The albino gorilla Floquet de Neu (Snowflake) inspired the movements of the new digital King Kong. While shooting “The Return of the King” Peter Jackson approached actor Andy Serkis who played the virtual character "the Gollum" and showed him some pictures of an albino gorilla. As Andy recalls it: “Peter started ...
Tpolm.com is streaming live DJ performances from all over the world this Sunday 23/10/200 All you need is a streaming capable player (Winamp or iTunes will do), a decent internet connection and a lazy Sunday afternoon. Here’s the lineup: BARCELONA 1400 tpolm dj’s 1500 crankshaft (katastro.fi / Merck) 1600 bauri (Neo Ouija / New Speak) 1700 eedl ...
Bongo-boy was there when Nixon and Forrest Gump met. By the way don’t miss the videoclip “Love of Richard Nixon" by The Manic Street Preachers. Check this video and others at Manic’s official homepage.
A webpage devoted to Brazilian bossa-nova, balanço & samba records of the 1960s. Free vinyl downloads in mp3 and a great collection of album art sorted by record label. http://www.sabadabada.com
Excerpt from a New York Times interview to Nandan M. Nilekani, CEO of Infosys, India’s second largest IT outsourcer. Infosys has now begun competing with IBM for consulting services. Q: Does it feel odd to find yourself lecturing Americans on the joys of capitalism? A: You guys told us for so many ...
Two Barcelona based companies and the City Council turn trash into fashion. Some call it trash, others call it fashion. They call it trashion. Demano (something like handmade in Spanish), a small company created by three colombian designers in Barcelona, recycle cultural event banderoles into bags, aprons or notebooks since 1999. The ...
In this new memory game based on flickr contents you get to play in both sides of the tiles. Two of my colleagues at the IUA from Pompeu Fabra University, added a new twist to the memory game (the pairs game we used to play when we were kids). The concept behind ...
I still don’t know if turning 40 is a good business, but being with all your friends and loved ones around when you do, it sure is! To all of you that made Saturday’s party possible, either in Barcelona or on the net, thank you!
A New York street artist places blank bubble stickers on ads in public spaces, giving people the chance to write whatever they want in it. From the bubble project manifesto: “Our communal spaces are being overrun with ads. Train stations, streets, squares, busses, and subways now scream one message after another at ...
A 21 year old British student is selling 1,000,000 pixels in his homepage for $1 each. Sounds dumb? He’s raised 196,800 so far. Alex Tew wanted to study Business Management but didn’t like the idea of having a huge debt after 3 years of High School. He thought that $1,000,000 would ...