May 2008 – John Braine

28 May 200823 August 2012|by Living the life

Anyone remember [the.path]? You still out there Kev? [the.path] was a free Dublin zine, mostly handed out at clubs and record shops. There was a piece on the online version that struck a chord with me and I've often thought...

stuff

26 May 200826 May 2008|by Best t-shirt ever

videos, web

24 May 200824 May 2008|by Pork and Beans

No doubt this will be the most memed video ever, Weezer's latest video features, nothing but memes, marketing genius.

web

23 May 200823 May 2008|by Cubescape

Cubescape has been doing the rounds for the last week or so. Give it a try if you like building things with blocks. "A tool for isometric jiggery pokery" is how Themaninblue puts it. Here are some of his favourites....

films

22 May 200822 May 2008|by Fitzcarraldo

I saw Fitzcarraldo a few weeks ago. It's about a crazy German dude, played by Klaus Kinski (you know, the blonde Ken Dodd?) and his attempts to setup an opera in the Peruvian rain forest while somehow coalescing (genuine) local...

funny, random

21 May 200821 May 2008|by Indiana Jones and the crusade of the holy Facebook

Consecutive Facebook updates from two different friends which I found amusing:

photos

20 May 200820 May 2008|by PhotoWow!

Wowsers! This is one of the most amazing photos I've ever seen. I know no more about it but it appears to be a wasp-like creature glistening with dew. Look at those eyes, nature multiplied by nature. Spotted at www.likecool.com.

art, graffiti, street art, videos

12 May 200812 May 2008|by New Graffiti animation from Blu

Blu has released a new stop-motion graffiti animation. Each frame of this would stand up as decent graffiti. Yet its also an animation. Which is fairly amazing. I originally posted about Blu on my Graffiti 2.0 post and there's some...

atheism, books, memory, rant, television

09 May 200809 May 2008|by Tricks of the mind

TV. I spend a lot of time giving out about it. That soul-eating suckbox sitting in the corner, dominating all your senses. Slowly eating your life. Hours where you could be making, creating, living, loving. Or even depleting the long...

photos, stuff

08 May 200803 September 2010|by Some great photos by a Great uncle

My Great Uncle, Harry Braine, set up the Dublin Camera club in 1945. Apparently he spent some time in the Tower of London having been arrested as a spy for being found with photos that were used to plan attacks...