Good to see some real thought and imagination put into the opening titles on Game of Thrones:
As opposed to another recent TV favourite of mine, Fringe, is pretty dull:
Simple timelapse of cloudy skies over Croydon taken with an iPhone4 using the TimeLapse app. The bright light in the centre is a reflection of the camera’s flash which came on.
And yes, the window is that dirty!
I saw an advert on TV over the weekend for SimplyHealth, which looked very familiar. It’s been created by Airside and has been titled “Always there”. Also featured on Behance, it copies everything, down to the little rabbits hoping about, from Airside’s previous work for the Lemon Jelly video “Nice weather for ducks”. It’s a shame to see an idea reused with such little new thought and effort.
Simply health advert
Nice weather for ducks
I’m a big fan of light projections that alter the appearance of what they’re projected onto, and this video from Mr Beam is a great example of redecorating a room with light.
Two projectors were used on a white room to completely transform the appearance. Thanks to www.mr-beam.nl/project/1 and www.etre.com/blog/2011/02/living_room/at the Etre Blog for finding it.
There’s a great video on Geary Behavioural Economics Blog whic offers some startling facts about placebos, including how colour, shape, size and volume can drastically alter their effect.
Then 25 lttrs n th alphbt asks readers to
“substitute in your mind “brand” for “placebo”
The brain eh? Weird.
Today I found a new way to challenge my London knowledge, which was a map of Zone One of the London Underground without any of the station names. You have 10 minutes to type as many of the station names as you can remember and watch as your answers get added to the map. I managed 52 out of the 63 stations which I was fairly happy with, but still had to kick myself when I saw the ones I’d missed. It instantly highlights the parts of London you never visit, for me there was a huge empty space in south West London which I had no idea about. Have a go yourself at www.sporcle.com/games/londontubecentral.php and see if you do better than 52…
It reminded me of a simliar game, with the same concept but on a much larger scale. At travelpod they have a flash game where you must place a flag on the map of the world to mark the location of cities and famous places with points are awarded for speed and accuracy. There are 12 levels of difficulty with cities becoming more and more obscure as you progress. Give it your best flag at www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq. Unfortunately I didn’t make the 30,000 threshold to get past level 6, I’m sure you can do better!
This is a great video, i know I take a lot of pictures but the work that went into this is astonishing.
London (harder, better, faster, stronger) from David Hubert on Vimeo.
An excellent example of a company jumping on the latest technology bandwagon to promote something completely unrelated.
I guess they wouldn’t do it if people didn’t buy it.
I am undeniably a fan of Bond films, and particularly of the new direction they have taken with Daniel Craig. Although the next film isn’t due for release until November there is a teaser trailer online already. Enjoy. Even if it is called “Quantum of Solace”.
***UPDATE***
The trailer has made it to YouTube now:
Last night I was shopping for a present for a good friend of mine at work who’s leaving this week. As they commute long stretches of the tube each day I decided what they would most like to receive as a leaving present would be An Illustrated Guide to the Piccadilly Line (and a wodge of topshop vouchers and some other stuff, we’re not complete bastards).
It turns out the London Transport Museum has a very impressive library of books on everything tube and train related, and it doesn’t stop there, they have a decent sized display devoted to DVDs. What particularly caught my eye was the series of “Driver eye view” films for each of the tube lines, with a running commentary of dark tunnel followed by dark tunnel of tube track. Now that is a niche market, and they’re got it fully covered. Don’t tell Gorden Brown though or he’ll ban them for being a terrorist threat.
On my way to Covent Garden I also noticed a very nice looking whisky shop which I had a quick look in on. Whisky was stacked floor to ceiling and it reminded me of a cachaca shop in Paraty ‘d been to. In a complete coincidence the London Daily Photo site features the same whisky shop in today’s photo. Which is nice.
