owngig
owngig came about owing to the phenomenal rise of the private gig, where an artist plays a small show often in a unique venue. Up until now they have been the domain of the super-rich, so we felt compelled to source these shows more democratically through the power of the crowd and put them in the reach of true fans.
Just tell us about the acts you want to see, where you want to see them and how much you would be willing to pay. We regularly track and group requests and negotiate on your behalf with artists to commission exclusive shows wherever your demand dictates.
Hopefully this service is a benefit to the artist also, in that in enables them to understand where in the world their fan base is located and consequently tour in places they might otherwise miss out on. We hope you like the concept and are willing to give it a go. We’re confident it can work if enough people get behind it, ensuring owngig.com becomes a direct link between artists and real fans.’
House OF Cards
That Radiohead video, you know, the one shot on a ‘laaaaaaassssser’.
‘No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes’.
Blow Up Your Flickr
See your Flickr photosets in a great-looking, fullscreen display.
Via AR again…
Next Level Directors Cut
Nice.
Nike Spider
Well executed.
9 Reasons Not to Date a T - Rex
It’s been a long time since I have posted anything that helps me get brilliant at Dinosaurs. This well bad makes up for it.
Thsrs
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Old Spice
Old skool, but funny.
HyperHappen
This is an ace (planning style?) Blog from the lovely people at HyperHappen. I was going to post some of their stuff today, but there’s quite a lot, so it’s far less hassle to just push you to them and then you can see for yourself.
Be sure to put them on your reader.
Will It Blend?
iPhone 3G
I Met The Walrus
‘In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon’s every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation.’
‘Raskin marries the terrifyingly genius pen work of James Braithwaite with masterful digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit, and timeless message.’
Mr Lynch On Ideas
I love him.
PS. BP are wankers.
Itty Bitty New York City
This dude got bored with his homework and distracted by Blender, resulting in the above animation of New York. The movie was created using use one stock photo (yes one photo) and Blender 2.46, which I have and obviously I’m now going to learn.
Wow.
Andriod Mobile Augmentation
Enkin is a system that runs on Android and that augments reality in real time. It geotags and displays infomation about your surroundings based on what it’s pointed at. It does that by combining GPS, orientation sensors, 3D graphics, live video, web services and a novel user interface into an intuitive navigation system for mobile.
It’s smart, but just so you know, it doesn’t make you sexy or interesting.
Super Monkeyball // iPhone
Super Monkeyball is, as always, simple, addictive and frustrating.
If you’ve played before you’ll be familiar with the set-up and this version is much the same; 5 worlds each containing 11 stages - which are unlocked linearly. The accelerometer controls, although natural, are difficult to master and you’ll find yourself falling off the edges. Stick with it though, as it does get slightly easier as you get used to the ‘crazy’ tippy action. That aside, the graphics and gameplay are impressive and way better than anything on a phone to date - which kinda sets the tone for iPhone as a potentially ace gaming platform.
It’s the first big game for the iPhone, and although a little clumsy, it’s pretty good.