The End

Due to time contraint and a lack of readers, I've decided to stop posting to this blog.

All old observations will still be here to view as long as they will let me.

I've started a new blog (in Swedish) at http://no17sthlm.blogspot.com for those of you who can read Swedish.

Thanks for the interest in my observations.

Photographer Monday

HDR creme

Great place for HDR photography. Fantastic pictures with frequent updates.

See more here

Reflection Sunday

Jimmy Carter on the Energy Crisis 1977

What would the world have looked like if the Democrats would have stayed in power in the 80's?

Instead the US got cold war, trickle down economics and a belief that energy resources were unlimited.

Game Saturday

Mutiny

Another fun flash game you can play right here

Art & Design Friday

Steamroller Printing

Martha street studio recently had their second 'under pressure' steamroller print festival in Winnipeg, Canada, where carvings are inked and
printed with the aid of a steamroller.

See more here

Movie Thursday

Charlie Wilson's War

Based on the true story of Democratic Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson, who conspired with "bare knuckle attitude" CIA operative Gust Avrakotos to launch an operation that helped the Afghan mujahideen resist and ultimately defeat the Soviet Union's military occupation of the nation.

View the trailer here

More info here

Rent it here

Get it here

Tech Wednesday

Michelin Tweel

I just came across this rather old article in gizmag. Whatever happened to the development of the Tweel? It seems so promising..

Read more here

Music Tuesday

Sugar Plum Ferry (甜梅號 )

Thanks for Reminding Me (謝謝你提醒我 )

Taiwanese Post-Rock.. And it's phenomenal!

Get it here

Photographer Monday

Joseph Szabo

Emotional images from joy to melancholy captured mostly in the 70's.

The picture above is from his book "Almost Grown".

See more here

Reflection Sunday

Human Rights? (nah..)

The Chinese authorities have broken their promise to improve the country’s human rights situation and betrayed the core values of the Olympics, according to a new Amnesty International report.

Read more here

Game Saturday

Tinger

Beautiful "run, jump and shoot" game done in flash that you can play online.

Play here

Art & Design Friday

UK Street Art

A collective site for UK street art, graffiti, prints, exhibits etc..

Check it out here

Movie Thursday

A Clockwork Orange

Time for another classic.. This time Stanley Kubrick's tale of milkbars and ultra-violence from 1971 based on the Anthony Burgess novel from 1962.

View the trailer here

More info here

Rent it here

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Tech Wednesday

Window Solar Power

Researchers at MIT are developing a window that can lead the sunlight to solarpanels located at the edge of the window. This is the kind of thinking we need to see more of.

Read more here

Music Tuesday

Wang Wen (惘闻)

RE:RE:RE

Beautiful, melodic post-rock from China!

Highly recommended!

Myspace

Get it here

Photographer Monday

Chris Jordan

"Exploring around our country’s shipping ports and industrial yards, where the accumulated detritus of our consumption is exposed to view like eroded layers in the Grand Canyon, I find evidence of a slow-motion apocalypse in progress. I am appalled by these scenes, and yet also drawn into them with awe and fascination. The immense scale of our consumption can appear desolate, macabre, oddly comical and ironic, and even darkly beautiful; for me its consistent feature is a staggering complexity."

- Chris Jordan

View more of Chris' pictures here

Reflection Sunday

Who's Afraid of Pirates?

The discussion about how file-sharing damages the movie box office seems to have come to a dead halt. Time to re-think?

(see the latest numbers on "the dark knight" here)

Game Saturday

Asteroids

Classic game you can play online.

Use the arrows on your keyboard to control and the "z" key to fire.

Art & Design Friday

Street Art Locator

Find street art near you, and add your own findings here

Movie Thursday

Son of Rambow

Set in "a long, hot summer in the early '80s", the film is a coming-of-age comedy. It tells the story of two schoolboys who are inspired by the film Rambo: First Blood to make their own action-adventure film, which they hope will win them a young filmmaker competition. Neglected youngster Lee Carter - the worst-behaved boy in school - has access to the home video equipment used by his bullying older brother's video pirating enterprise.

View the trailer here

More info here

Rent it here

Get it here

Tech Wednesday

iTouch?

The rumors about a Mac tablet are as old as the streets of Rome (almost).

Could we actually see one on the market in October?

Read more here

Music Tuesday

Summer Mixtapes

Three mixtapes for summer 2008.

They come in flavors: Liberté, Égalité or Fraternité

Download them here

(then off to the picnic)

Photographer Monday

Brad Jamieson

Sometimes when I miss Brooklyn, I check out Brian's photos.

(looks like he's been on vacation lately though - frequently updated)

See them here

Vacation

Going North

I'll be away for a week, and I don't know if I'll have internet access in the remote parts of Jämtland.

See you soon..

Reflection Sunday

Atlas of Our Changing Environment

UNEP, (United Nations Environment Program), has put together a frightening site that compares certain areas in the world through satellite pictures taken a few years ago versus recently. Some of the changes are truly terrifying.

The picture above is of Beijing, China in 1978 to the left and 22 years later to the right.

(click on image to enlarge)

See the entire atlas here

Game Saturday

JigZone

Play a new puzzle every day at JigZone.

Art & Design Friday

Loop Desklamp

Great looking desk lamp concept with an LED light source. Needs only 5watts to produce good working light. Designed by Petter Knudsen at T16.

Movie Thursday

Rope

Haven't posted a classic in a while. This Hitchcock movie from 1948 was the first one he shot in color. It's also made to appear to be filmed in one contious shot in real time.

View the trailer here

More info here

Rent it here

Get it here

Tech Wednesday

Lightcap

A solar powered water bottle that lights up?

Brilliant in the most silly way.

Read more here

Music Tuesday

Detektivbyrån

E18 Album

Detektivbyrån is a trio (Jon Ekström, Anders Flanders, Martin Molin) hailing from Värmland, Sweden now located in Gothenburg, Sweden. They are making electric/acoustic and instrumental music using vibes, accordion, trumpet, drums, guitars… The first Demo ep was released 2005, their debut release “Hemvägen EP” was released on swedish label Danarkia.

Get it here

Photographer Monday

Lightmark

Not completely unlike Lichtfaktor that I posted earlier, Lightmark plays with lights in nature instead of urban environments. Beautiful imagery..

See more here

Reflection Sunday

Wow!

How do these people sleep at night after shooting at people just for picking up a wire off the ground that they themselves put there? Sickening..

Game Saturday

Flash Dots

Another little timewaster you can play right here..

Art & Design Friday

Carrot City

Brilliant advertising by Gorge Grown Farmers Market in Portland, Oregon.

See more here

Movie Thursday

Resurrecting the Champ

Up-and-coming sports reporter (Hartnett) rescues a homeless man ("Champ", Jackson) only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

View the trailer here

More info here

Rent it here

Get it here

Tech Wednesday

Livescribe

Incredible smartpen that records not only what you write but the sound around you as you write. Perfect for lectures or important meetings. (I want one!)

Find out more here

(I recommend you watch the videos found at the link above)

Music Tuesday

The Radio Dept.

Freddie and the Trojan Horse

New release from The Radio Dept. Definitely worth checking out!

Get it here

Photographer Monday

Denis Darzacq

Denis is a Paris based photographer who, among other things, has taken a few series of pictures of people in various positions while in the air. Very intense imagery.

See his portfolio here

Reflection Sunday

This Gets Amazing

Incredible story on how the White House deals with "uncomfortable" truths. Shocking!

Game Saturday

Escape Series #2

Earlier, I posted the 1st and the 3rd in the escape series.

Here's number two.

Art & Design Friday

Ellis G

Short video of Ellis G, a Brooklyn based street artist who outlines shadows at night with chalk.

Movie Thursday

The Counterfeiters

(Die Fälscher)

The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era.

View the trailer here

More info here

Rent it here

Get it here

Tech Wednesday

Space Tourism

This space plane, White Knight Two, will be unveiled on July 28th and will be able to take anyone into space. The waiting list is pretty long though, and you should bring a big wallet.

The flights are booked up for nine years so far and the trip costs $20,000!

(click on image to enlarge)

Read more here

Music Tuesday

Sigur Rós

Colmena

Icelandic Sigur Rós, in a very recent live recording from Mexico.

(June 7th, 2008)

Get it here

Photographer Monday

Nick Veasey

Great x-ray photography of everything from plants to trucks..

See more here

Reflection Sunday

100 Years

A somewhat single tracked but effective ad that probably makes McCain wish he hadn't made that remark about staying in Iraq for 100 years if needed.

Game Saturday

Prague Improv

Improv Everywhere has spawned clones! This time in Prague.

I'm hoping that pretty soon, we will start seeing spontaneous games being played on a street near you.

Art & Design Friday

Newspaper Yarn

Step by step instruction on how to make your own newspaper yarn that can be woven into rugs, curtains etc..

Find out here

Movie Thursday

21

"21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.

View the trailer here

More info here

Rent it here

Get it here

Tech Wednesday

BMW Gina Light

Interesting new thinking. The whole "skin" of the car is a very flexible fabric that will let the profile change to suit the driving conditions.

Read more here

Music Tuesday

Tindersticks

Can Our Love...

Tindersticks' fifth album that came out a back in 2001.

Full of lovely summery lullaby's..

Get it here

Photographer Monday

Alexey Titarenko

Amazing long exposure pictures that have an almost unworldly feel by this Russian photographer.

See more of his pictures here

Reflection Sunday

Waterboardin' USA

Harry Shearer (who always makes me think of cucumbers, haha) made a cute litte video about torture..

Game Saturday

I am Archer

Addicting game you can play right here..

Play it bigger here 

Art & Design Friday

Laser Tag

Crazy street art project where you can write on a building using a laser pointer. Reminds me a little of Antonio Scarponi's "dreaming wall" project, just a little less premanent.

See the videos and read more here

Movie Thursday

Be Kind Rewind

Jack Black and Mos Def team up to reinact every movie ever made.

Brilliant!

View the trailer here

More info here

Rent it here

Get it here

Tech Wednesday

iPhone 2.0

In exactly one month (July 11th), the new iPhone with 3G and GPS capabilities will become available in 25 countries, and very soon in 70.

Loads of new features and improvements as expected as well.

Read more here

Music Tuesday

Elements of Something Really Beautiful

Hey Angel

Fallen from mainstream music, "Elements of Something Really Beautiful" has a way to grip your attention and wisp your heart away to a beautiful place. Following the footsteps of musical masters Mogwai and Sigur Ros; Elements has found a way to encapsulate the listener and bring their true emotions to life..

Get it here

Photographer Monday

Chema Madoz

Surrealism has always fascinated me.

Mr. Madoz (of Barcelona, Spain) has taken a lot of beautiful picture that makes you question what is real.

See more here

Reflection Sunday

Market Forces