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1983

Ben — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:33:22 +0000

I turned 26 a week ago. It was a rather quiet one. I sometimes wish the future me would send a message to the present me; it would make me appreciate more what I have in the present. Nothing specific, of course, as I don’t want to ruin the surprise.

Basically I just want to know what the 30 year old me would say.

God of Small Things

Ben — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:50:37 +0000

Very cool and abstract video by Chris Abbas and Sumit Seru. Found via notcot.org.

The Beatles Rockband

Ben — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:13:48 +0000

Love this video to launch the new Rockband; The Beatles video game.

Hope

Ben — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:02:11 +0000

Tomorrow’s the day, ladies and gentlemen. A day where America can start to rebuild its credibility in the eyes of the rest of the world that it has lost over the past 8 years.

Poster design by ISO50.

I followed the 2004 elections quite closely and was deeply dissappointed when it went to Bush again (How does that happen?). This time around, though, there doesn’t seem to be any question about the outcome.

EDIT: The guys over at fivethirtyeight.com have their estimates of Obama winning sitting at a whopping 98.1%. This is of course assuming that there are no voting irregularities, shy tory or Bradley effects.

I Met the Walrus

Ben — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:07:48 +0000

Shredder Serenade

Ben — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:57:24 +0000

Saturday was, for me, a day to remember. To celebrate the change in government, here’s a beautiful piece of writing from the Age; Leaving Office to a Shredder Serenade. Admittedly, it’s a bit moving – you almost feel sorry for the Liberals. That is until you realise that it could not have happened to a ‘nicer’ group of people…

Ratatouille

Ben — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:14:21 +0000

For those who haven’t seen it yet, you all need to go out right now and watch the latest Pixar film, Ratatouille. It is genius. Pixar somehow manage to pull further and further ahead of the competition in animation with each movie they make. There’s just such a sense of style, design and thought that you don’t see anywhere else. And all without pop-culture references (I’m looking at you, Dreamworks).

Best Email Ever

Ben — Tue, 22 May 2007 00:47:11 +0000

These spammer types aren’t even trying any more. Take a look what came through my in-box the other day…

From: hfalcon@itesm.mx
Subject: YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR USING THE INTERNET… CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Date: 18 May 2007 5:20:58 AM
Reply-To: barr_carty001@yahoo.com

FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN, PRIZE AWARD DEPT, NL.

Dear Internet User,

YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR USING THE INTERNET.

And it goes on from there. A brilliant well thought-out scheme you’ve got there, boys!