30. august 2010: Interview: claus ejner: "I �jeblikket kan man f�sig en dosis samfundskommenterende engagement p�claus ejners udstilling p�M�stings Hus. Under titlen Vr�vlets polemik tager han med vanlig humor og sarkasme den menneskelige eksistens under behandling. I uh�jtidelige materialer og et let tilg�ngeligt formsprog fabulerer kunstneren over alt fra globaliseringens konsekvenser til den enkeltes l�ngsler, lyst og dr�mme. Her fort�ller han om tankerne bag udstillingen, sin interesse i konsumkulturen og lo-fi �stetik."
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tirsdag den 31. august 2010
Følsom ordgøgler
Følsom ordgøgler | information.dk: "Claus Ejner er ikke kun jysk og underfundig, men også følsom. I den halvdel af udstillingsrummene, der hedder ‘Lyst’ og handler om at være til, har han skrevet ‘Love will never tear us apart,’ men anbragt et stykke plaster over ordet ‘never’."
søndag den 29. august 2010
World Pinball Championships – Final and Deciding Game
Tilt Warning � Blog Archive � World Pinball Championships – Final and Deciding Game: "Going into the final game, Keith Elwin was in the lead with 5 points, while Bowen Kerins and Andrei Massenkoff lurked just behind with 4 points each. Cayle George was the spoiler, having only 1 point but still playing with a chance at 3rd place. As the top seed, Keith chose to play Creature From The Black Lagoon, and consequently, the other players chose to play after him, so he was forced to go first."
Klingon Opera Ramps Up for Earth-Bound Premiere
Klingon Opera Ramps Up for Earth-Bound Premiere | Underwire | Wired.com: "Upping the ante on the Elvish power ballad performed in the Lord of the Rings-inspired musical Fellowship!, Dutch sci-fi fans will stage the world’s first Klingon opera next month.
The opera, titled u, plays at the Zeebelt Theater in The Hague, Netherlands, from Sept. 9 through 12.
The organizers have even extended an invitation to the Klingons to attend a special performance of the opera. Mark Okrand, inventor of the Klingon language, recorded an inter-galactic invite that was transmitted from a de-commissioned telescope station, as documented in the clip embedded below. They have yet to receive any RSVP’s from outer space."
The apocalypse in film and fiction
The apocalypse in film and fiction - Boing Boing: "Scientific American put together a list of their favorite apocalyptic plots from fiction and film. The grouped them by category, like astronomical catastrophes, biological calamities, war, geophysical disasters, and machine-driven takeovers. Of course, this is far from a comprehensive list of the greatest tales of the end times."
What The Fuck Is My Social Media Strategy?
What The Fuck Is My Social Media Strategy?: "Identify relevant and compelling hooks for the audience, create content around the hooks and integrate it into their social repertoires"
Brug F5. Bliv ledelsens darling.
søndag den 22. august 2010
lørdag den 21. august 2010
legohacker: About Lego Hacker
legohacker: About Lego Hacker: "This blog documents the Lego hacks of a young boy, with occasional contributions from his sister and other family members. While a few of the designs illustrated here are simply Lego replicas of existing artifacts, many follow a more inventive design constraint. For example, some attempt to capture a recognizable form in as few Lego bricks as possible. Others transform one 'brand' into another (such as the conversion of a Star War ship into a Star Trek one)."
torsdag den 19. august 2010
Bullshit Bingo
Bullshit Bingo: "Falder du tit i søvn under møder, foredrag eller seminarer? Det kan du nu gøre ende på!"
tirsdag den 17. august 2010
Psychology of Animals Swallowed Alive - Boing Boing
Psychology of Animals Swallowed Alive - Boing Boing: "On June 5, 1925, Sir John Bland-Sutton delivered a fascinating lecture titled 'The Psychology of Animals Swallowed Alive' to the Royal College of Surgeons, of which he was president."
lørdag den 14. august 2010
U.S. obesity problem impacts automobile safety and fuel economy
Consumer Reports Cars Blog: U.S. obesity problem impacts automobile safety and fuel economy: "A detailed study published in 2006 at Entrepreneur.com analyzed the amount of additional fuel consumed due to heavier drivers. One key finding was that almost 1 billion gallons of gasoline per year can be attributed to passenger weight gain in non-commercial vehicles between 1960 and 2002--this translates to .7 percent of the total fuel used by passenger vehicles annually."
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