December 2008
54 posts
Rahtikultit →
Toisen maailmansodan aikana Melanesian ja Uuden-Guinean saarille armeijan mukana saapuneet valkoiset siirtolaiset olivat paikallisella väestölle outo näky. Valtavilla rautalinnuilla paikalle…
Parhaat 2008: Biisit →
Listojen aika. Vuoden 2008 parhaat kappaleet. Tänä vuonna balanssi albumien ja yksittäisten kappaleiden välillä on ollut tavallaan päinvastainen kuin viime vuonna: silloin ilmestyi liuta…
Muffin the MachineDrum →
As I mentioned earlier, I brought back a Big Muff PI from the US. For some reason this pedal has always been in my mind, possibly because it’s ridiculous urban language translation. I snatch a…
can anyone here play? →
wow, fuck guitar solos but this sounds good actually; 20 worst music videos ever. damn, we never win 1st place… im going to my moms today, returning tomorrow. i will need to leave…
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Yleissivistys ja Monty Python →
Mitä tarkoitetaan yleissivistyksellä? Ei mitään, mutta sitä on kiva käyttää, kun yritetään sanoa toiselle, että sinun tulisi tietää asia, minkä minäkin tiedän, jotta voisimme ymmärtää toistemme…
VIDEO: Petter Solberg gets a Subaru boo boo →
Filed under: Motorsports, Sports/GTs, Etc., Videos, Hatchbacks, Subaru, Humor
Click above to watch video after the jump
We all have our embarrassing…
Hyvää joulua! Ricu Flairin joulutoivekonsertti →
Vatsa täynnä mätiä ja taas uusi pyjama päällä on aikaa fiilistellä parhaita joululauluja. Ohessa jotain tänä vuonna glögin kanssa nautittuja: Paul McCartney & Wings: Wonderful Christmastime….
Lowcost desktop PC - quiet and fast →
I have the Intel U2500 (2x 1,2 Ghz) in my notebook (Toshiba R400), which is simply to slow for developing heavy Javascript applications (like my Wordpress plugin qTranslate). Most of the time I…
Disco Dust released on 8bitpeoples →
The wonderful guys at 8bitpeoples, the label dedicated to low-tek, grungey 8 bit sounds, have released my Disco Dust E.P. It’s a collection of my older gameboys track and playing them…
Commonplace Book Compo: Results! →
Finally, for my ultimate Christmas Eve post, here are the results of our creepy-crawley Commonplace Book Compo! The winner, by a sizeable margin, is Kyle Pulver’s Verge. A…
2008 Christmas Special →
Wooster Essentials: The Motion Paintings of David... →
Back in 2002, Sara and I purchased a DVD from Japan that featured an incredible motion painting by David Ellis and the Barnstormers. The film was called Apostrophe and it absolutely blew us away. …
When I Grow Up →
I wanna get myself a setup like this. Technics SP-25 turntables (w/ 14” platters and rotary pitch controls) and a Sound Workshop 421 mixer all mounted on a single plinth, photographed at…
Sanoma muppets →
Sydäntä lämmittävä video kaikille Sanoman työntekijöille …
Bill Higgins: The Uncanny Valley of User Interface... →
A good argument against trying to build web apps that closely resemble desktop apps. Google gets this — consider that Gmail is beloved, but MobileMe’s webmail is not. (Via Jeff Atwood.)
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Honkbarn →
Honkbarnista tuli välittömästi henkilökohtainen uusi suosikki.
[via Tilzy.TV]
World’s best CAPTCHA →
Having problems finding the budget for costly usability testing? Here’s your solution.
If your users can solve this CAPTCHA, they will be able to cope with anything you throw at them!
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New Mix Up! →
I was really planning to have the 2nd house classics mix out by Xmas, but then I realized what I really wanted to work on right now was a mix of current club stuff. And voilá, here it is,…
The made-up dramas of the Wall Street Journal →
I got off the plane from Boston to find my inbox filled with anger about an article in the Wall Street Journal. To those who were angry, I hope you will direct any anger at the Wall Street Journal…
Helsinki is great - 70 euro lunch and 250 euro... →
The New York Times’ reporters have been on a splurge again. No doubt sleeping at Kämp the lunch menu prices seemed cheap and affordable. And no doubt with the money you can actually expect to get…
Required Reading: News →
It is with a complicated mix of excitement and sadness that I make the following announcement.
As some of you remember, just over a year ago I reported that I was shifting my academic…
Canon 7 & 50mm f/0.95 (going for only $2k!) →
Canon 7 & 50mm f/0.95 (going for only $2k!)
Words Of Wisdom →
Eli Escobar: “I was digitizing this 12 inch of this old Imagination song and just started djing while I was recording for about 38 minutes. The thing that always surprises me about vinyl is I can…
Bettie Page (1923-2008) →
Ihmiset fanittavat kummia juttuja. Oman listani kärkeen ja useimpien t-paitojeni rintaan on jo vuosien ajan kuulunut 1950-luvulla Yhdysvalloissa vaikuttanut pinup-malli Betty “Bettie” Page. Bettie…
"Mitä ottaa?" →
Kaisaniemen metroaseman Happiness Thai Buffet -ravintolassa käymällä saa muistutuksen siitä, että ihminen ei ole paljon eläintä kummoisempi. Ihmiselämän raaimpien peruspalikoiden, ruoan ja…
Bettie Page R.I.P. →
Bettie Page ei ole enää keskuudessamme. Hän oli ja pysyy pin-upin ruumiillistumana. Onneksi meille jäi muistoiksi kuvat …
Tulen ottamaan tänään yhden hänen muistolleen Blogipikkujouluissa….
L.E.G.O. →
Format-lehti on retusoinut 20 legendaarista hiphop-albumin kantta legoukoilla. Tekisi mieli alkaa taas leikkimään legoilla.
Peli, pesula ja lukeminen →
Oi Wikipedia, pidän sinusta hyvin paljon. Mielestäni on jotenkin aivan erinomaisen hienoa, että Wikipediassa on artikkeli nimeltä The Game (mind game). Pidän noista suluista. The Game on…
Drive By Bangers →
DJ Mike B: Drive By Bangers- The Hundreds LA Mixtape Volume 1 (2006) Homie Mike B:s L.A. rap mix from a few years back. So many classics there it’s unbelievable, from Above The Law to…
Finnish women: Biggest whores in the world →
No wonder why you’re wife is so fearful during Pikku Joulu season - Finns have more one-night stands and casual sex than any other nation in the world…
More than 14,000 people in 48…
Autotuki →
Suomessa meillä veronmaksajilla on aina pankkituki, jota taas jossain vaiheessa tullaan syytämään ekonomistien munausten johdosta pankeille. Samantasoisten munausten johdosta amerikkalaisilla…
Villi Pohjola muuttaa muotoaan →
Villi Pohjola muuttaa muotoaan vuodenvaihteessa ja keskittyy siitä lähtien lähinnä eettisiin ja ekologisiin vaatteisiin sekä asusteisiin. Miesten ja naisten. Koko maailma on iso pala purettavaksi ja…
Suomen Photoshop disaster nro 1 →
Yksi parhaista blogeista juuri tällä hetkellä on PhotoshopDisaster, jossa voi ihailla designerien parhaita munauksia. Blogista on tullut niin kuuluisa, että luulen joidenkin designerien oikein…
Megapussi or Minipussi →
It’s been a year since my best friend’s passing. Just found this photo of him on Facebook, he thought our Finnish potato chips were so funny he brought them to his home in Korea.
Which is better?…
(via suitep) →
(via suitep)
Beastie Boys - In 3’s →
Beastie Boys - In 3’s
House of Light →
House of Light from Joichi Ito on Vimeo. Joshua read about the House of Light designed by James Turrell on PingMag. We decided to try to get a group together to go out and stay…
The Frustrating Magical Aspect →
While plundering around in the NodeBox forums, I happened upon a very stirring library for creating SVG drawings in Ruby. Goes by the name of XRVG.
Let me give you an idea of the mind at…
Friends →
Inside Shoes 2 →
The second “stable” release of Shoes has flown. We still have a lot to do. But, hey. It’s happening, right?
This time I have some detailed release notes, with screenshots and code fragments…
temporal masking of sounds →
Temporal masking describes the effect of your ears missing quiet sounds after hearing a loud sound. This effect is probably known by most of you (temporal post-masking), but did you know that this…
How Alex Payne Uses TextMate →
I love pieces like this — experts writing about how they use their tools — even when they’re about apps I don’t personally use.
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Q & Not U - Soft Pyramids →
Q & Not U - Soft Pyramids
Google Earth Browser Plugin →
By Scott Knaster, Google Mac Team The very cool Google Earth Browser Plugin is now available for Mac OS X. Read all about it in our Geo Developers Blog.
I’ll stick to marketing rather than acting… →
Nokia launches Maps 3.0, cool!! Check out the ugly fucker in the intro video - As of noon today there was just one comment for this video in YouTube that simply said, “your stupidface”. LOL!!
Matkani maittain →
Tänne kokoan polkemani päivämatkat ja yöpymispaikat. Viivyttyäni pidempään kuin yhden yön paikassa, viestitän siitä lihavoinnilla. Jos päivään on sisältynyt mäkiä, huonoja tienpintoja tai muuta…
maybe the best cc-licensed video yet →
Mizuka and Joi’s Wedding from Joichi Ito on Vimeo.
Fred Syversen 107 Meters Cliff Drop →
Fred Syversen made accidentally a new cliff jumping world record while shooting a ski video when he skied down from the wrong cliff.
Gusto > Swagger →
OMG. My favorite hiphop journalist and a man of extremely good musical taste, Chairman Mao, is getting into this here blog game. The rest of us might as well retire right now…