My clear favourite on the list is Hate My Life, by Theory of a Deadman How about you, what’s been on your playlist this week?
Date Archives 2016
I’ve been wondering this for years
Finally science has come through, well kind of. Watch as AsapScience explains.
Have you ever wondered why Americans and Brits spell English differently?
When people ask me how many languages I speak, I tell them two – English and American. I know, bad joke. Anyway, watch this video as Arika Okrent explains why Brits and Yanks spell words…
Philosophy For Life
My thoughts on Philosophy for Life, by Jules Evans
Listen carefully
Skwerl is an amazing short by London filmmaking duo Brian and Karl. Filmed in 2011, Skwerl was Brian and Karl’s first film. It features a couple having what sounds at first like a normal conversation in…
I hate my life
This past week Spotify rolled out the Daily Mix. So in addition to the Discover Weekly (which I like very much), Spotify are now serving up a daily mix of songs based on your listening…
A southern soul searcher, a northern agitator and the girl from outer space
Meet Katalina Kicks, an awesome 3-piece rock band out of London. I say London, but actually London is just the city that drew them together, hence the title – a southern soul searcher, a northern…
This made me chuckle
It’s a quote I stumbled upon this morning from Scott Scanlon: I logged into Facebook yesterday and a few of my friends shared pictures of their dinner. It made me think… before social media did…
The Old Woman and the Snake
Better Than Sex, Hunter S. Thompson
Algorithms know what you’re going to do before you do
Take a gander down this list of 22 Ways Algorithms Know How You’ll Behave Before You Do and you’ll see that a future not unlike that of Tom Cruise’s in Minority Report isn’t too far fetched. As…
Tech’s latest cash cow
Last night at about 8:30PM my wife’s iPhone suddenly starts pinging. She got a text message. Then another and another. I think in the end she received something like 25 text messages in the space…
Understanding other places
“One place comprehended can make us understand other places better.” So wrote Southern novelist Eudora Welty in her essay “Place in Fiction,” and it’s a concept well worth thinking about in an era in which communities…
Meditation 101 – An animated beginner’s guide
I love this: Despite what you may have heard, meditation does not involve joining a group, paying any fees, wearing any special outfits, sitting in a funny position, or believing in anything in particular.
‘Black or White’ by Michael Jackson Played on 64 Floppy Drives, 8 Hard Drives, and 2 Scanners
This is some totally geeked out stuff, but pretty cool. Pawel Zadrozniak (a.k.a. “Silent“) recently created a great rendition of the song “Black or White” by Michael Jackson on The Floppotron, which consists of 64…