Tilt
Today, the world's first tilting bridge was opened to the public. Here's some video I rather haphazardly shot and edited today: Quicktime 270k [no plug-in?]
More info about the bridge can be found here.
Above us only sky
I haven't written for a while, I'm not sure what to put down. I've started to write quite a few things only to ditch them after deciding that writing about the recent horrific events doesn't seem right just now. Instead... our lonely planet.
Other news: A quick browse through the archives of this site will reveal that many of my links are [via Stu]. This site wouldn't be the same without the regular doses of inspiration that Stu has emailed from London over the past year. A long overdue weblog is finally online which means I can now credit Stu properly by using a hypertext link. Visit regularly.
Donate
Support the American Red Cross by donating some money to the disaster relief fund.
Tragedy
I can't imagine what it must be like to be in New York at the moment. The TV is a distortion.
Weblogs:
andy's chest
east/west
ultrasparky
zeldman
Visualisation
Some clever coding at milov.nl:
'Using a combination of PHP and Javascript-DOM-scripting, the structure on this page will grow in different directions depending on the number of referrers that link to it.'
http://www.milov.nl/linkthispage.php
This has led me to think how interesting it would be to link the software used for Blogdex to the visualisation technology used for the Visual Thesaurus. Not quite sure what it would achieve, but interesting none the less...
Other news: It's good to see another like-minded designer/blogger based in Newcastle Upon Tyne: pixelised.com
No Frills
'...good design is 'clear thinking made visible''
Dither-art
'Don't think you can sit in front of the computer and press a button and -- boing -- an idea just pops out," he said. "Be careful that you might kill the only creativity you might have.'
Oliviero Toscani, the photographer behind the controversial Benetton ads criticises digital art. I think this evaluation is a much needed one; there is so much 'back patting' at the mere mention of digital media in the arts. People assume that just because new technology is being used, the work automatically reaches a higher level of importance. [via Stu]
How Man McManaman Man!
It was strange being at St James' Park to watch the England versus Albania game last night. I now fully realise that football is purely a TV event. We've become so accustomed to the post match analysis, the action replays, the adverts, Alan Hansen [et al] banging on about poor defending and the media hype surrounding individual players, that the experience of the event at first hand is almost a let down. The atmosphere was amazing though, and fortunately, there was no sign of the mindless hooliganism that often casts a shadow over English football.
At half time, Norman Wisdom came on for a penalty shoot out. He's a national hero in Albania y'know.
If you're wondering about the title of this post, here's some Geordie-speak:
'Howay!' = 'Come on!' or 'Come here!'
'How!' = A contraction of 'Howay!'
'How man!' = 'Come on man!' [Geordies put 'man' after almost every sentence]
McManaman = An England player
thus:
'How man McManaman man!'
The English to Geordie Translator
Links etc.
Sometimes I wish I lived and worked in London... and sometimes I'm glad that I don't: The Big Ring : : : Not happy with your content management system? Then build your own and give it to the masses... extreme cleverness courtesy of dollarshort.org. : : : I'm not sure whether this is a good idea for a video game. : : : Why couldn't they have invented this 12 years ago?
1974 Elvis Annual
