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Beer Wars

Believe me, this is relevant, and one day I’ll post the link to the website, in the meantime, watch this trailer: More info at: http://beerwarsmovie.com/ – sadly not available to download the whole thing in the UK yet. (Thanks to Stephen Fry for his Tweet about the this)

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Fri, February 19 2010 » Off-Topic » No Comments

Sony Pyramid Ad

OK, so no sooner do we see rabbits on Sony Bravia TV ads than I found this Sony Bravia Pyramid Ad on Orange Days via a Technorati search. I prefer the rabbits, but multi-coloured cotton reels is still eyecatching.

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Wed, October 17 2007 » Off-Topic » No Comments

Sony Bravia Ad Part 3

This Sony Bravia TV ad has been out a short while, soundtracked by the Rolling Stones (“She’s A Rainbow” from Their Satanic Majesties Request). This is stop action animation in realtime New York. Great stuff. The Sony BRAVIA site in Europe seems to be hamstrung by an Action Script error, but is now up and [...]

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Wed, October 17 2007 » Off-Topic » No Comments

Computers in movies

A new project begins soon. Having watched umpteen movies and TV shows where somebody is hacking into a computer system or even just chatting (as in Jumpin’ Jack Flash) there’s always something a little odd about the system the character is using. In Spooks (BBC1) a while ago, somebody had a virus system which had [...]

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Fri, January 19 2007 » Off-Topic » 2 Comments

Sony Bravia TV advert Part 2

“Our latest TV ad – featuring massive paint explosions – took 10 days and 250 people to film. Huge quantities of paint were needed to accomplish this, which had to be delivered in 1 tonne trucks and mixed on-site by 20 people.” See Sony BRAVIA – The Advert for the full effect.

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Wed, October 18 2006 » Off-Topic » 2 Comments

My Clusty Cloud

“A Clusty Cloud is a tool that webmasters or bloggers can use to instantly visualize a topic using the familiar tag cloud display. What makes the Clusty Cloud unique is that you can create a cloud based on any topic or query – you don’t need tags or months of content on a subject to [...]

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Thu, October 12 2006 » Off-Topic » No Comments

Syd Barrett RIP

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Pink Floyd’s Barrett dies aged 60

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Tue, July 11 2006 » Off-Topic » Comments Off

Using Flickr from my mobile phone

Today I discovered I could add pictures to my Flickr account using my mobile phone. Having snapped lots using my Sony Ericsson K600i, I wanted to be able use the pictures (though they’re quite lo-fi) So some results appear at www.flickr.com/photos/dan_a

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Mon, June 19 2006 » Off-Topic » Comments Off

Browse this blog on your mobile

This blog is viewable clearly and quickly using Opera Mini™ for Mobile (via Lifehacker). It’s a small download (96kb) and is a Java app that will work with a number of 3G phones. My Sony Ericsson K600i looks a little more up to date with the browser installed. This page arrived quickly and without too [...]

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Wed, May 24 2006 » Off-Topic » Comments Off

Sony Bravia TV advert

Some people said it was computer generated but after seeing the advertising CD that came free with the Guardian last weekend and the Sony BRAVIA – The Advert website, it’s true that 170,000 rubber balls were fired down a San Francisco street. That’s going to hurt.

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Tue, March 21 2006 » Off-Topic » 1 Comment