Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Crazy tragicomic Skittles ad
This is fly
Golf has Golf Punk, and now fly fishing has This is fly. It's a very well put together online magazine. Nice graphic design (from someone who clearly went to design school in the 90's, rather than the 50's for most fly fishing magazines), good fishing travel articles, minimal focus on commercial "product", and a slightly self-consciously hip attitude, set this apart from anything available in the newsagent. It also takes advantage of being online, with trailers, working links, and a music player. Aged 30, I didn't expect to be the target demographic for fishing ads, but I love it.Sneaker Freaker Price Guide 2007
It's the sneaker world's version of Miller's Antiques Price Guide. They've done a great job of calculating weighted means, and max and min values for 250 "rare" shoes, based on prices in 07 from around the web and eBay. If I sold all my kicks I could buy a car, or have a deposit on a flat. I'd never do anything so stupid though. -link-Sunday, January 27, 2008
Lakai: Fully Flared Intro
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Line Golfer
Combine Line Rider and crazy golf, and you get Line Golfer. You get to draw and play golf holes. The game graphics and physics suck, but in a good old skool way. The linked course (pictured) is my own toddler-esque par 3.Sunday, January 13, 2008
People in order
English people (and one 96 year old welsh woman) aged 1 to 100 are asked to bang a drum. A very simple concept for a short film, but so moving.
Happy Fett
The righteous anger of Ezra Levant
"It is my position that the government has no legal or moral authority to interrogate me or anyone else for publishing these words and pictures. That is a violation of my ancient and inalienable freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and in this case, religious freedom and the separation of mosque and state."Ezra Levant (warning: contains cartoons of Mohammed) is blogging and youtubing his fight against the Alberta Human Rights Commission.
Kylie is all growed up
New fuller physique, and a new version of her second number 1 single. I'm a fan of both.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
PM's promise to stab boy's family
Sadly the comedy genii at BBC news have been made to update the headline to PM's tribute to stabbed teenager.Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Some related words of the day.
There's always room in my brain for words that ought to be good in Scrabble: ooids, oolite, and oolitic. Ooids are the component grains of oolite, a type of limestone.
Monday, January 07, 2008
What I learned about the prisoner's dilemma from watching daytime TV
Fast forward to 6.00 to see how the UK TV show Golden Balls implements the prisoner's dilemma in real life. It's the same payout structure used in the US show Friend or Foe, in which two opponents must semi-independently choose to split or steal a jackpot. If they both split, they get half each, if they both try to steal they get nothing, and if one steals while the other splits, they claim the whole amount. At first glance it seems apparent that optimally both players should go for the steal, and that's indeed the option predicted by game theory. However that's not what happens 55% of the time, according to this fantastic paper: Social Learning and Coordination in High-Stakes Games - Evidence from Friend or Foe.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
James Blunt on Sesame Street: My Triangle
All is forgiven for the most irritating overplayed song of 2005. Maybe Outkast can use Sesame St to resuscitate Hey Ya in my critical affections too.
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