Archive For December 2009

Viewers of the UK TV station ITV have voted for the advert of the decade, even though technically this decade doesn’t end until the end of 2010, but what’s another year between friends. The winner was the excellent Go On Lad from Hovis. I was going to challenge this, and say that they were wrong,… Continue Reading ›

You’re born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you’re up in the rarefied atmosphere, and you’ve forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son. — Eddie Temple

I’ve decided to sign up for Project52 next year, which, according to the Project52 website, is: A personal challenge geared toward getting fresh content on your website. The goal is to write at least 1 new article per week for 1 year. Because we all know what it‘s like to procrastinate on our content. A… Continue Reading ›

Downpipe is the single best track I’ve heard all year, and I urge you to run, don’t walk, to your nearest musical vending outlet of choice and purchase it now. Toolroom Records describes Downpipe beautifully: Downpipe has a massively infectious groove that builds excitement from start to end as the collaborative talents involved create an… Continue Reading ›

I love my iPhone, I really do, but every now and then I find myself hankering for something simpler, smaller, and well, just different. I think the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness could stop that hankering. The display is monochrome (gasp) but also transparent, as demonstrated in this video: The keyboard is invisible until activated,… Continue Reading ›

Minium² is probably the most nicely executed and complete set of system icons I’ve seen for a long time; even the dock is perfect.