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Chris Ball of www.dirtschool.co.uk has joined us over here at the ModsBlogs.
His mission is to bring us behind the scenes accounts of his travels with Chris Hutchens and Ruaridh Cunningham in his new role as programme leader of a new World Class Downhill Junior Development Programme.
We're not sure what to expect, but like Devina says; your live on ModsBlogs please do not swear!
And keep your kit on!
The human mind can be an incredible thing. Check this guy out. It's about 5 minutes long so put the kettle on, make a brew and stick your headphones in.
Thanks to Chase Jarvis.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChaseJarvis/~3/141095646/one-camera-that-...
Freeze Scotland have just opened a new fashion outlet on Hanover Street in Edinburgh [ the old whitestuff premises i think ] , from what Neil is telling me it has loads of cool kit and is well worth a look...
tell him i sent you and maybe get a discount.
Eye magazines article on the bicing service in Barcelona
Why can't this country [Scotland] be so forward thinking when it comes to solving congestion, pollution, parking, fat bastard-itis, lazyness etc... Just think of the cost of implimenting this in Edinburgh compared to the Trams !
Read on and be amazed at how a simple idea can be so effective...
'A beginners guide to giving a damn about climate change'
By our friends over at Airside and Mother. This piece of animation is great on so many levels.
I'm not one for the lads mags but Esquire is the one mag that if i get half a chance i'll read.
The photography is consistently great and the editor doesn't treat the readers as numbskull lager drinking, football(soccer) loving, corsa drivers...
Yes there are picture of women in there but also some genuinely interesting and engaging content.
What do you get if you combine great music, a cool concept and fantastic implementation?
Check this out :
http://www.woostercollective.com/2007/05/shit_were_diggin_max_tyries_han...
Just imagine the effort involved!
Wired recently ran a great article about Google Maps, but perhaps the most relevant content was in the side bar...
Discovering the New World
7 glimpses into the hyperlocal future.
The Internet of Things
What if you could walk down an unfamiliar street, use your camera phone to take a picture of a building, and instantly know everything about it, from the architect to the list of tenants. The technology to make common objects clickable, like hyperlinked words on a Web site, is available today in the form of 2-D barcodes. These digital tags look like empty crossword puzzles. Users create them online, print them out, and paste them around the city. Then anyone with a phonecam can "click" on them. A program on the phone decodes the pattern and redirects the curious pedestrian to a Web page. One project, called Smartpox, is using these barcodes to build online communities that center around, for example, scavenger hunts and restaurant reviews. Members slap a barcode on a given establishment, and in-the-know passersby can get the dirt on its crème anglaise. At Semapedia.com, you can drop in any Wikipedia URL to instantly generate a 2-D barcode pointing to the corresponding entry.
Read more here : http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/15-07/ff_maps?currentPage=1
Mike over at digitalagency found this via crunchnotes the other day.
It's very nicely done and pretty cool.
As Ewan over at edublogs said they look like a good bunch to work for.
I have just saved myself over £35 !
If like me you have you have short arms and long pockets, you'll be amazed at the price match nonsense i have just come across...
Jessops have a website www.jessops.com. Jessops have another website www.tecno.co.uk
On www.jessops.com and in their retail outlets the portaflash LS1 light stand is £34.99.
on www.tecno.co.uk the portaflash LS1 light stand is £9.04.
SO:
Go into your local Jessops, ask for a Portastand - or anything else for that matter - and ask for a price match with their own Tecno website.
The total for one lightstand and a universal bracket inc. delivery of £3.99 was just £17.73.
The sales guy in the shop was amazed, but he stood by the price match. Maybe Jessops aren't as bad as i thought.
Happy shopping...
UPDATE:
Fancy a Lowepro Super Trekker AW II Backpack (Black)?
Extreme Pie are offering a sneak preview of their sale.
If you visit their shop at www.extremepie.com before the 27th and enter the promo code june20 you'll receive an extra 20% off all soft goods. The offer excludes hardware.
Tell em we sent you...
Today is the official bring a friend to What The Duck day.
If you've not seen or heard of WTD then pop over here for a squiz.
It's my favourite daily comic strip and reminds me a lot of the early Calvin & Hobbes, but with a definite Photography bias. Readers are encouraged to suggest a title for each day's comic strip.
Any how, go and sign up today and receive a printed copy of todays strip in the post.
Hey Guys,
I am not the most computer literate guy in the world hence my first post on any forum this morning (still not sure of the difference between forums and blogs!), it took me 45 minutes to figure out how to put pictures on! AAAAHHHHH! I don’t have much spare time and usually that time is taken up biking much to the disgust of the wife. Unfortunately I have nowhere to ride this weekend, due to the immature destruction of my local trails(Lennox forest). I wanted to post a message to say thanks to all that have signed the petition and given their support. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Read more about it here at digital agency and here at Terinea
Yeehaaa
I've won the lottery.
Just going to tell the boss to stuff it then i'm off down the pub...
This is to inform you of the release of ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION PRIZE DRAW, held on the 15th of January 2007, but owing to some mix up of numbers and addresses and the holidays, the results were released on the 21st of January 2007.
I am not sure how i missed this when the story first broke.
Not for the squeamish, especially if your a bloke.
DB Fletcher capstan schwartz expanding table:
If you have a spare 35k in your wallet . . .
Yesterday was WWDC day, or the day that Mac geeks get their knickers in a twist over what big Steve is going to announce in his Keynote speech.
As well as the OS (leopard) and iPhone announcements Apple released a beta of Safari for the PC.
This is a big deal...
