New Urban Music Blog

There is a nice music blog by a German guy called Matthias which covers topics in the NuJazz, Electro, Broken Beat sphere. There are nice reviews, tour dates, and other information.
The blog is called New Urban Music Blog, short NUMBlog, and it's so hi-quality that I will add it to my permalinks on the right side. The most recent post, for example, contains a link to the official download of Mark De Clive-Lowe's nice first album "Six Degrees".

Awesome Treadmill Choreography (a link by Chris)

It somehow felt like the amateur videos that can be found on the Chromeo website (cf. this post) when I watched this ingenious dance for a couple of treadmills and four weird guys. Especially the ice-skating-like movements are gorgeous...

Google Maps Flight Sim (a link by Fric)

Now that's a really cool application using google maps. It's an example of the Web2.0 trend of mashing-up, recycling, sampling, etc. - however you might call it.
As you might easily find out, the guy who is responsible for this is called Marc Caswell-Daniels, a British designer and developer.

By the way, the space bar let's you shoot at stuff...

Sleep 'n' Eat

In my eyes, the decision about whether sleeping or eating is the nicer activity is confounded by the fact that a bed is a much more likable object than a table.

But what about eating in bed?...

Worldwide Eurocentric

When you're reading this, you have been captured...

As long as this blog doesn't have 25.000 hits per day, I can use the service offered by ClustrMaps for free: Showing the geographical distribution of readers. As I already know from google analytics the few readers of this blog are mainly from Western Europe and Northern America, but some hits are also from more exotic countries, such as e.g. South Africa...

Let's wait and see.

Montréal and NYC Photoblog

I rediscovered a nice website (you always meet twice in life): a beautiful Montreal-based photoblog by a guy named Julien Romagnac. He does experiments with different types of technique and equipment and mainly focuses on urban environments or landscapes and cityscapes.
Most of the pictures are really gorgeous (some even a little bit tacky) and he knows how to capture very special moments. Check for example his "Independence day"-style photo of the Montreal olympic stadium or his series of the Daniel McAllister: number one and number two.

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And through a link on this website I came to know this other photoblog called cornershots.com. A guy called Jimmie Yoo takes fancy long-time exposure pictures of corners and other urban realities in NYC -- using the not too bad Canon EOS 5D digital SLR cam.

Ask questions, demand answers... Loose Change

Boom...
Tonight after coming home from work, I faintly remembered having read about an internet documentary called "Loose Change". I just wanted to skip through it to get an idea... and it totally blew my mind.
I mean, I have read and heard about the theories behind 9/11. I've discussed them as well as the event itself for hours and hours. Nevertheless, this well-made documentary honestly adds some new dimensions.
I do know that there is an intrinsic level of suspiciousness one should have against (or for) conspiracy theories. However, this documentary is special. It has an unagitated and concise style, covering a lot of details in a very well-sourced way. Watch it.

Even if 99% of it might turn out to be purely coincidental...
Ask questions, demand answers.