Related (or chronologically close to) but I suspect uninspired by my own linkblast, some pointers at honkey rap from j_v_lynch and nerdcore from lproven; long may the musical tradition of parody-then-theft-then-renewal continue

For a number of years I have thought the following quote, which I enjoy for the tone and pace of delivery rather than the gratuity, was origially from The Crow and was most tickled when Mr Tarantino included it in exactly the same manner in Kill Bill, Vol. 2You crazy son of a bitch!
Fuckin' son of a bitch, you! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!
I'll ( Read more... )

Thanks to [name changed to protect the innocent] for the links: paper sculptures

Other nations have seen the smart mob movement and twisted it into something more personally useful than a pillow fight: The Economist has a story about Tuangou in China. Tuangou, roughly translated into group purchasing, is basically a smart mob who arrange the meet up over the internet and show up at a retailer at a specific time and use their ( Read more... )

Counterpoint to my UK equivalent, a collection of Singapore bookmarks:

• Maps [ streets ]
• Socialising [ evite | after dark || cinema | cinema]
• Travel [ zuji ]
• Weather [ singapore ]

How media content is both produced and consumed is changing fundamentally. Look at the Internet Bookmobile, grassroots journalism, wikipedia, post-Napster MP3 sharing, copy protection... Look at machinamata, it's important

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Preceding re-organisation of my linked lists and things, a collection of UK bookmarks:

• Maps [streets | nearest | property | postcode]
• Socialising [openguides | beer in the evening | cinema | tv]
• Travel
  • Planning [tfl | planner | roads | walking]
  • DLR [status | map | times]

Rather nifty mashup of Google Maps with property sales and rental information. Search for properties by where they are, with filtering on number of bedrooms, pricing and distance to (an albeit limited) set of ammenities: http://ononemap.com/

Thanks to mart_80 for the heads-up

And other common phrases, demystified