YouTube cruising: Aphex Twin - Donkey Rhubarb
I'm actually posting this video to keep it close to hand. Brings back memories (the video dates from 1995) from the time I sat through all the rubbish on MTV just to discover, from time to time, a golden nugget like this one. Since we have YouTube, obviously, MTV has lost all relevance, sitting there orphaned and deserted at the very long end of our television channel numbers. May it rot in hell with its infamous 5 minute commercial breaks, every 5 minutes.
Not directed by the fabulous Chris Cunningham, this video, but still highly original. I was (still am) fascinated by the Carebear-style creatures and their strange contrast of frolic and aggressive/obscene behaviour. If you don't know Aphex Twin: first be very ashamed ;-) then start in this place. Here and here you see both masters (Cunningham and Richard David James aka Aphex Twin) at work.
Tags: [Aphex Twin] [Chris Cunningham]
Filed under: [Music]
The future according to Nokia Research
The future of mobile, according to the Nokia Research Center (and the Cambridge Nanoscience Centre). Thanks Ike !
Tags: [Nokia] [Research]
Filed under: [Devices] [Science]
Updated Twitter logo: the new vs the old
It's a subtle change, but a change anyway. New vs Old, especially for Eddy ;-) Doesn't blend as well with the homepage, so I expect a change there too.
Tags: [Twitter]
Filed under: [Pleasure]
Sons & Daughters - Gilt Complex
Not the Australian soap, but an excellent band with a great record. Gilt Complex isn't even by far the best song on the album. Go discover it!
Tags: [Sons & Daughters]
Filed under: [Music]
Fire Eagle open for business tomorrow
Very exciting news! A little bird told me that, as from tomorrow, Yahoo's brand new Fire Eagle service will be open for business. In private beta that is, so if you want to play along, request an invitation through the website: http://fireeagle.yahoo.net/.
Fire Eagle is (from the website): "...the secure and stylish way to share your location with sites and services online while giving you unprecedented control over your data and privacy. We're here to make the whole web respond to your location and help you to discover more about the world around you."
I hope the experience will be as promising as this sounds. It certainly could be a great tool for both users and application developers. Application builders can quickly integrate location-awareness into their applications. Users can experiment with location-based computing in an empowered sort of way. They are in charge and determine which application may know their exact location. And the empowerment can even go further: e.g. some areas can be excluded, so that updates are not given when the user is in that particular area.
Tags: [FireEagle] [web 2.0] [Yahoo!]
Filed under: [APIWatch]