Monthly Archives: January 2004

boo yaa! I’m serene! You serene?

This fitness trend hybridisation madness has got to stop! We used to have yoga, tai-chi, pilates and aerobics – that was okay, nothing too complicated there. And we imagined fondly that they were good enough – in particular yoga and … Continue reading

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My DJ

Dope, not Wack. My DJ by Brian Beber, over at McSweeneys. This link is also via boingboing. Who Rock. Tweet This

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Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children

A Cotton Candy Autopsy. A comic (or ‘graphic novel’, if you will), in which clowns behave badly. Tweet This

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Astanga!

After floating, as I said, I went with Adrienne to our Astanga Yoga beginners class at Surya Yoga. Yoga rocks, Astanga Yoga really rocks, and the teachers at Surya like completely rock. Boy did I ever sweat a lot. I … Continue reading

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floating in the void (hold the noseflutes)

Yesterday I took a day off. In the afternoon I walked to Clapham, where I intended to work on my latest brilliant invention at a coffee shop. Which I did, but not before I got soaked to the bone by … Continue reading

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bleep.com

Warp Records has launched www.bleep.com, where you can download their entire catalogue as high-quality MP3s for a very reasonable 99p per song. I don’t need to explain how cool this is, do I? Note to Apple: When are you opening … Continue reading

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Neodymium!

I’m gonna get me some Neodymium Super Magnets! Tweet This

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Digital Jewelry and the miniPod

Lots of people seem underwhelmed by the new mini iPod, believing it to be over-priced and under-Giged (‘only’ 4GB of storage), are can’t understand why it is only $50 less than the 15GB iPod. I think they are missing the … Continue reading

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BodySonic Sound Suit

Until then, though, I had this idea for a great iPod accessory – the ‘Bodysonic’ suit. This is a neoprene ‘vest’ with integrated NXT flat-panel speakers. You simply jack your iPod into it and hey presto – you are a … Continue reading

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Bone Conduction Pillow

Toshiba are offering a Bone Conduction Pillow. I SO want one. All we need now is bone conduction stereos for our bikes, as in “Virtual Light” by the ever-prescient Mr Wm. Gibson. Tweet This

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