2 week detox

Everything is a Remix

Everything is a Remix is a four part series that investigates the history of remixing, sampling, stealing, transforming and how that mentality spills out of the context of music and into a wider mindset. You could even say that everything is a remix.

Everything is a Remix from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Can’t wait to see the others.

Righteous ANGER at Spyware Facebook Apps

I love this Facebook update from Mike here at glue. This is a man who has HAD ENOUGH!!

Will everyone stop adding Facebook applications that are spyware!!

1. No application can track who looks at your profile, just not possible through the Facebook API.

2. Any application or page that makes you like or join to see an image or content is spyware designed to take your’s and friends details

They can access your info, your friends list and friends Facebook Ids.

The worst offenders are the click or like this page to see.

I’ve seen at least 5 this week, all with no other purpose to get access to users details.

The sad point is that he’s spot on. People are handing over all sorts of data to complete randoms on the internet. Don’t do it folks. It will come back and bite you.

The Week Everything Went INSTANT

Google Instant went live last week.

http://www.google.com

By the time I got in the office on Monday people had made all these:

1- YouTube Instant
http://ytinstant.com/

2- iTunes Instant
http://labs.stephenou.com/itunes

3- Google Maps Instant
http://hartlabs.net/instant_maps/

4- Google Instant Images
http://cdn.michaelhart.me/mh/instant_images/

But is it good for us:

Google Instant is trying to Kill Me, by Charlie Brooker
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/13/charlie-brooker-google-in…

I wrote this… slowly.

The Worlds Biggest Drum Machine

Propellerheads decided to build the world’s biggest drum machine.

Nice work but I’m sure they can get a bit more out of it in the future.

Blade Runner running at 3.6 Gigapixels

An experimental film in tribute to Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner, made as a unique picture with a resolution of 60.000 x 60.000 pixels (3.6 gigapixels) using 167,819 frames from the 1982 classic.

BLADE RUNNER revisited >3.6 gigapixels from françois vautier on Vimeo.

My Current Favourites

The Creators Project – http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/en-uk/
Intel partner with Vice Magazine. There’s just so much good content here!! Love it.

Draw and Fold Over – http://www.drawandfoldover.com
A lovely social drawing site. Choose your pen and take it in turns to draw. In association with ‘The Big Draw’ which takes place throughout October, offering drawing events for people of all ages and abilities.

Fflick.com – http://fflick.com/
A social film site that makes it simple to see the films your friends are talking about, and what they think of them. Twitter sign-in. No Facebook here.

History Pin – http://www.historypin.com/
A great project by We Are What We Do to get generations talking, sharing and coming together more often. Developed in partnership with Google.

The Most Refreshing Pint – http://themostrefreshingpint.com/
Have a ‘sip’ on a pint (nice Drinkaware language there). See if you win a free prize. Refresh to try again. Simple.

Inside Insides – http://insideinsides.blogspot.com/
MRI scans of fruit and veg. Obviously.

This is Freaking Ridiculous – http://www.tifr.us/
Packed full of funny internet shit.

Unsuck-It – http://unsuck-it.com/
Rid your office of shitty business jargon!! Search or browse.

(A version of this comment first appeared in New Media Age.)

ASDA Shopping Smartness

More shopping smartness, this time from ASDA. Their new Price Guarantee lets you compare the price of your shop against the other supermarkets. Enter 6 set of numbers from your receipt and the system does the rest. If it’s cheaper elsewhere ASDA refund the difference.

It’s being supported by a nationwide ad campaign showing those good old ‘regular mums’ trying it out.

The price check is powered by mySupermarket.co.uk

http://www.asdapriceguarantee.co.uk/

iPhone + Card Reader = Square

Square lets you accept payments, everywhere. No contracts, monthly fees, or hidden costs.

Brilliant concept. Few security concerns. One to watch.

https://squareup.com/features

‘The Wizard of Speed and Time’ by Mike Jittlov

Every single person in the world needs to see this 1979 short by Mike Jittlov.

Remember there’s no trick printing, no CGI, and no complex mechanical effects. Try and figure out how it’s all done. I’m bamboozled. It you want to see more then the films is on YouTube.

Here’s the trailer:

And this user has uploaded the 10 parts:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Damn6Deal6Done6