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How A Pencil Is Made

David — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:27:33 +0000

I’ve owned stupidly expensive fountain pens, I’ve tried all kinds of roller gel ball pen things, I’ve used pens that can write upside down and underwater, but none come close to the simple perfection of a wood case pencil.

I didn’t realise quite so much went into making them however.

Scroobius Pip – Introdiction

David — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:03:46 +0000

To celebrate the launch of Scroobius Pip’s new album Distraction Pieces I thought I’d share this video for the opening track Introdiction.

Made for just £100, oddly compelling, and probably NSFW.

You see a mousetrap, I see free cheese and a fucking challenge.

Move

David — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 04:53:12 +0000

3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage…

Incredible.

via Cameron Moll

Sublime

David — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:06:54 +0000

Via the splendid @johnoxton

iMoka

David — Fri, 13 May 2011 10:56:39 +0000

Whilst making my coffee this morning I remembered this video I shot a while back as a test of iMovie on the iPhone and iPad.

I was surprised just how good the video from the iPhone is, but also surprised at what a palaver it is to get the movie off of the iPhone and onto the iPad for editing.

Getting data on and off the iOS devices is fast becoming a real chink in Apple’s armour I believe, but I digress.

Ladies and Gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure, I present my first iMovie:

Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer

David — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:52:22 +0000

My chum Jon Hicks recently introduced me to a wonderful new musical genre called Chap Hop.

The main exponents of Chap Hop are one Professor Elemental, and Mr B the self-titled Gentleman Rhymer.

Jon highlighted two of Professor Elemental’s best tracks on his rather splendid blog, and it is my pleasure to share with you one of Mr B’s finest tracks: Songs For Acid Edward. A splendid track in which he performs acid house classics in a Chap Hop style.

Splendid!

Inspired By Iceland

David — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:43:54 +0000

I’m aware this blog is rapidly becoming a collection of videos, but this one is too good not to share.

Fantastic video – great fun and shows off Iceland wonderfully I think.

Mr Average

David — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:15:10 +0000

The UK press uses the term Mondeo Man, and lately Milton Keynes Man to describe Mr Average.

This fantastic video, found by my lovely wife, suggests they are wrong; who’d have thought.

Light Painting With WiFi

David — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:05:52 +0000