Archive for February, 2008
Bulk discount
I’ve not yet stopped buying CDs because I like having the physical artefacts. Mostly because I have a pretty decent hi-fi setup that trumps any MP3 in quality but, candidly, also thanks to mild music snobbery: the narcissistic chance that some visitor to my home will examine my collection and be suitably impressed. It does [...]
Most (un)wanted songs
Two artists polled the musical tastes of the American public, then composed two songs containing the most widely-loved and -hated musical components. The Most Wanted Song is short, bland and unpleasantly reminiscent of Luther Vandross. The Most Unwanted Song is over twenty minutes long, and features tubas, rapping opera singers, accordians, and (hideously) a chorus [...]
February links
Lasagna Cat - live action versions of Garfield strips, with ridiculous (Dadaist?) musical homages. I found it horribly funny, but then I do like nonsensical crap.
Cuts in movies, and their impact on memory
Joshua Porter on Why I’m excited about the Google Social Graph API (although, like Tom Morris, I loathe the term)
Here’s Looking At You [...]
Full coverage
As I’m struggling with my WiFi yet again (I’m on the point of conceding that my MacBook has dodgy wiring - off to Regents Street I go…), I was interested by this article on the pointlessness of mobile signal strength bars.
We, the public, have no understanding of communication technology. We simply trust the designer to [...]
Fail
Maybe a bit unfair to highlight this example of not fully thinking things through; nice concept, shame about the execution. Work through it, you’ll see what I mean.
Bonus link: the Fail blog - celebrate another short-lived internet meme while you can.
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