Brendan Mitchell blog

Category: Drivel

  • 1-Bit Symphony

    OK I have to admit that I’m unlikely to listen to the entire album without going insane, but the idea is wonderful… the CD maybe dead, but long live the CD case! [vimeo 12244413] more info Tristan Perich to purchase click here

  • Breathtaking Free Fall

    Here’s a video of World champion freediver Guillaume Nery special dive at Dean’s Blue Hole, the deepest blue hole in the world filmed entirely on breath hold by the french champion Julie Gautier. This video is a FICTION and an ARTISTIC PROJECT. Edited by BLUENERY (c). Music: ARCHIVE – you make me feel [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQITWbAaDx0]

  • My iPad at My Pad

    I got a nice surprise an hour ago… my shiny new iPad arrived, woohoo! All I have to do now, is work out why I bought it 🙂

  • We ? Adobe

    As Adobe & Apple slug it out over the Flash plug, arguing who is more “Open” I stumbled across something today that made me smile. A week ago Adobe placed Ad’s in the broadsheets in the US saying they Love Apple, and that they love choice… but I really smiled when someone, somewhere out there…

  • It’s Hip to be Square

    On Friday I downloaded a wonderful app for my iPhone named Hipstamatic… in essence you now have a Lomographic camera on your iPhone. The array of films, effects and lenses you can add are excellent. The whole interface and user experience has been beautifully thought through and is a joy to use. The app is…

  • Portraits of Power

    Last September, when nearly all the world’s leaders were in New York for a meeting of the United Nations, Avedon Platon, a staff photographer for The New Yorker set up a tiny studio off the floor of the General Assembly, and tried to hustle as many of them in front of his lens as possible. For…

  • Less Is More

    Sometimes too much choice is a bad thing… Facebook’s privacy settings have more options than ordering a coffee in Starbucks! To see what I mean follow this link to the NY Times

  • I’m Big in Sweden

    I’ve seen a few of these types of things in my time, but this is the best I’ve ever seen!

  • Honda – The Cog

    Having posted the OK Go video a couple of days ago, I thought I’d share this one with you too [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ve4M4UsJQo&NR=1]

  • It’s Time For Change

    Before I go any further I should inform you, that I’m entirely apolitical, I honestly couldn’t care less about politics, or which political party is in power, but I do believe in democracy, and care about equal rights and fairness As the Conservatives campaign slogan states “It’s Time For Change” And they’re not wrong, but…