When loose internet threads find each other
Iâve been a fan of a book called The Cluetrain Manifesto since I first read it in 2001 or 2002-ish (early days of Poke). And Iâve mentioned it a few times on this blog. Anyway, huge inspiration. Thatâs loose thread oneâĶ Then a few yearsâĶ
I Updated My Blogâs Sidebar!
Itâs been in the works for over a year. But last week it actually happened: I left the building. Or rather stayed at home, and didnât log into Zoom. Anyway, I donât work for Wieden+Kennedy anymore. (You might know that this isnât the firstâĶ
Office Based White Noise Generator
Simple and quite lovely. From The Kids Creative Agency in Berlin. https://imisstheoffice.eu/
Pink Trombone (FNAR)
Itâs not what you might think. Iâve grown up now (yeah, right). This is in no way connected with a skin flute or a fleshy oboe, it is in fact a BRILLIANT simulator of the human instrument. Just fantastic.
Mayflies
The lovely Mr Nick Farnhill gave me a book the other day. Mayflies by Andrew OâHagan. Iâm only on page one and itâs great
Revenge Bedtime Procrastination
Ironically read at 00:37 during a classic bout of âHell No, Iâm not going to bed, rebellionâ. From the always excellent Dense Discovery newsletter. Please go there and sign up and support them. Itâs really really excellent.
Geeking out on TikTok
Iâve been mucking around in a very rudimentary and pointless way with a few nerdy things recently. Instead of making sourdough and hoarding blogroll, the impeding lockdown v2 has got me futzing with RunwayML and Wav2Lip. And god forbidâĶ
I Love Internet Today
My faith in the Internet has been restored. Itâs Saturday morning. I was doing a little Reddit scrolling. And this live stream caught my eye. There was just something about the combination of a tech house DJ and a man drumming on a boxâĶ
AI Lip Sync Magic
Made using this: https://github.com/Rudrabha/Wav2Lip Demo here: https://bhaasha.iiit.ac.in/lipsync/example_upload1
Proudest Father Moment
A couple of hours ago one of my daughters Rickrolled me. From a Google Slides Presentation about what she wants for her 11th birthday. Finally a sign that Iâm bringing them up right! Although Iâm unsure about the Fizzy Wine on the firstâĶ
Travis Scott vs The Girls
I posted a tiny snippet yesterday, but I went back into the video on my phone and pulled out some more insights from my primary anthropological research into Tweens and tech. Or to put it another way, hereâs some funny shit my kids saidâĶ
Travis Scott x Fortnite
Took my kids to their first gig. I loved it. They thought it was cool. Theyâre not Fortnite players, but knew exactly what they were doing and how it worked with absolutely no instruction. YouTube videos and playground chat are greatâĶ
