FluffyLogic Beta
FluffyLogic Beta is a laboratory site for new game ideas. It will be used it to test new game designs and concepts. It’s a place where you can check out what new ideas are being worked on, playtest games and give feedback to help shape the next generation of FluffyLogic titles.
Two By Two is a simple flash game. Use your mouse to throw a net, rescuing the animals in pairs before the oncoming storm causes a flood.
cheers Dan
Amazing One-Man-Band
I love this One-Man-Band Street Performer in Croatia.
Panda falls down
Awww cute panda accident photo!
The Real Origins of Superman
Finally, someone has revealed the true origins of Superman (and it’s quite rude too!).
Cool Micro Video Camera
One of the guys at work just showed me this Mini DV MD80 Micro Video Camera and I’m gobsmacked. It’s tiny, good quality (both build and image) and so simple to use – just stick a micro-sd card in and press one of the buttons (there are only 3) and because it’s all solid state, there are no moving parts to get damaged. Clip it to your bike helmet, stick it in a room and turn on the sound activation to record intruders or stick it in your pocket when you go to your next protest to record the friendly policemen for youtube. Go to ebay and search for mini dv md80 and you’ll find them from Hong Kong for about £50 (they seem to be listed at over £200 from shops). I’m very, very impressed.
Shadow Physics Game
Here’s a demo of a new idea in gameplay based around Shadow Physics. It’s a very raw early-days demo but the idea and ingenuity looks fantastic – it’s a long way from completion but you can see how cool it will be.
Death vs Monstars
If you haven’t had your lunchbreak yet then why not waste it on playing the Death vs Monstars game>?
LED Sundial Clock
Last year the Ironic Sans site posted an idea about a ‘bulbdial clock – like a sundial but reliant on LEDs instead of the sun. The geniuses (genii?) over at Evil Mad Scientist have made a prototype (looks better in the dark). The beauty of it coming out of the Evil Mad Labs is that they always give instructions, help advice or sell kits based on opensource so you can do it yourself.
Cheerleaders and Jello
Shot for an exhibition in France, this showreel demonstrates what happens when you film High Definition quality at 100frames per second (or 2500fps for the jelly). Stunning, especially the lighting and the blue smoke in the first clip and the pan/tilt effect on the pink flag at about 25seconds in.
Windows XP Mode for Windows 7
It’s been a long time since I’ve said this but Microsoft have had an idea made of win! Windows XP Mode for Windows 7. I already quite like Windows 7 but have no need for it at the moment – I’m happy mixing Windows XP and Ubuntu on my various machines but I’ve trialled Windows 7 and was quite impressed and this little feature might just helpt to bridge the gap created by the awful Vista – let’s hope.
The Orange Box
If you don’t already own it then buy the Orange Box this weekend. For a mere $10 or £5.66 you get Half Life 2, Portal and my favourite Team Fortress 2 – in total 6 of the best pc games out there for ten buck or a fiver. I think the offer is only for this weekend so hurry up!
My First Dictionary
My First Dictionary is the product of a sick and twisted mind. Based on these warped drawings, I think I’ve found my new best friend.
Gorillaz Go Bananaz
The ”’Gorillaz”’ Go Bananaz in this great documentary tracing Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s journey from two men entering middle age to conquerors of pop, dance, hip hop, reggae and Chinese opera. It’s an hour and a half long and free to watch online at the moment I think it’ll be taken down once the dvd is released in June but not sure so watch it now!.
Awesome Tapes from Africa
The blog Awesome Tapes from Africa is not a misnomer – there really are some great tracks on here covering a huge variety of musical styles from funk to hip hop to more traditional music and instrumentation. A must listen. Don’t forget to make your listening experience as simple as possible, use the playtagger browser button to play the mp3s directly from the page.
Straight out of surrey
My ex bandmate Jim aka Sgt Rock has nabbed Q music’s video of the day with his sublimely genius Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer cover version of Straight outta Compton by NWA. Ice Cube will choke on his Cucumber sandwich.
Enlist in the Book Army
I was sold on the idea of Book Army when I saw it described as like a Last.fm for books. It’s still in beta but the idea is that you tag books you’ve read, rate them and write a review (if you feel so inclined). The site will then start recommending other books you should like. I’ve found a few bugs so far and the site’s just gone down for maintenance but I have high hopes that, if they listen to feedback, find a better way of bulk importing your past reads (is there a secure way of getting your Amazon history output?) and get the right tech team behind them, it should be a winner (and make someone a tidy profit when they sell it to one of the major players).
Extreme Bullet Time
Just exactly how awe-inspiring is the Carousel advert for Philips’ new 21:9 ratio tvs? One two minute long tracking shot (actually coincidentally 2:19 to be precise) of frozen bullet time of a (very Dark Knight) Cops vs Clowns gun battle. Even better it loops perfectly – you can see the whole thing and some behind the scenes bits here.
Zipper Earphones
I don’t know if these Zipper Earphones will get past the concept stage but I’d like a pair.
Making Of… Moray McLaren – We Got Time
I thought this Making Of… Moray McLaren’s ‘We Got Time’ video was fascinating. The finished video is here – it’s beautiful and every hypnotic to watch.
Unicorn vs. Narwhal Play Set
Just exactly how cool is the Unicorn vs. Narwhal Play Set?
OOTTINLTO – Pump
Accidentally stumbled across this OOTTINLTO today – a GIS for pump (odd one out is NSFW).
Google Similar Images
Google have a new part of their image search called Google Similar Images which might actually start a whole new era of our infamous One of These Things Is Not Like The Other aka OOTTINLTO. Get on it and find us some beauties.
How to make a baby
how to make a baby – Not quite how I rememeber it, but then it was a while ago.
Monkey Fighting Snakes
Take one of the most famous lines in cinema history (unfortunately from one of the worst movies in cinema history) and edit it ‘for tv’ and you have ‘monkey fighting snakes on a Monday to Friday Plane‘.
/me hangs head.
Site Fail
Ever since I made a small change to one of my other domains last week there have been many problems with this several of my sites and my emails. I think most things are back to normal but if you tried to mail me and I didn’t respond then please try again now or leave a comment here. I’ve lost a few posts too so I’ll have to try to make up for that asap…
Renault F1 Crash Dubai Autodrome
So, you’re Sheik Mohammad Bin Sulayem and your greatest wish is to drive a Formula 1 car. When the Team Renault F1 Roadshow comes to your country, the United Arab Emirates, you finally get that chance. Participating in a drag-style shootout against a Ford GT, you are ready to show everybody what you can do with a Formula 1 car.
When the lights go green, you put the pedal to the metal, only to crash the car into the pitwall 5 seconds later. The bill for the heavily damaged car? No more than $2,600,000.
Inspired Bicycles
Danny MacAskill rides for Inspired Bicycles and judging by this video filmed around Edinburgh, he’s one of the best trials bikers I’ve ever seen – it’s like parkour for bikes – it’s certainly the first 360 flip up a tree I’ve seen.
Dan & naD – a palindromic sketch
Dan & naD is a wonderful idea – a palindromic sketch – play it forwards or backwards and it’s the same – genius!
Wolf Loves Pork
I daren’t guess how long the stop motion movie wolf and pig took to make. Photos of the action were taken, printed then laid out in Takeuchi Taijin’s room and rephotographed. This is a must-see.
