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Cover art of Underworld's King of Snake single from 1999

Coming off Underworld’s 1999 Beaucoup Fish album, King of Snake is such a strong track that no remix could ever make it bad. The single spawned some sparkling remixes (and a quirky video), the pick of which for me is the Barking Mix.

I actually bought the boxed set a couple of years ago, which contains the King of Snake, Push Upstairs and Jumbo singles (Jedis Sugar Hit mix is pure genius). It’s a great collection, though not complete, as there are some weird omissions like Ashley Beedle’s Save Our Discos Re-Edit. All said, it all still sounds refreshingly wicked ten years on and miles better than some of Underworld’s recent output.

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  • 90s, dance, dj, electronic, idm, remix

 

464 first-team appearances, 35 goals and a whole clutch of medals, from the FA Cup to the Champions League. I just wished Liverpool’s finest Finn, Sami Hyypiä, could have left Liverpool with the league title as well, but it was not meant to be.

Goodbye and good luck!

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  • english league, finland, liverpool, scouse

 

A sweet and pleasant looking bed for your cat (or small dog)

Very nice! If we could keep a cat at home, this is would be brilliant.

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  • bed, cat, furniture, minimal, pet

 
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  • dream, grow, life, sad, short film

 

Beautiful illustrations, this one is titled ‘The sea from which fairtayles could not escape’

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  • character, fun, illustration, italy

 

Transforming USB Flash Memory (2 GB) - Ravage

It’s a pathetic 2GB capacity drive but I am completely willing to overlook it for that transforming ability!

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  • cartoon, movie, thumb drive, transformers, USB

 

As a font, 3x3 has some issues; as an idea, it is brilliantSwedish futurist, Anders de Flon, designed this typeface all within a 9 pixel area. Obviously, it has some issues if you were going to use it on a day to day basis (a rapid failure of your ability to see might become a creeping problem) but it’s one of those things that makes you wonder why you didn’t think of first. (Well, I am wondering why I didn’t think of it first anyway.)

By the way, if any of you knows Mr De Flon well, I implore you to please update his badly written Wikipedia entry — it currently reads like a horrible English to Chinese to English translation.

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  • brand, consultant, future, minimal, swedish

 

Real life is a bitch when it comes to ambition, eh? - ‘You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.’

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  • 9 to 5, ambition, job, real life

 

An 8 minute short for sponsors, made by Onesize, for OFFF 2009

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  • logo, special effects, typeface, video

 

Meet ‘Flyhead’, ‘Viewatomiser’ and ‘Drizzler’ in 1968

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  • cold war, haus-rucker-co, helmet, weird

 

The question is, how much time and energy do I want to spend chasing these guys… My sense is that most of them live in basements floored with carpeting remnants, living on Funions and discount beer.

›› Gotta love Stephen King

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  • author, download, e-book, piracy, stephen king

 

Out-of-work people looking for work with their old business cards

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  • business, idea, namecard, unemployment, work

 

Another beautiful, eccentric and lovingly crafted video for Of Montreal. Even if you are not a fan of their music, you gotta love Of Montreal for their videos at least.

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  • art direction, colour, illustration, music video

 

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Brainfuck is so bad it’s good! There is also a JavaScript Brainfuck interpreter if you are so inclined.

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  • brainfuck, esoteric, javascript, Language, minimal, programming

 

Fantastic trailer for Moon, a movie that seems to have the makings of a great science fiction flick. Rather ironically, the director happens to be the son of Ziggy Stardust.

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  • energy, moon, movies, sam rockwell, sci-fi, space, trailer

 

Detailed research into the designs of Penguin's science fiction covers

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  • classic, cover, sci-fi

 

30 illustrations from the book Elektroschutz in 132 Bildern, warning us about the dangers of electric shocks

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  • classic, death, electricity, illustration, retro, shock

 

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  • chart, growth, height, kids, silkscreen, uk

 

I wish they had videos like this when I was learning chemistry back in school.

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  • barium, chemistry, education, oxygen, video

 

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  • cute, hair, lawn mower, pose

 

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