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8-bit takes on the snowboarders

Ian — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:05:41 +0000

It is, I believe, rather gnarly. Yo.

Duxford Flying Legends 2010

Ian — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:25:45 +0000

The Joker - Bearcat

Duxford, Cambridgeshire has for a long time been ‘plane nerd mecca to me. It’s been ages since I went to a proper airshow, so it was great to once again attend the Flying Legends show. Many of the airframes are now over 70 years old and it’s amazing how many they get into the air at once. They don’t exactly fling them round (well, with the exception of the superbly demonstrated Grumman Bearcat), but they put them through some pretty tight turns and rolls. It’s great to see how gracefully the Spitfires are handled and for me, I think that was the highlight: A formation of various marks of Spitfire playfully soaring over the length of the runway. I’ve uploaded a bunch of shots to Flickr. I only own a compact, so a lot of the shots are from the museums.

The business end of the A10

The whole set from Saturday is available in my Flickr stream.

BBC nail Beardyman caption

Ian — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:56:56 +0000

Beardyman: King of Sound and Ruler of Beats

Any idea why the esteemed beat-boxer was on the news?

Via Dailyrnail.co.uk (read that again)

Dodge Challenger Commerical makes me proud to be an American

Ian — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:17:40 +0000

Admittedly I’m not an American, but then neither is the car (it’s made it Canada). Still, I don’t think it matters, this advert is pretty stirring stuff:

Via GeekOSystem

BP Oil Exec portrait by Mike Mitchell

Ian — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:28:15 +0000

BP exec by Mike Mitchell

A well timed portrait by the talented Sir Mitchell.

Gluaaaghhhh! building

Ian — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:58:37 +0000

Tom Hine - Contextual-face, Bristol

Ekosystem, via Wooster Collective

How to Destroy Angels

Ian — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:19:17 +0000

It was sad when Nine Inch Nails stopped work. Trent Reznor announced he was getting married and touring stopped. Girls. Ruin. Everything. Understandable after 22 years, but a shame all the same. As NiN wound-down, some of the side projects were a little lacking, but there is always something of interest in each one. I had high hopes for the Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! Reznor and Saul Williams sounded like a match made in heaven, but the result was nothing special, with the U2 cover, Sunday Bloody Sunday, perhaps being the most embarrassing low point of the project. However, this project, How to Destroy Angels, with his new wife Mariqueen Maandig is fortunately a much stronger attempt and one with a lot of potential. Maandigs vocals are well used and this isn’t a straight extension of the NiN catalogue (and nor is that what I’m after, personally), but it should be reasonably familiar to NiN fans (play the intro to With Teeth’s ‘Only’ and then new track Fur… told you so). The retail model is as generous as previous offerings and hardly worth discussion (it works, good luck to ‘em). Reznor has got more money out of me this way than he ever did on Interscope.

How to Destroy Angels EP cover

You can listen free here and the new video to The Space Inbetween is as unnerving as you’d expect from this lot: they’re named after a Coil track for crying out loud. I’d love to get my hands on some hi-res copies of the EP artwork ‘n all. It’s reminiscent of work by Mark Weaver, which I’ve blogged about in the past.

Listen to the new How to Destroy Angels EP

Around the world in 80 seconds

Ian — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:02:43 +0000

Whilst this is blatantly a Sony viral, it’s also very cool.

Vote tomorrow. Please.

Ian — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:54:47 +0000

Just a thought. The Sun might be wrong about this one. Via @mattleys

From Diana, Queen of Hearts

Ian — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:33:04 +0000

I’m a big fan of Twitter. Through it I have acquired design advice, job interviews and technical help. More importantly, it also allows me to follow the adventures of Princess Diana (aka the Queen of ‘Arrrrrts) as she enjoys her time in Heaven, amongst all the other celebrities. Just like when she was with us on earth, she is a constant source of inspiration. Her Twitter account is perfect if, like me, you have too much self respect to buy the Daily Express and read about her there. She also sent me this rather fetching badge. As it came through my door this morning i ran to the door, only to see a white Fiat Uno race away down my street. I shall wear it proudly, always.

Follow DianaInHeaven on Twitter. We miss you, Ma’am.