Month: January 2013
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Is it live or is it Memorex?
https://vimeo.com/55006097 Probably a good thing I saw this after I finished my new video so I won’t be influenced by this great mix by Smash TV, interestingly similar jump off points though. I’ve also been diving into my old VHS collection and digitising large chunks of adverts and programs from the late 80s-early 90s. You…
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How to create your own non-spyware HTML5 mixcloud players
You might have noticed the new spiffy players on Radio Clash for Mixcloud – these should work on all browsers, phones, and the most recent ones even Firefox with Flash (more later on why that is). They’re HTML5 but using Mixcloud. How is this done? Took me a while to work it out so thought…
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Never Forget: How to Survive A Plague
In the Oscars there’s a interesting nomination hidden away – the AIDS documentary ‘How to Survive A Plague’ by David France. Covering the period where governments worldwide were dismissing it as a ‘gay’ problem and not really bothered about what happens to them (very wrong on both counts; like other epidemics these things don’t self…
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Kids of today vs 80’s tech
Pete Butchauntie sent me this and it’s wonderful – todays kids try and work out how to use 80’s technology, the ghetto blaster, the Commodore 64 and the Atari 2600! BTW if you come to Kleptonite at the Britannia tonight you’ll probably see some video of 90’s tech in a similar vein – when the…