Tag: iPod
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From pig pens to 2001 – slit scan photography
Via the currently very popular Skydive to Pig pen video I was intrigued by the trippy effects as it span down to earth where you get two landscapes at once. Turns out, if the frame rate with the spin rate syncs, however accidentally you get some really odd effects. You can see it in this…
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Albums that people forgot yet hung around on my iPod
Strange how end of year lists seem to forget albums that were earlier in the year, for later. It’s as if people forgot they existed…I didn’t, partly because I tend to check out new stuff in a lump that’s not necessarily chronological, and also if I like something it tends to stick around. So here…
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Planned Obsolescence
Planned obsolescence does exist and is an evil that is hid in jargon such as optimum lifespan and product cycle…but certainly some products are designed to break. John had one of those iPods with the dodgy battery, and yes it failed just over year of constant use when I borrowed it – eventually started leaking…
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Rotten Apple employed children at Foxconn
Local and mainland Chinese university students, dressed as the Foxconn workers and the mock Ipad with skeleton print as they try to block the customers at an Apple Premium Reseller shop in Hong Kong Saturday, May 7, 2011.They protest against the Foxconn and Apple for the dire working conditions of workers. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Kin…
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Copyright State of Mind
I cautiously welcome the new proposed changes to UK copyright law to allow format shifting (ie. what pretty much everyone does already, which is copy CDs they own onto their iPods or computers, crazily this has been officially illegal) and parodies – like the excellent Newport State of Mind above. Cautious because we’ve been here…
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The Return of Mashups! ToTom XXXO vs Otis
This tune hasn’t left my iPod for ages…ToTom does a great job mixing MIA in mellow mood with Otis Redding, with Reborn Identity doing a subtle job editing that ADD original video to fit the mood. Talking of the MIA vid, I love the fact that whoever made the original video is keying into that…