all of the above

A quick post to say that I will be gone for a while. I’ll post again when I’ve reached NYC, hopefully with a few happy snaps as well. These are my last days in the ‘berra. I’ll leave you with a video which I think is fitting:

Definition:
Youtube Fart yoo·toob fahrt
The sudden and unexpected expulsion of offensive noise or sound from a computer. Most often occuring when clicking a link into a new window, resulting in a youtube video playing automatically and erupting violently into the surrounding area.
Man that was embarrassing, I totes youtube farted a japanese gameshow into the library.
Variant:
Pornotube Fart […]

Robert Jordan has passed away.
Glory Box covered by Powderfinger, and Wuthering Heights by Josh Pyke.
Led Zeppelin reunite for one concert only, with John Bonham’s son on drums.

Cheap, cool MP3 Player! And it uses SD Cards as storage! AND you can use it as a regular tape to play ALL OF YOUR MP3S ON ANY TAPE DECK! Impress your friends! Get Laid! Save Ferris!

This is awesome. I never played Zork, but I did play ADOM and it followed in its lead quite a lot. Unfortunately, I’ve just found out that ADOM has been released on a mac, so there goes all of my free time…

Watch the hi-res version here

A couple of videos that I stumbled across recently. The first is latest single is from math rockers Battles, titled “Tonto.” I’m looking forward to catching these boys in New York. And the second is something that I’ve had scribbled on a piece of paper for almost a year now. I don’t know where it […]

Have I mentioned how much I’m looking forward to this? When they first announced Heath Ledger as the Joker I was annoyed at their choice, but I’m coming around. I’m really looking forward to this!
(Plus Maggie Gyllenhaal has thankfully now replaced Katie Holmes)

Aerogel. A very suitable sci-fi name for a product that promises everything. It absorbs pollution, can withstand bomb blasts and insulates against temperatures as low as -130 degrees.
Short but interesting article on Shepard Fairy and his assistants at Artinfo. Also, some Banksy works were stolen.
50 Manifestos. I especially like Jasper Morrison’s call to arms […]

To make things better after my previous post, Apache before it was covered by disco. The original and the non-disco cover below:

Anyone remember this? Thinking about NYC reminded me. Hopefully my apartment is not nearly so bad.

This was their first stunt, before APEC had gotten underway:

This is the preview footage before the stunt hits television on the 12th:

As reported by ABC:

Ten Morning News

And Today Tonight, sometimes more (unintentionally) satirical than the Chaser itself.

Thank everything that is good and holy for the chaser boys.

Photos that I took recently of the Canberra’s own jazz star Ali. I think they came out quite well, especially considering that we were short on time.

The url for Jennifer Daniel’s website is fantastic: httpcolonforwardslashforwardslashwwwdotjenniferdanieldotcom. She also has some impressive illustrative work.

via The Triumph of Bullshit

I’m in love with the work of Aya Kato. Particularly her works on the subject of myths and fairy tales. Beautiful and sometimes deadly, just like the original tales. Featured below is Rapunzel

Some great work from The Polaroid Kid

Check out this english documentary on Ron Mueck. Why do they all British art doco’s have the same music?

A sweet song and another great spin on the one shot video clip. How hard is this? I’ve never done something like it myself, but it makes my head hurt trying to work it out.

This is just surreal. It’s a video created by a Nigerian email scammer who thinks he is producing a video for a scholarship payment from a victim that he tried to scam. Unfortunately for this particular scammer, the “victim” is actually someone who has set out to bait and catch scammers. And these ones have […]

Go now to Idents TV to check out an amazing animation by Sägas. Incredible stuff, that resembles in no small way Owen’s animation of 2006 (put it online!).