View from the Potting Shed

Now, I have to admit that I don’t list Cannibal Corpse amongst my favourite bands, but this video is utter genius.
WARNING: Don’t watch/listen to it if you are easily offended.
Cannibal Corpse’s last album “Kill” has one of the most tame titles, or indeed covers, of any of their albums in their 17 year career. Who […]

Steve Lawson’s gig in our living room last night was a roaring success.
While only six people turned up, it didn’t detract from the enjoyment of a relaxed evening in the company of friends, with plenty of good wine, fine chocolates, beautiful music and much laughter.
I videoed the entire gig, including Steve’s Q&A at the end, […]

Information R/evolution: an inspiring video that explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information.
As spotted on The Information Architecture Institute e-mail list.

This is for all those who are hooked on Facebook: Facebook Song.
The song is by Rhett and Link, described by someone as “The Proclaimers crossed with Weezer“. There’s quite a bit of Barenaked Ladies in there too. The band, I mean, not actual bare naked ladies.
You can download the MP3 of their song from […]

Spotted on b3ta.com.
Armed with only an old Rover 600 and a projector Defying Darwinian set out to cause some mirth in those middle-class areas of town.
My favourite is the animated rain cloud.
See Drive-by projecting on YouTube if you can’t view the embedded version above.

Why do the Japanese always have better TV game shows than we do?
The best we have at the moment is Noel Edmonds presenting Channel 4’s Guess-What-Box-The-Big-Number-Is-In. Meanwhile the Japanese are getting to watch Human Tetris.
Utterly genius!

This is a refreshing view of Lars Ulrich of Metallica speaking openly and honestly about democracy: Lars Ulrich from Metallica on democracy.
The video was filmed by a group called Why Democracy? who asked the Danish drummer ten questions on his views about God, democracy, and systems of government.
The ten questions asked were:

Who would you vote […]