my.bicycle: 02/01/2007

Tuesday, February 20

get your historical engineering research on

The BBC series, The Secret Life of Machines:

The Secret Life of Machines is a television series created by Tim Hunkin and presented by himself and Rex Garrod. In it they explain the inner workings and history of common household and office machinery. According to Hunkin, the series was developed from his comic strips The Rudiments Of Wisdom which he researched and drew for the Observer newspaper over a period of 14 years.

Everyday things we take for granted, and which may largely be considered confusing or unknowable, are explained in entertaining, comprehensive and comprehend-able detail. There are currently several episodes for viewing at YouTube/Google Video. Some of them can be downloaded for iPod/PSP viewing, to boot. (gregg tavares)

Labels: comic, video

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attack of the medleys

WFMU’s Beware of the Blog: Ten Albums in Ten Minutes is part mashup, part medley, part genius, and part sacrilege. In particularl, Nirvana’s Nevermind occupies a place in my heart that defies simplification on this magnitude. (thanks, el otro miguel)

Labels: music

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Wednesday, February 14

“I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.”

—Naguib Mahfouz

Eric Prydz vs Pink Floyd - Proper Education (thanks, weezie)

Labels: mashup, music, quote, video

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Tuesday, February 13

YouTube - Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

YouTube - Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us: "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us" (timmeh)

Labels: video

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walking the razor’s edge, or riding the fence?

If you’ve got an Xbox 360 and a Mac, check out maclive @ Google Code, which allows you to see who’s online among your XBL Friends and what they’ve been playing. (znf via google alerts)

Labels: community, games

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