickr. Check out the lion! Heads-up by the great MAKE: BLOG.