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Popup Fiasco is Ian Haigh’s personal blog, for all things I find interesting but not too geeky (see how I switched from third to first person there?). This blog is tall and skinny. Like me.
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Tonematrix
A wonderful little audio experiment: Simple sinewave synthesizer triggered by an ordinary 16step sequencer. Each triggered step causes a force on the underlaying wave-map, which makes it more cute. More cute!
To Catch a Banker
Tom the Dancing Bug illustrating just how the banks have been punished in the wake of the global financial crisis. It’s funny until you realise there’s nothing funny about it, at all.
Luv Deluxe
If you were to cross Smack My Bitch Up and Run, Lola, Run, you’d end up with something like this. Via MacTalk News, delightfully.
Legal Foxtel Downloads from October
Australian blog TV Tonight is reporting that Foxtel will be offering legal TV downloads: Each file will come with a 7 day license. Box Office titles (which attract a fee) are playable for 48 hours. Too bad that it’s going … Continue reading
The Thames: It Was There a Minute Ago
Has the world finally gone mad? Creative Review reports that the map of London’s Underground, one of design’s most enduring classics, has undergone surgery to remove the river Thames. Fortunately the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has spluttered words to … Continue reading
UK to Allow Product Placement on TV
Advertising Age reports that the UK is going to allow product placement for the first time. In the country’s most popular soap, “Coronation Street,” customers at the Rover’s Return pub drink a fictional beer, Newton & Ridley, served on beer … Continue reading
Bored to Death
Here’s a new show with an unlikely cast that I suspect will prove amusing. Premieres September 30 or whatever. Jason Schwartzman high-fived me once. He’s a stand-up guy.
Draw!
Comedian, broadcaster, author, and senator of Minnesota: Al Franken draws the United States of America. Impressive! Via kottke.org.