fivenin.es: the birth of a social network in Barcelona?

4 comments Blogosphere The real world Web 2.0

Kiwoo.org sent me a link to a simple and misterious website named fivenin.es, a domain registered just 4 days ago. In the page there is: a simple Helvetica Rounded logo, a philosophical quote about imperfection, a link to a social event in Barcelona and an email for confirmations. Apparently this is about ...

Lost Vegas: Back to the Retrofuture

One comment Animation + Movies + TV

Imagine James Bond meets Get Smart meets Austin Powers meets The Jetsons meets Gilligans Island meets Elvis meets Tom Jones meets Sin City meets Bikini Bandits meets Martinis meets Chevrolet meets Bewitched meets Space Age meets Tiki Lounge meets Formica meets Stereorama meets Spaceports meets TV Dinners, all in the ...

Un any sense perdre el Phil

No comments Music

L'amic Phil Musical ja ha fet un anyet a la xarxa. Un any ripejant (?) vinils de col·leccionista un parell de cops al mes i penjant-los per a la parròquia de l'space age i de la música d'ascensor. De regal ens ofereix el "Bailemos Con el Latin Combo" un disc ...

LEGO: Do androids play with plastic bricks?

No comments Animation + Design

Looking for information in the Lego website about the Concept Lab that they have in Barcelona, I learnt a few things about the brand and the process of making the infamous Logo bricks. The name 'LEGO' is an abbreviation of the two Danish words "leg godt", meaning "play well" and in ...

The Year of the Box

4 comments Interface + TV

In my annual prections (!) for the No Som Perfectes radio show from RAC1 station, I stated that having been 2006 the year of the Video, or better said the year of YouTube, it was only natural that 2007 be the year of the IP TV. I admit that I'm not ...

who’s the copycat

No comments Quotations

"Which is really ironic is that MS copied Apple's OS, Apple copied Xerox's GUI and mouse, and Xerox, well Xerox just copies...." --posted by slide @ wired.com

Download your iPhone now!

One comment Apple + Interface + Marketing + Usability + Why didn't I think of that?

I wonder if there's still anyone who doesn't know about the new iPhone (reinventing the phone) from Apple. It was presented a couple of days ago (blogged life by engadget), it hit frontpages and every news bulletin yesterday and today Cisco is claiming that they had a trade mark on ...

I ecto therefore I blog

2 comments Blogosphere + Interface + Usability

I used to blog with Ecto, a Mac OS & Windows desktop app, in my old Expression Engine blog and after embracing the Wordpress faith I decided to go for it too. Even easier. Ecto and Wordpress blend seamlessly. First step: Setup The set up is a breeze: point Ecto to your ...

Frank Zappa plays the bicycle on Steve Allen’s TV show

No comments Music + Usability + Videoclips

A link from digg took me to YouTube where all kind of wonders can happen. I found a two part video of a young orchestra composer named Frank Zappa in a TV show from the 60s demonstrating how to play the bicycle. It is actually a true Zappa-style performance but it ...

Confessions of a former ex-blogger or how I ended up here

8 comments Blogosphere + Design + Mobility + SEO

Back again! (And about time too!) Finally I got my blog up and running again. Big changes in the house. Wordpress vs Expression Engine First and foremost I use Wordpress instead of Expression Engine as a CMS. Expression Engine is great for blogging but the power of open source, the huge community ...

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