purplesime's posterous

Hello. I think this may be the last one of these. So enjoy it while it's still here!

Dirty Dishes

Probably not what you're expecting. Safe for work, unless you work in a public institution or for an employer that hates everything on the web, it's basically semi-naughty vintage images put onto plates.

http://dirtydish.es/

One Hour Per Second

That's how much video is uploaded to YouTube. This website demonstrates what that means.

http://www.onehourpersecond.com/

Stripe

If you're a developer and are looking to include a payment process in your work, this makes it so simple to accept credit cards on the web.

https://stripe.com/

Story Wheel

Combining Soundcloud and Instagram to tell stories.

http://storywheel.cc/

Color

Not the weird phone app no one could work, but a test to see how well you can see (or know) colours. See how you fare against everyone else who has taken it. Not suitable for the colour blind?

http://color.method.ac/

ISS Passes Over Stormy Africa

What do storms look like from space? This time lapse will show you.

Paper And Trumpets

A bunch of personal projects, ideas and inspiration from graphic designer, Noko Washiyama.

http://papertrumpets.tumblr.com/

One Question Interviews

Ronseal, this. Includes some people I know. And some I don't know.

http://www.onequestioninterview.com/

Take Me Away. Dubstep

Some fairly stunning dance moves here.

Real Men Swear

When you see the URL you would think it was about menswear (not the band, though). And it is, but with added swearing.

http://realmenswear.tumblr.com/

Objct

A space where design meets architecture meets art meets Tumblr.

http://objct.tumblr.com

Focus On The User

Google has changed its algorithm so that search results incorporate your G+ posts and other things the company knows about you. This bookmarklet will give you Google results without the personalisation.

http://focusontheuser.org/

Public Domain Review

A vast collection of material that is no longer covered by copyright and is therefore in the public domain. A gateway to a whopping plentitude of art, literature and music.

http://publicdomainreview.org/

Sights Map

A visualisation, using heat maps, to show photos taken with Panoramio, from Google. Where are the most photos taken, in other words.

http://www.sightsmap.com/

Movie Posters Re-imagined

A new way of looking at film posters – modern cinema releases re-imagined as vintage films with the stars of yesteryear.

http://www.behance.net/gallery/What-if-Movies-reimagined-for-another-time-place/2783319

Bon Joviver

What would Bon Jovi songs sound like if they were sung by Bon Iver. The band, Miracles of Modern Science, demonstrate.

Oh, Video Games

An archive of video game box art. You're welcome.

http://ohvideogames.tumblr.com/

Paperwork

An ad for Peugeot. Not convinced their cars are as beautifully made as this video.

1000 Memories: Shoebox

Got a shoebox full of old photos? This app promises to make it easy for you to scan them so you can archive them digitally.

http://1000memories.com/shoebox

In Public Space We Trust

Making public spaces usable for communities, and asking the communities to get involved in doing so.

http://publicdesignfestival.tumblr.com/

Androp. World.Words.Light

The music video for Androp's latest single.

Thanks to everyone who visited over the past year. I think it's time to start looking at doing this in another format. And move it to a different platform. Stay tuned.

It's the links for your Friday. I will admit this is getting hard to keep up...

Art V Cancer

Buy art, help raise money for cancer charities.

http://www.artvcancer.com/

The Cultural Pick

This is both a webzine and a printed magazine. It's about the things that fly under your radar, culturally. London-focused, but still worth a peek. Incidentally, I received this as a birthday present this week, which is why it's being included. It's probably not new to all your hipsters.

http://www.theculturalpick.com/

Arts And Gamecraft

This is a site dedicated to gaming. Not in the sense that most gaming sites are; this one applies a designer's eye to the form and function of board, card and video games.

http://artsandgamecraft.wordpress.com/

Mapstalgia

Maps from old video games drawn from memory. Hours I must have spent mapping out games in my youth. Probably why I love this site.

http://mapstalgia.tumblr.com/

Wire Sleeves Received

Images of the record sleeves received in the post at Wire magazine.

http://thewiremagazine.tumblr.com/

Hello

A brilliant edit of Hollywood movies to re-create the Lionel Richie song, Hello.

Obscure And Offbeat Cinema

I loves me some unusual films. In fact, it's rare I watch a mainstream movie as I'm often disappointed in the way they leave out plot and storyline and replace it with expensive special effects. But that's me. And if you're like me, this site might be something you'd enjoy.

http://obscureandoffbeatcinema.tumblr.com/

Commons Image Browser

Not a way to browse images of the House of Commons, but a way to find images licensed under the Creative Commons scheme. Handy.

http://jeremiahsturgill.com/cc_image_browser.php

Giraffes Drawn By People Who Should Not Be Drawing Giraffes

Longest blog title goes to G.D.B.P.W.S.N.B.D.G. Funny, though.

http://prettyawfulgiraffes.wordpress.com/

Lizzy Stewart Diary

A visual diary about doing things in London. By Lizzie Stewart.

http://lizzystewartdiary.tumblr.com/

Only Magazine Covers

Ronseal.

http://onlymagazinecovers.tumblr.com/

Magazine Wall

Another of the same ilk.

http://magazinewall.tumblr.com/

Postage Stamp Paintings

This artist takes a postage stamp and then paints around it to create a bigger scene.

http://www.postagestamppaintings.com/

Listen To The Deep

The sounds from the ocean floor and coastlines around the world. Stilll seems to be under construction in places, but still an interesting idea.

http://www.listentothedeep.com/

Birthday

It was my birthday this week. Yes, I'm sure the cards and presents got lost in the post. That's okay. I'm not as interesting as this project on birth and death.

http://birth-project.blogspot.com/

Search By Image, Recursively

One for the maths geeks amongst you. Hypnotic though.

Architecture Ryan Gosling

The meme that keeps on, er, meme-ing.

http://architectureryangosling.tumblr.com/

Ryan Gosling Works In Publishing

See what I mean about this meme. I'm still unsure who he is.

http://ryangoslingpublishing.tumblr.com/

Olympic Non-Events

Events that aren't in the olympics, but sound like they should be.

http://olympic-non-events.tumblr.com/

Vanity Bear

Oh my. It's celebrity animals, with a difference.

http://vanitybear.tumblr.com/

Command And Conquer HTML5

Play it, in your browser! There's the rest of the day gone then.

http://www.adityaravishankar.com/projects/games/command-and-conquer/

Side/Up/Down

A Tumblog that takes a photo and then rotates it to create a new photo. Weirdly hypnotic.

http://sideupdown.tumblr.com/

Black People Eating Money

Is this racist? I dunno. Maybe. Do other races eat money and photograph themselves doing it? File this under stupid.

http://blackpeopleeatingmoney.tumblr.com/

Stunt Of The Day

All those 'clever' ad people with their 'clever' viral stunts. A new one each day. Worth keeping an eye on so you don't do it yourself. Some good creative ideas, some lazy creative ideas. Some obvious.

http://stuntoftheday.tumblr.com/

And that's it. For this week.

It's Friday the 13th, so I suspect most people are hiding under a duvet like it's the year 847 or something. Those who aren't under a duvet and are on the internet today might enjoy a few of these links.

52 Mixtapes

A Cardiff-based DJ is attempting to do a 30-minute mixtape each week in 2012. Check them out.

http://52mixes.blogspot.com

Viva Vox Choir

A classically trained choir sing a Prodigy medley. Brilliant.

The Restart Page

Remember what it was like to restart an old PC or Mac.

http://www.therestartpage.com/

Fucking Creatives

The things people like me apparently say.

http://fuckingcreatives.tumblr.com/

Live!

What happens when you photoshop the dead band members out of record sleeves? This.

http://liveiseedeadpeoples.tumblr.com/

Mustang

Not about cars, but about a tiny Tibetan Kingdom that is almost unchanged since the 15th Century. Stunning photo series.

http://www.taylorweidman.com/#/0

Sense Of Flying

Birdmen doing what they do.

Advice To Sink In Slowly

Posters that offer advice to young, upcoming creative types. Love it.

http://advicetosinkinslowly.net

This Is Brighton

45,000 images put together to showcase Brighton.

Fast Food Ads Versus Reality

Does the food you actually get match the food you see in the ad? Not really, it seems.

http://www.alphaila.com/articles/failure/fast-food-false-advertising-vs-reality/

Scrapple!!!!!!!

Yep, seven exclamation marks. Deserved, though. The idea is simple: play Scrabble® using apps on your smartphone.

http://scrappble.tumblr.com/

Natural Artist

Using the torn strips of billboards to create art. I think.

http://naturalartist.tumblr.com/

British Wrestling Posters

Might have posted this before. Perhaps not. Anyway, it's a window into the weird world of British Wrestling from the 1970s and 1980s.

Someone That I Used To Know – Goyte Cover

One acoustic guitar and 5 people playing it. Quite something to behold.

Abbey Road Crossing

Watch as tourists attempt to recreate the famous Beatles album cover.

http://www.abbeyroad.com/Crossing/

Megaman – In Your Browser

You'll surely get told off if you play this all day. But it's so hard to stop!

http://king-soukutu.com/flash/rokko.html

Every Presentation Ever

The truth about presentations.

Fotoshop By Adobé

Because you're worth it.

Instagram Filters As Photoshop Actions

Download the file and you too can create pictures that look like they've come from Instagram. If that's your thing.

http://dbox.tumblr.com/post/5426249009/instagram-filters-as-photoshop-actions

InstaGreat

A great way to view your Instagram shots. If that's your thing.

http://instagre.at/

Fuck Yeah Bad Modelling

Some really bad modelling going on here. So bad you'll swear.

http://fuckyeahbadmodeling.tumblr.com/

Lost In Tokyo

A timelapse of Tokyo subways and the landscape. Beautiful stuff.

Six Word Story Every Day

A six-word story every day, explored through beautifully designed type.

http://sixwordstoryeveryday.com/

Pinterest, You Are Drunk

When it all gets too much (i.e. stupid) on Pinterest, this site documents it. 

http://www.pinterestyouaredrunk.com/

Ghetto Hikes

What young people from the city say on hikes. Funny.

http://ghettohikes.com/

Newspaper Dicks

A juvenile project that involves drawing penises on newspapers.

http://newspaperdicks.tumblr.com/

And, done.

It's Friday the 13th, so I suspect most people are hiding under a duvet like it's the year 847 or something. Those who aren't under a duvet and are on the internet today might enjoy a few of these links.

52 Mixtapes

A Cardiff-based DJ is attempting to do a 30-minute mixtape each week in 2012. Check them out.

http://52mixes.blogspot.com

Viva Vox Choir

A classically trained choir sing a Prodigy medley. Brilliant.

The Restart Page

Remember what it was like to restart an old PC or Mac.

http://www.therestartpage.com/

Fucking Creatives

The things people like me apparently say.

http://fuckingcreatives.tumblr.com/

Live!

What happens when you photoshop the dead band members out of record sleeves? This.

http://liveiseedeadpeoples.tumblr.com/

Mustang

Not about cars, but about a tiny Tibetan Kingdom that is almost unchanged since the 15th Century. Stunning photo series.

http://www.taylorweidman.com/#/0

Sense Of Flying

Birdmen doing what they do.

Advice To Sink In Slowly

Posters that offer advice to young, upcoming creative types. Love it.

http://advicetosinkinslowly.net

This Is Brighton

45,000 images put together to showcase Brighton.

Fast Food Ads Versus Reality

Does the food you actually get match the food you see in the ad? Not really, it seems.

http://www.alphaila.com/articles/failure/fast-food-false-advertising-vs-reality/

Scrapple!!!!!!!

Yep, seven exclamation marks. Deserved, though. The idea is simple: play Scrabble® using apps on your smartphone.

http://scrappble.tumblr.com/

Natural Artist

Using the torn strips of billboards to create art. I think.

http://naturalartist.tumblr.com/

British Wrestling Posters

Might have posted this before. Perhaps not. Anyway, it's a window into the weird world of British Wrestling from the 1970s and 1980s.

Someone That I Used To Know – Goyte Cover

One acoustic guitar and 5 people playing it. Quite something to behold.

Abbey Road Crossing

Watch as tourists attempt to recreate the famous Beatles album cover.

http://www.abbeyroad.com/Crossing/

Megaman – In Your Browser

You'll surely get told off if you play this all day. But it's so hard to stop!

http://king-soukutu.com/flash/rokko.html

Every Presentation Ever

The truth about presentations.

Fotoshop By Adobé

Because you're worth it.

Instagram Filters As Photoshop Actions

Download the file and you too can create pictures that look like they've come from Instagram. If that's your thing.

http://dbox.tumblr.com/post/5426249009/instagram-filters-as-photoshop-actions

InstaGreat

A great way to view your Instagram shots. If that's your thing.

http://instagre.at/

Fuck Yeah Bad Modelling

Some really bad modelling going on here. So bad you'll swear.

http://fuckyeahbadmodeling.tumblr.com/

Lost In Tokyo

A timelapse of Tokyo subways and the landscape. Beautiful stuff.

Six Word Story Every Day

A six-word story every day, explored through beautifully designed type.

http://sixwordstoryeveryday.com/

Pinterest, You Are Drunk

When it all gets too much (i.e. stupid) on Pinterest, this site documents it. 

http://www.pinterestyouaredrunk.com/

Ghetto Hikes

What young people from the city say on hikes. Funny.

http://ghettohikes.com/

Newspaper Dicks

A juvenile project that involves drawing penises on newspapers.

http://newspaperdicks.tumblr.com/

And, done.

Happy new year. Now that's out of the way, let's move on to some links.

What The Fuck Is My New Year's Resolution?
Click the link and get a random NYR you can use. Actually some good ideas in there. And some funnies.
http://www.whatthefuckismynewyearresolution.com/

Code Year
You could do worse things in 2012 than learn to code. Sign up and get a new interactive programming lesson emailed to your each week. First one is out on 9th. Still time to sign up.
http://codeyear.com/
Alternatively, you can use Google's Code School, which covers just about every programming language, offering video tutorials and stuff.
http://code.google.com/edu/

The Obliteration Room
What happens when you take a white room full of white furniture and let kids go mad with multi-coloured stickers.
http://interactive.qag.qld.gov.au/looknowseeforever/works/obliteration_room/

Subtle Patterns
I've just discovered I find it hard to type subtle quickly. But that's an aside. This site, on the other hand, is about patterns that are subtle.
http://subtlepatterns.com/

The Crackhouse Sketchbook
Not sketches from inside a crackhouse, but a collection of scanned book covers.
http://thecrackhousesketchbook.tumblr.com/

Rakkit
Like new music? This site could well be for you. Listen to or follow the latest music from the websites, artists and labels you love. Get in early.
http://rakkit.com/

Goths Up Trees
An early entry for Tumblog of the year.
http://gothsuptrees.tumblr.com/

80s Art
Art. From the 1980s.
http://eightiesart.tumblr.com/

Meta Chaos
Don't view this if you've got a hangover or feel queasy!

Unicode Frenzy
A quick way to create art. Compositions are made randomly from unicode characters.
http://danieltemkin.com/UnicodeFrenzy/

Bowie 2001
This is both bizarre and so compelling. It's a compilation of brand new remixes of many of David Bowie's most famous songs mixed with sounds from 2001: A Space Odyssey. And it's a movie. So worth a click.
http://www.bowie2001.com/

LOLDOGS Of The 60s
Dogs, from the bygone age. All from a book, apparently, where the captions read funny. It's plain weird. I think it's a pastiche of every meme, ever, but I could be wrong and it's completely real and true.
http://loldogsofthe60s.tumblr.com/

Video Pong
A sharing and remix platform for VJs.
http://www.videopong.net/

Pingu's The Thing
Pingu, the loveable penguin, has a nightmare. A remake of John Carpenter's classic horror story.

Advertising Agency Ryan Gosling
The meme that will not die. This is the best yet, but mainly because I work in advertising and think I've heard a few of these phrases. Still not sure who Ryan Gosling is. Fairly sure it doesn't matter.
http://advertisingagencyryangosling.tumblr.com/

Aupeo
A bit like Last.fm
https://www.aupeo.com/

Stereographic StreetView
The most fun you'll have with StreetView for some time.
http://notlion.github.com/streetview-stereographic/

Stereoscopic 3D Mapping
Video projections  that show how 3D stereoscopic technology can be applied to projection mapping. Visually stunning.

Speeding Around The World In Under 5 Minutes
A time lapse that takes in 17 countries over 343 days. And puts together an incredible 6237 photographs from that journey.

The Best Test Drive Ever. Period.
Men with small dicks told MINI USA what their favourite test drive would be. MINI recreated them. Cue loads of cliché. Still, nice idea.

Forgotten Bookmarks
Collecting forgotten bookmarks found in secondhand books. It's been around for a while, but if you've not yet seen it, it's a gem of a site.
http://www.forgottenbookmarks.com/

Shivers First Light Show
If you had gloves that lit up at the fingers, you'd be doing this all day long. Just me then?

Action Tracker
No matter how small, you can track all your actions here. From doing something to make someone else's day, to saving energy or water.
http://actiontracker.org.uk/

Tubalr
Make artist playlists from YouTube videos. Needs a new name, though.
http://www.tubalr.com/

One Year One Image
A static time lapse, if you will.

Nowhere Island
A new art project that has seen the creation of a new island that will represent the possibilities of thinking about our values and beliefs as citizens. A really interesting project to follow through 2012.
http://nowhereisland.org/

Graphic Porn
Contains no porn whatsoever - it's just lots of lovely graphic design.
http://graphicporn.tumblr.com/

Mission: Explore
A bit like Scavengr.
http://www.missionexplore.net/

Penny Secrets
A new site for 2012 and one for the word-lovers among you. It's creating Senryū from the world around us. Senryū is a form of Japanese poetry similar to haiku. I think.
http://pennysecrets.tumblr.com/

Charley Says
Back in the 1970s and 1980s in the UK, safety for kids was taught to us by a cat called Charley and a young boy called Tony. They were - and still are - some of the best examples of animations that were on the telly during that time. Along with Mr. Benn, of course.
http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/charley_says_kenny_everett_as_a_talking_cat

The Official Website Of America
Wow.
http://officialwebsiteofamerica.com/

Not a bad start to the year. See you around.

Hello. It's almost the end of 2011. This isn't a round-up of the year, it's a round-up of what I've seen on the internet in the last week or so. And it's the last one of the year. So, before 2012 descends, have a peek at some of these gems.

Record Shelf Porn
Not porn, but certainly plenty of records and shelving units. I'm sure someone will do a nostalgic look at CD towers soon enough. In the meantime, this is fab.
http://recordshelfporn.tumblr.com/

Homeless Signs
Homeless people. Each city has them. And they often have signs - I think it makes it easier for people to donate when they don't have to interact, but that's an aside. This project is using Helvetica to bring the plight of homeless people into stark focus.
http://homelesssigns.org/

Far From Home Page
An interesting take on storytelling on the web. This is like a timeline of your browsing, presented as a tour, which other people can then view in their own browser. Bit like Cowbird, but not. Weirdly, some of the page content is in English, the rest in German.
http://www.farfromhomepage.net/

The Inanimates
This is a project by a friend. But don't let that stop you having a look! Using Weavrs technology, this is a band that is entirely virtual. And they are creating a new musical form: Progstep. A really interesting project.
http://about.me/theinanimates
Read an interview on Imperica with the creator of The INANIMATES and the ideas behind the project here: http://www.imperica.com/features/inanimate-objectives

Men Struggling To Drink Milk
I hadn't seen this. And it's a little NSFW as it contains naked men. Is it a gay meme? I really don't know. It's funny, anyway. If anyone knows the what and the why, please tell.
http://menstrugglingtodrinkmilk.tumblr.com/

Every (Significant) Batman Suit Ever
I posted this on Twitter, but in case you don't follow my inane uttering, here it is again.
http://screenrant.com/batman-infographic-every-batsuit-benm-144238/

Victoria's Rusty Knickers
Imagery and ephemera from the Victorian age. Nostalgia in all its flavours. I didn't find any rusty knickers.
http://victoriasrustyknickers.tumblr.com/

ThingSpeak
The Internet of Things. Big topic this year and you'll hear more about it in 2012, I'm sure. Now you can create your own with this open application platform that helps create meaningful connections between people and things.
https://www.thingspeak.com/

Augusto Esquivel
An artist who makes 3D objects by using buttons. Buttons strung up, that is. Amazing.
http://www.augustoesquivel.com/

Siong Chin
A user experience designer by day, collector of links to very interesting Chinese art, architecture and other design ephemera. Worth a peek.
http://siongchin.com/blog/

Another Word For Words
I'm not quite sure what this is about, but I like it. A lot. Mostly looking for other meanings in the meanings of words. Or perhaps, the hidden intentions on those words.
http://anotherword.tumblr.com/

Tinsel Matrix
A blog collecting together some iconic art, imagery and magazine layouts to inspire.
http://gilliflower.tumblr.com/

Arctic Soundscape Project
A week or so ago, I posted a beautiful site that collected sounds from around London's waterways. This is similar, and no less beautiful for coming to my attention after the London one did.
http://www.arcticsoundscapeproject.com/

Bits
A collection of random stuff from around the web. Always interesting, not matter how random.
http://guy.tumblr.com/

Did I Tell You About The Time?
I have a ton of these: dull stories about meeting a pop star.
http://rockandrolltedium.tumblr.com/

And that's it. I can't believe I've done this every single week without fail since mid-December 2010 (although this blog wasn't started until February). Thanks to all of you who've visited, clicked and shared. See you in 2012.

Hello. These are the things I've been chuffed to see this week. Mostly. Also, there are some sweary words in some of the later links, in case you're offended by those kinds of things.

Matthew Picton
An artist whose new work is creating 3D sculptural maps of cities from books and other texts about that city. Quite something.
http://matthewpicton.com/paper-sculptures/

12 Drawing A Day
A series of one-second animations made up of 12 drawings. There is three years worth of work here. Love it.

HDR Skies
A timelapse of Normandy and Brittany, using HDR to bring out the detail.
http://www.hdrskies.com/

Once Upon
Play around with the websites of today you know and love, but in an browser experience that's a little more 1997.
http://1x-upon.com/

Le Mer De Pianos
A beautiful short film about the owner of the oldest piano store in Paris.

International Development Ryan Gosling
First it was typography, now Ryan Gosling turns his attention to international development. Cue lulz.
http://developmentryangosling.tumblr.com/

Filter
Skating through the streets of Tokyo.

365Q
A graphic designer/photographer posted one of his own images each day. Now the project is complete and a book is out soon.
http://365q.ca/
There is also a new project by the same person, which is due to start in January 2012. More info here: http://heybialowas.tumblr.com/
The creator of these projects is also behind http://16hours.com which was featured in last week's round up.

Betamaxmas
The first Christmas link – I'm sure there will be more, after all it's that time of year. This site attempts to give you an experience of my childhood years. To some of you, Betamax will mean nothing so you'll need to pop along to Wikipedia. Or ask your grandparents.
http://betamaxmas.com/

What Can I Get Nina To Do?
This could be misconstrued as trolling in an office. But I think it's more heartfelt than that. One creative copywriter (not me, in case you were wondering) attempts to get a senior account director to do random acts of kindness for him.
http://whatcanigetninatodo.tumblr.com/

London Sound Survey
I can't quite express how wonderful this is. Recordings of sounds around London, plotted on the tube map (sort of) and placed here so you can experience them. Just beautiful.
http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/waterways/

Moon Games
Normally, this kind of thing is so overdone in tourist shots that I switch off. But, sprinkle a little bit of creativity and I'm sort of swayed. Sort of.
http://www.pixheaven.net/galerie_us.php?id=22

Pogo GoPro
Stunts, on a pogo stick. Bit like parkour, I suppose.

Haikus For Humbugs
Christmas is a time that turns people into grumps. This is designed to cheer them up. Bah, humbug!
http://haikusforhumbugs.tumblr.com/

House Of Buttons
I may have posted this before. I haven't checked. Anyway, it's a site with a load of great UI buttons spotted out there on the world wide webz.
http://houseofbuttons.tumblr.com/

Broken Wave
A graduation short that's based on a story about the war told by the film's creator's grandfather.

My Red Ink
Witticisms from teachers on their student's papers.
http://myredink.tumblr.com/

The Twitter Key Project
This is adorable. Found keys with secrets attributed to them by people on Twitter. And those secrets are limited to 140 characters.
http://www.thetwitterkeyproject.com/

Jonas Damon
A blog that has what I can only describe as a collection of some of the most gorgeous household objects I've ever seen. I want most – perhaps even all – of these things.
http://jonasdamon.blogspot.com/

The Wall Of Death
A film about one of the last remaining traditional families of daredevils to travel Europe and the UK. Or nutters who use a motorcycle to go round and round the inside of a large wooden drum for our entertainment. I actually closed by eyes a few times during this. Compelling viewing.

New Jackson – The Night Mail
Music video for New jackson's soon-to-be-released EP, The Night Mail.

Delayed Gratification
Not something sexual – quite the opposite. This is news delivered to you three months after it was first reported. It's a bit like travelling on certain UK railways and discovering a newspaper hidden in a luggage rack. Slow journalism, basically.
http://www.dgquarterly.com/

Illusory
I keep coming across a great many image Tumblrs. Which is great. And I get to share them. This is a current fave.
http://evangelinaceitedeangel.tumblr.com

1408
And this image Tumblog is full of amazing architectural shots.
http://1408ar.tumblr.com/

Water Water Everywhere
I don't usually post ads, that's not what this blog is for. However, for this I make an exception. It's perhaps not the most entertaining ad ever. You may feel it's production values don't match that of a luxury car manufacturer. However, it's simple and the message is clear and strong. And it's a cause I believe in.

One Time Secret
A link that is available only once.
https://onetimesecret.com/

MonkeyMoon!
A monkey, quietly enjoying a banana in the jungle, is captured and flung into space. A short short about that.

Awwccupy Wall Street
The fluffy side of the recent protests.
http://awwccupywallstreet.tumblr.com/

Shit Robot – Losing My Patience
Another music video from the makers of the New Jackson video. This one is for Shit Robot's new song. A stop motion piece with a difference.

You Park Like A Cunt
Ronseal link.
http://www.youparklikeacunt.com/

Where The Fuck Should I Go For Drinks?
Ronseal link number 2.
http://wherethefuckshouldigofordrinks.com/

And on that note, I'm off. See you next week.

Another week, another set of links. Let's get to them!

Paris Panorama

See Paris in all its glory. Its 360-degree glory.

http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/paris.htm

Back Sweat Butterflies

This is reasonably ewww. I'm sure the title gives it away.

http://backsweatbutterflies.tumblr.com/

Style and Creativity

A new site dedicated to all things stylish and creative.

http://styleandcreativity.com

All.I.Can

Don't worry, it's not an initiative from Bill.I.Was or whatever he calls himself these days, it's a beautiful segment from a skiing and snowboarding movie. Properly lovely.

One Millionth Tower

A Web GL experiment that takes you through a virtual tour of highrise spaces. Are they the future?

http://highrise.nfb.ca/onemillionthtower/1mt_webgl.php

Advent

A series of short films released every day in December until Christmas, hence the title. This is the first, but my favourite (so far) is number five.

Owl Octave

Ronseal stuff. Click the owls, make some music.

http://owloctave.com/

House Of The Rising Sun Computer Remix

The famous song by The Animals, remixed by some old school computing equipment.

TimeScapes 4K

A beautifully shot portrait of the American southwest. One in a series.

No Results

Remember GoogleWhacks? This is the next step: what happens when you search for things on Google and get no results.

http://noresults.tumblr.com/

Projection On The Bridge – Immersive Surfaces – As Above, So Below

Projection mapping – you either love it or hate it. This is next level stuff, though.

Le Petit Parkour

Funny stuff.

Wikistream

A constant stream of amends, in real-time, of Wikipedia entries.

http://inkdroid.org:3000/

Cowbird

A new storytelling platform from Jonathan Harris. It's still in beta form, so invite only. Request one, this platform will be the visual equivalent of Wikipedia.

http://cowbird.com/

Hero

A drawing composed of 3.2 million ink dots. Amazeballs.

Techno Is The Word

Type in a word and create techno music. Genius hack.

http://techno-is-the-word.appspot.com/

Eclectic Method: Lasers

I've been a huge fan of Eclectic Method for a long time. This is their latest video work. Enjoy.

Personal Data Mirror

The future?

Kinzaa

Your CV in an infographic.

http://kinzaa.com/

Fashmatics

The fashion equation. Hilarity ensues.

http://fashematics.com/

Traffic In Frenetic HCMC, Vietnam

May make you close your eyes in terror. Time lapse footage of traffic in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).

Twantrum

People who go postal at brands on Twitter.

http://www.twantrum.com/

Pulp Fiction In Chronological Order

Ronseal link.

The Surprisingly Plausible Arts Events Generator

I love these kind of things and this one is possibly the best I've seen. Surprisingly plausible.

http://severalbees.com/artsevents.pl

52 Weeks Of Australia

A photographic tour of Australia, shot over 52 weeks.

http://www.52weeksofaustralia.com.au/

Swing Of Change

A short film about a racist barber who has a change of heart when a magic trumpet is left at his shop.

Edits Quarterly

A collection of short narratives in film and photography.

http://www.editsquarterly.com/

Smithsonian Magazine

This should be obvious as to what this site contains. If not, click it and lose yourself in the Smithsonian rabbit hole.

http://retina.smithsonianmag.com/

Procatinator

Procrastinate to cats. This wins the internets this week.

http://procatinator.com/

Comic Sans Project

What if Comic Sans was the only typeface available? This.

http://comicsansproject.tumblr.com/

And that's it. See you in a week.

Another week. Another set of links.

Musicity

This has been around for a while, but I hadn't seen it. Not until Wednesday. It's an art thing, I guess. You visit the locations on which the music has been based, stream it. Then, when you come back to the site, you can download the full track in high quality. Very interesting. Launched in London, it's due to expand to other cities.

http://london.musicity.info/

Ten Years In Type

The story of Fontsmith told in an HTML5 site – or what's simply just a beautiful way to tell such a story.

http://www.10yearsintype.com/

A Month In Music

The author of this Tumblr is taking their entire music collection and streaming it, non-stop, for a month.

http://monthinmusic.tumblr.com/

Hacker Typer

Can't hack? Pretend you can.

http://hackertyper.com/

Fonts Fight Flood

To help those affected by the recent floods in Thailand, a font has been created, which you can download for a donation of your choice delivered through the International Red Cross.

http://www.fontfightsflood.com/index.php

Drinkify

Match your drink to what you're listening to.

http://drinkify.org/

Brought to you by at least one person responsible for This Is My Jam (which I also love): http://thisismyjam.com/

Little Printer

If you've not seen this then where have you been?! It's a little printer, controlled by your social networks. It's from BERG London. And I want one.

http://bergcloud.com/littleprinter/

Poosty

An easy way to securely exchange information by making anyone's email secure. A real problem, cracked.

https://www.poosty.com/

Type Truck

A letterpress printer takes the tools of his trade across America in the back of a converted van and brings the art of letterpress printing to the people. Astonishingly brilliant project.

http://type-truck.com/

Maple Tea

Staying on the letterpress theme, this bespoke bookmaker and letterpress printer is based in Brixton, London. So much gorgeousness here.

http://mapletea.tumblr.com/

CNN Ecosphere

A stunning Web-GL 3D twitter visualisation tool that is currently being used to collate Tweets about the COP17 climate change conference in Durban, South Africa. Requires any browser that's modern.

http://cnn-ecosphere.com/

The Bicycle Animation

Real-time animation using bicycle wheels. All kinds of amazeballs.

Microwhat

Different things photographed before and after they were microwaved. Excuse the hideous animated GIFs.

http://microwhat.tumblr.com/

Dreams Of Your Life

A digital story for FilmFour. It's to promote a film, but thankfully it's not done in the usual way. It's melancholic, disturbing and macabre in equal measure. And if you 'play' the game, you'll be rewarded, if that's the right word, with ongoing communication. Certainly makes me want to watch the documentary. Be warned, it's not something that you can interact with in minutes, it takes around half an hour to go through completely.

http://www.dreamsofyourlife.com/

Find out more about the film here: http://dreamsofalife.com/

Read more about the story behind the documentary here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/oct/09/joyce-vincent-death-mystery-documentary

16 Hours

Named after the time difference between Calgary, Canada and Sydney, Australia – where the two curators of this magazine live – it's a collaborative project designed to inspire you. And you can even get involved. Or just buy a copy. Only on its third issue.

http://16hours.com/

Seconds Of Beauty

60 one-second films. Infinitely beautiful.

Overlapps

A site that collates together all the great apps – saves you wasting time going through your phone's app store.

http://www.overlapps.com/

DaDa Box

One simple shake and a story is told. The concept is based on the idea of 'Collage' from Dadaism.

http://ou-jifei.com/dada-box/

Gliding Over The Alps

One glider and a lot of film taken on its journey over the Alps.

Design Inspiration

Like Ffffound, this is an invitation-only site that, as the title suggests, design inspiration.

http://designspiration.net/

Texts From Bennett

Apparently, this is real. It's basically texts from a 17-year old white boy who thinks he's a gangsta. It's a bit like Croydon in that sense. Anyway, it's mildly amusing.

http://textsfrombennett.tumblr.com/

Thanks. See you around next week. Have a great weekend.