D7 Fresh A’capella
on Jun 8, 2009 in General acapella beatboxing d7 music review talent I’ve just heard of a local, Cape Town based group called D7. They’re seven young guys that perform a mix of a’capella and beatboxing. I wish I had heard about them sooner as I would have loved to attend one of their live gigs. IR...

Big Picture: Remembering Tiananmen
on Jun 6, 2009 in General Photography boston.com big picture news tiananmen square When this picture was taken I was a junior in high school and I remember seeing it in the news. 20 years on and thousands of people are still remembering. Big Picture celebrates the 20th anniversary of what happened at Tiananmen Square with a collect...

VOTD: Literal Music Videos
on Jun 3, 2009 in Funny General humour literal video music video video of the day VOTD youtube I’m sure you’ve seen one or two of these before, you know where you wish they sang about what was actually happening in the music video – especially A-Ha’s Take On Me literal video. I found these other ones that I just had to...

VOTD: Sorry I’m Late
on May 30, 2009 in General youtube VOTD video of the day stop motion animation sorry I'm late Here’s a great stop-motion animation clip titled “Sorry I’m Late” shot from above with a still camera. The final sequence is in the video clip below – but you can see still and test videos on the official website here. [...

Pod of 55 beached Pilot Whales at Kommetjie
on May 30, 2009 in General beached kommetjie news pilot whale South Africa whale Around 7:30 this morning a pod of (originally thought 47) 55 Pilot Whales started beaching themselves at Kommetjie Beach. The NSRI are urging people NOT to go down to the beach as the throngs of people are hampering their efforts to rescue the whales...

Review: Browsershots
on May 29, 2009 in General Technology browser browsershots compatibility development review screenshot utility web As a web developer I’m almost always tasked with ensuring that websites and web applications I build not only work but look good in the popular browsers for the target platform. Sometimes you may get a client with some obscure version of a brow...

VOTD: The Vendor-Client Relationship
on May 28, 2009 in Funny General client humor humour relationship vendor video of the day VOTD Real-world situations where the client makes unrealistic and unreasonable expectations from the vendor they’re using – so, so true! [via StevenMcD] Posted in Funny, General Tagged: client, Funny, humor, humour, relationship, vendor, vide...

John Pugh’s 3D art
on May 27, 2009 in General art 3d john pugh artist mural Trompe_l'oeil John Pugh is a trompe l’oeil artist – someone who paints art that gives the illusion of something three dimensional. You can see a small sample of his work below. For more take a look at this Daily Mail article here and some more pictures...

Another chapter begins
on May 26, 2009 in General employment life ramblings work Well the last two weeks have been a bit of a roller-coaster. With the news at work of retrenchments and the idea of having to find work again, especially in the current state of the world economy, had me quite stressed out. I’ve since contacted...

VOTD: Neverending Sun
on May 21, 2009 in General This is a really impressive time-lapse video taken over a period of a week, during summer, at the Arctic Circle depicting a sun that never sets below the horizon. [via DCP] Posted in General...