Simon Perry: Schemes, dreams & trivia

Sal has just pointed out that I’m very shallow for subscribing to PopBitch - saying it’s the equivalent to buying Hello magazine (which 10 years ago, in my corporate finance days at Credit Lyonnais days, I did).
She’s right.
As of today, I’ll consider myself unsubscribed.

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Every now and again Google come up with some great ads on their gmail top line advert. Whether it’s because they know more and more about me or complete coincidence (I suspect I know which one), this link was stuck in front of me today - Timberline Geodesic Domes.
I love Geodesic domes, and the idea […]

Everyone of a certain age will remember the Green Gloop that was Slime. It came in a mini trash can and kept you busy for hours, or until it got dropped on to the carpet and got hairy and dusty.
I never in my wildest dreams have guessed that there would be a way for a […]

I’m proud to report that one of the Digital-Lifestyles subscribers is with New North Networks. It’s not an ISP that I’d come across, probably for good reason - they service Alaska!
Looking them up on Google maps, I was stunned to see the satellite images look like a geography book, with huge swaths of white.
They’ve got […]

I defy you not to laugh.
“You’ve Been Framed” still works in in TV 2.0.

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The first two groups were banned under new laws outlawing the glorification of terrorism by the home secretary, John Reid, today.
The Saved Sect (Wikipedia) and Al Ghurabaa (Wikipedia).
Interesting to see on The Saved Sect that “Copyright is prohibited in Islam.”

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I can see lots more of this coming along in the near future. Stop frame animation is relatively simple with the technology that’s available these days. All it’s going to take is the creative spark and patience.

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The countries where McDonalds don’t have any branches:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, […]

A great example of the use of footage being re-purposed to create new content - you know, mashup style.
If DRM comes into force of course, you won’t see any creativity like this. Doesn’t seem right really when you look at it like that does it? Tell me, who’d be missing out financially by this being […]

Clearly putting itself across as real, but it may well be CG‘d.
As video manipulation tools and skills get in to more hands, we’ll be able to automatically trust footage less and less.
All the same, very dramatic, heightened by the sheer amount of different types of moving object including unprotected pedestrians.
Perfect short-form video content - bound […]