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I’m watching Sigur Rós’ Heima right now — a documentary film about their free 2006 Iceland tour. It is a great DVD for everybody who likes Sigur Rós or Iceland.
Last year, in the endless magic hour of the Icelandic summer, Sigur Rós played a series of concerts around their homeland. Combining both the biggest and [...]

A Scanner Darkly — the movie adaption of Philip K. Dick’s great novel.
What does a scanner see? I mean, really see? Into the head? Down into the heart? Does a passive infrared scanner … see into me — into us — clearly or darkly? (Bob Arctor, A Scanner Darkly)

Great dystopian novel and fantastic movie adoption. [...]

SQL injection anyone?
tags: cartoon, humor, security, SQL injection, xkcd, xkcd 327

You could turn on your speakers and visit Zombo.com, but seriously: why would you want to?
tags: zombo.com

There are some Sigur Rós videos available on their official website including the Heima trailers I’ve already mentioned.
One video I’m particularly fond of is Glósóli from the album Takk. (The video is available on the DVD part of the special edition Sæglópur EP.) I just love the concept of the video set in a [...]

Visiting Iceland this summer was wonderful. Seeing the impressive landscape lets you understand the origins of Sigur Rós’s music. Listening to their music while driving on Icelandic roads is just perfect.
On November 5th Sigur Rós is planning to release the documentary Heima (at home) about their 2006 tour on Iceland. Watching the trailer makes me [...]

This has to be the worst product name ever: TrekStor sells an MP3 player named i.Beat blaxx.
Via Daring Fireball
TrekStor removed the i.Beat from the player’s name. That was quick.
tags: bad product name, i.Beat, iBeat, TrekStor

The only reason to get your iPhone replaced by Apple: the iClip!
Be sure to check out the Google code page for an open source alternative and take a look at the issues list.
tags: accessory, Apple, iPhone, paper clip

Spacializer is a flash animation of slowly moving clouds of different colors by Sébastien Chevrel, an artist, designer and programmer focusing on interactive media.
The animation itself creates a faint background noise when left alone. Moving your mouse cursor above different colors and the spots where different colors mix results in changing sounds all very spherical. [...]

Found via digg because of its 3D menu Screenvader’s flash-based site had a lot more to offer: Interactive graphics and random audiovisual animations using vector graphics, images and short video sequences of Looping Housewife’s Duties. If you thought The Ring’s video sequence was scary take a look at Easy to Open; fullscreen, in the dark, [...]

tags: Cumberlandsche Galerie Hannover, feet, Hanover, Party, wall

Introducing a clean, non-permanent and — more than anything else — geeky way of tagging buildings, the Graffiti Research Lab presents a project named L.A.S.E.R. Tag.
Using a “blinds-your-eyes-forever”-grade laser, a bright beamer, a security camera and some open software (complete list and instructions) you can virtually tag any build you like (and can park your [...]