Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Being Charlie Sloth: Episode 32 (Video)



You know the drill. Necessary viewing.

"In this weeks show Charlie’s Manager reads up on the Music Industry, Charlie visits Professor Green after surviving being stabbed in the neck, meets Portia at an Adidas Photography exhibition and has issues with the Manager."

BONUS! Seeing as I forgot to post Episode 31 (my bad), here it is:

DJ Hero in 2 Player Mode (Video)



When DJ Blakey told me about DJ Hero last year, I was excited. I'd seen a few pics here and there online regarding the game, but was still yet to see any footage of how the controller works, etc...

Luckily he posted a link on his Twitter to this video, which shows a two-player turntable and guitar mashup after the break that pits the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" against the Foo Fighters' "Monkey Wrench."

I'm still yet to purchase Guitar Hero, although I'm sure I wouldn't get any work done if I did so...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Birdy Nam Nam x Will Sweeny "The Parachute Ending" (Music Video)

BIRDY NAM NAM - THE PARACHUTE ENDING - CLIP OFFICIEL


The 2002 DMC World Champs (consisting of Crazy-B, DJ Pone, DJ Need and Little Mike) team up with artist Will Sweeny, to create a complex piece of animation for their recent track.

Great visuals, whilst the track's pretty dope too.

BONUS! Birdy Nam Nam's 2002 DMC Set



That last routine at 4.12 is crazy...

Project Natal (Video)




This is some pretty mental technology right here!


Project Natal:
(pronounced "nuh-tall"[needs IPA]) is the code name for a "controller-free gaming and entertainment experience" by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game platform. Based on an add-on peripheral for the Xbox 360 console, Project Natal enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without the need to touch a controller, such as through body gestures or spoken commands.

The project is aimed at broadening the Xbox 360's audience beyond its hardcore base of young males. Project Natal was first announced on June 1 at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo. Release pricing and timing have not been announced, but the device is not expected to be available until at least 2010.

An approximately nine-inch wide horizontal bar connected to a circular base with a ball joint pivot, the Project Natal sensor is designed to be positioned lengthwise above or below the video display. The sensor features a "RGB camera, depth sensor, multi-array microphone, and custom processor running proprietary software," which provide full-body 3D motion capture, facial recognition, and voice recognition capabilities.

The "Project Natal" sensor's microphone array enables the Xbox 360 to conduct multi-directional voice location tracking and ambient noise suppression, allowing for things such as headset-free party chat over Xbox Live. The depth sensor consists of an infrared projector combined with a monochrome CMOS sensor, and allows the Project Natal sensor to see in 3D under any lighting conditions.

Monkey Waiters (Video)



(insert monkey-related pun here)


Just randomly found this on Twitter. A Japanese tavern owner has decided to employ his pet macaque monkeys as waiters, delivering hot towels and bottles of beer to customers...

WTF and LOL @ the dude who says "These guys are really adorable. They're like my kids." If you say so, mate...

But yeh, ALLOW having a macaque monkey waiter serve me. What you don't know is that these little shits are carriers of the herpes B virus, which is potentially fatal to humans...

Monday, 1 June 2009

Eminem x Bruno @ MTV Awards (Video)



Erm...WTF?!

This must've been staged, right?

Via DJ Shock

BONUS! Em' performing "We Made You" & "Crack A Bottle" at the awards.

Things to do on a Monday...

Eat Nandos in the sun...

Seriously, I'm an addict.