Jan 27
Video by James Houston jim@1030.co.uk www.1030.co.uk www.twitter.com/1030 ——– Sinclair ZX Spectrum – Guitars (rhythm & lead) Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer – Drums HP Scanjet 3c – Bass Guitar Hard Drive array – Act as a collection of bad speakers – Vocals & FX
Jan 23
Although I’m not too big on leaving the house, I attended this talk by Robert J. Sawyer and William Gibson at the Toronto Reference Library. Aside from trips to the tailor and organizing my cupboards, This is the sort of thing I get excited about. I’ve been wanting to see these two in conversation for years. Reason …
Jan 22
This tattoo purports to be the first random tattoo in the world. Each time you scan the QR code tattoo you will see something different: Videos, pictures, phrases, weather forecast, tweets … every time something new. A lot of the thinking on this subject is about personal branding — tattoos that lead to your website, …
Jan 08
In China, a 30 story hotel has been built in 15 days. The time lapsed footage is below. Gizmodo says: It was erected near the Dongting lake, in the Hunan Province, China, by Broad Group, a Chinese construction company specialised in sustainable architecture. The building uses prefabricated modules (with a +/- 0.2mm precision in the …
Jan 07
Some of you might remember the Philip K. Dick robot that went missing. As a fan of science fiction and the strange, I posted about this weird incident back in 2006. Well, this creature has been rebuilt. Hanson Robotics just rebuilt the Philip K. Dick Android! To replace the android that we lost in 2005, …
Dec 27
Though he’s probably more controversial in counter-cultural circles than in mainstream ones — who long ago were sold a script and stuck to it– John Lydon might be the one celebrity whose inevitable passing will bother me. It’s always comforting to know he’s out there making someone uncomfortable. I enjoy watching interviews with him and particularly enjoy …
Dec 22
I’ve put some hours in and made an illustrated, tumblr version of Guy Debord’s 1967 book The Society of the Spectacle. You can find the first post here. When you finish reading it, simply hit NEWER and it’ll bring you to the next paragraph. Some of you are probably familiar with the book. Others of …
Dec 15
Curious to see what might emerge, I thought it might be interesting to make a word cloud out of all the reviews Technicolor Ultra Mall has received. In no particular order, here’s my favorites.
Dec 12
I interviewed Michael Williams of A Continous Lean for The National Post. The piece ran this weekend. You can find the interview here. Don’t really have much to add to that so . . .
Dec 10
Do you want a chance to win a signed copy of Technicolor Ultra Mall? The Scene in TO is running a contest. Basically, they’re going to interview me, you submit questions (don’t do that here, do it there) and they’ll ask them. One of the people who submits a question wins a book. Easy. Here’s …
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (sci-fi), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap.
