Svaj Malizo

Nick Cave - Good good day

2010-04-15T16:23:00.000+01:00

MGMT - This Must be the Place (Talking Heads)

2010-03-24T11:48:00.001+01:00

hohohoho! welcome back to video journeys on the web

Santa María da Feira

2009-08-28T08:38:00.001+01:00

My new favorite song of the day!

La silla de Homer en internet!!

2009-08-27T19:37:00.005+01:00

La silla de Homer Simpson pronto disponible cerca de ti :PDeger Cengiz supongo que se salva, porque un plagio de un plagio no es un plagio!alt: homer simpson's chair soon available for purchase

Who Tall Are You??

2009-03-08T21:07:00.005+01:00

via grn8"Another clever, tongue-in-cheek design from London studio Suck UK."One problem though: they tell us that this item can't be sold because - get this - Tom Cruise didn't give his permission. Seems that, to avoid legal problems, Suck UK sought out permission from anyone mentioned on the Mirror, and only Tom Cruise refused."Get over it little man."

Ready for the Floor

2009-02-07T13:35:00.003+01:00

Can't get enough of this songa. Keep hearing it all day. When I get to the end I hit replay and I hear it again. And again, and again.I keep picturing parties and friends and people laughing hitting it off like it's the first day of october.Why the first of october you say? Who cares? I say. Listen to it.Discover Hot Chip!

Why Bob Marley Should Not Have Acted As His Own Attorney

2009-01-09T16:23:00.000+01:00

This is hilarious...

yatta!

2008-10-30T11:43:00.001+01:00

Zombie Disco Squad!

2008-10-28T11:08:00.005+01:00

Can't stop listening to the house mix tape from zds. literally. I highly recommend the "i wish i was black and gay in 1985" as well. Those are the ones i enjoy most for the moment, but have a look-see for yourself right here:http://www.zombiediscosquad.com/mixtapes.htmhttp://www.myspace.com/zombiediscosquad

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2008-06-24T12:15:00.001+01:00

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MUTO a wall-painted animation

2008-06-24T10:09:00.001+01:00

Blu is the Italian artist who has created MUTO, a wall-painted stop-motion animation that seems perversely psychedelic and painstakingly methodical.It was filmed in the streets of Buenos Aires and Baden mixed with music by Andrea Martignoni. Enjoy! MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.blublu.orgblublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm

Office Orchestra

2008-06-07T19:42:00.002+01:00

Wow! This is absolutely amazing! They are able to produce music from ordinary office equipment (...in the 60s?). Big Ideas (Don't get any) from 1030 on Vimeo.

What's wrong with what we eat

2008-06-05T12:45:00.003+01:00

This could well be the most interesting and informative 20 minutes of your day.from www.ted.comIn this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet at risk.see Mark Bittman's bio on ted

Re-enactements

2008-06-01T20:52:00.000+01:00

not bad at all!

What does this mean?

2008-05-26T17:16:00.005+01:00

I was reading this article which compares the nutritional value of different drinks, when I read this quote (with no apparent references):Australian researchers found that mixing liquor with diet drinks can intensify the alcoholic effect by 50%Is this true? I immediately started searching for said study, but haven't yet found it. Is anybody else bugged by the lack of references on Men's Health

Computer-Generated Music

2008-05-24T13:55:00.002+01:00

(from radiolab)Musical DNAWhich came first: Language or Music? We're still not sure, but now we'll ponder what comes next. Producer Jonathan Mitchell brings us a piece about David Cope, the composer and professor at UC Santa Cruz, who cured his artist’s block by writing a computer program to do the dirty work for him. His program, named EMI (Experiments in Musical Intelligence), deconstructs the

Rube Goldberg Machines

2008-05-23T17:01:00.002+01:00

Something fun for a Friday afternoon...A Rube Goldberg machine is an incredibly overengineered apparatus that performs a very simple task in very indirect and convoluted fashion.

Cup Of Brown Joy - Elemental

2008-05-11T01:29:00.000+01:00

Bloody brilliant!

Le mot du jour

2008-04-30T16:01:00.005+01:00

comment se cultiver avec des mots impossibles à placer dans une conversation normaleLe mot du jour - One "weird" French word per day. Although it is not currently being updated, you will find archives dating back to 2003, and thus an extensive list of cool words to amuse friends and family.Search and enjoy

Glowing cats - where is the line drawn?

2008-04-26T13:26:00.005+01:00

Korea is making glow in the dark cats! Should we be excited, scared or both? Is genetic manipulation going too far?Modifying E. coli to smell like mint or bananas seems harmless, even useful. The economist claims that increasing field yields through genetic manipulation is the key to ending the food crisis.Yet, where is the line? IS there a line? Will we be soon making birds that can sing for

Is this true?

2008-04-26T11:53:00.002+01:00

Is psystar a real company? Are they really manufacturing "open" computers? (as in, computers that can run linux, windows AND Mac OS).For the moment it isn't exactly clear, some hints point towards a scam/hoax, and well, if it's real this might be big (a "mac" for $400?).We'll just have to wait and see...http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Psystars_OpenMac_Now_Is_OpenComputer_16448.htmlhttp://

We are eating too much

2008-04-26T10:35:00.006+01:00

Four powerful countermoves against the forces of fat1. Downsize your dishes: modern standard dishes have grown in size. Get smaller dishes or eat your main course in dessert-size dishes. It will make your plate seem fuller with smaller quantities and psychologically you will feel better eating a full small-dish than off a half-full humongous plate. In general, we're eating way too much.2. Be

We heart it

2008-04-21T16:27:00.004+01:00

We heart it is a image + video bookmarking site à la ffffound, but which actually feeds on ffffound (and flickr, and basically any site), and is extended to also bookmark videos (from youtube and vimeo).Another cool difference with ffffound is that registration is open and you can start hearting right away.Share your visual inspirations.

Creativity is blocked (and encouraged!) by habits

2008-04-21T10:04:00.008+01:00

Becoming more creative is not easy. Habits must be broken, perspectives changed, and thought patterns revised. Here are some reasons why it is difficult for most of us to be creative at all times:The Known Vs. The NewPeople usually base their decisions on the best, most complete, and most accurate information or experience available. But the newer and more unique the solution required, the harder

ffffound it!

2008-04-17T21:36:00.004+01:00

I found it sometime ago and it's one of those sites you can keep coming back to find new (cool) stuff (well images).FFFFOUND! is a web service that not only allows the users to post and share their favorite images found on the web, but also dynamically recommends each user's tastes and interests for an inspirational image-bookmarking experience!!Membership is still closed to the public (it's

Do rats laugh?

2008-04-16T18:02:00.002+01:00

It seems humans are not the only animals capable of laughing. Check out this video and if you're curious, listen to this podcast from Radio Lab for a full 40 minutes on the nature of laughter.

Moby gratis

2008-04-16T12:58:00.004+01:00

Edit your videos, add music, and don't worry about getting sued. Moby has set up this site, where he just gives away music for independent film makers to use in their films.It's an awesome marketing scheme on his part. He gets exposure in all kinds of films that would have otherwise used other music to score their films, and this indirectly promotes his commercial music.A win-win situation for

Deviated sexual practices in the U.S. call for stricter laws

2008-04-15T22:19:00.002+01:00

Live From Congress: The Skull Fucking Bill Of 2007

The Personal MBA

2008-03-30T03:42:00.002+01:00

Business schools don’t have a monopoly on worldly wisdom. If you're serious about learning advanced business principles, the Personal MBA can help. The Personal MBA recommended reading list is the tangible result of hundreds of hours of reading and research, and features only the very best books the business press has to offer. So skip the fancy diploma and $150,000 loan - you can get a

Remember the Milk

2008-03-28T16:36:00.002+01:00

A very useful and versatile web application that aims to be your primary tool for task managing.It's easy to add and update your tasks, enter details, share them, postpone them and toss them in the done cabinet. These are all things that any task manager can do, but this one in particular is interesting because it seamlessly integrates with other applications/technologies.For example, you can

Get in shape!

2008-03-28T15:16:00.007+01:00

I always read health and nutrition sites with copious amounts of skepticism. Primarily because most sites are trying to sell you something, are a scam in one way or another, or are just plain useless (as far as the information itself goes).But recently I came across bellyoff.menshealth.com,joined the community and started doing the exercises.What I like best is that you can do most of the

Li Ka-shing

2008-03-28T11:50:00.005+01:00

[from wikipedia]Li Ka-shing was born in Chaozhou in the Guangdong Province, China in 1928. In 1940 the Li family fled to Hong Kong to avoid the turmoils in China.[5] Li's family stayed at the home of his wealthy uncle. The arrogance of Li's uncle with his immense wealth ignited Li's determination to make a place for himself in the world.Li's father died in Hong Kong. Shouldering the

Pitch Black

2008-03-26T23:19:00.007+01:00

Rude Animals, their latest album, is "impossibly hypnotic".Hard to box into a single audio ’genre’, Pitch Black is a combination of musical journeys, created by Paddy Free and Michael Hodgson. Their sound is distinctive; ranging from organic ambient beginnings and layered soundscapes to skanking keyboards, cutting acid riffs and thumping rhythmic grooves, with dub being the glue that holds their

Judgement Day

2007-08-04T15:57:00.001+01:00

Wild speculations, crazy conclusions. From Crackle: Puppy Love

Mr. Deity

2007-08-01T20:03:00.001+01:00

Pure Genius From Crackle: Mr. Deity and the Really Big Favor - Episode 2

Song of the day - Hawaii

2007-06-02T19:13:00.000+01:00

Ohta-SanSuch feeling coming from such a small instrument; simply amazing.

Song of the Day - Backwater

2007-03-18T18:32:00.000+01:00

The Meat Puppets

Song of the Day? - I Really Wanted You

2007-02-21T23:31:00.000+01:00

Pansy DivisionMaybe you like them, maybe you don't. I'm putting this one up just 'cause the video is a Billie Joe/Mike Dirnt slide show. Dedicated to my sister Fabs!Keep rocking, weirdo...

Blogging Comma

2007-02-19T13:58:00.000+01:00

I've recently woken up from a blogging comma which i have suffered (at least) for the past month. I've never been in a real comma, but if it's anything like the movies you can hear people around you, recognize their voices and possibly think.Just like that, I've been reading other people's blogs, I've recognized where the news are happening, and thought about what's going on. I just haven't been

Programmer's Progress

2007-01-21T23:42:00.000+01:00

CheersUPDATE 21.01.2007: What does it say?High School Student10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"20 ENDFirst Year Undergraduateprogram Hello(input, output)beginwriteln('Hello World')end.Final Year Undergraduate(defun hello(print(cons 'Hello (list 'World))))New professional#include void main(void){char *message[] = {"Hello ", "World"}; int i;for(i = 0; i < 2; ++i)printf("%s", message[i]);printf("\n");}Seasoned

So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf

2007-01-19T17:09:00.000+01:00

panjandrum \pan-JAN-druhm\, noun:An important personage or pretentious official.Panjandrum was coined by Samuel Foote (1720-1777) in a piece of nonsense writing: So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. "What! No soap?" So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber

Song of the Day - Police and Thieves

2007-01-18T13:13:00.000+01:00

Junior MurvinThis song was apparently an international hit during the summer of 1976. I didn't know that, I just found the song to be pretty cool. Found a sing-a-long version on YouTube.Take it easy, but take it ;-)

Conterfeit Goods

2007-01-07T12:56:00.000+01:00

I took this picture on christmas day in NYC. You can see the Lois Vuitton store closed (like the rest of them on christmas day), and a street seller with counterfeit Louis Vuitton handbags attracting passersby.It's funny how people can pay maybe $60-120 for these bags when, quite frankly some look like they could come with a mickey mouse logo instead. I mean, those bags probably take $5 to

Oil Cooled PC

2007-01-07T00:28:00.000+01:00

If you're a tech enthusiast and you got your recommended daily dose of tech news about a year ago, then you're probably aware of Tom's Hardware Oil Cooled PC.Markus Leonhardt had actually tried it before (pictures of the oil computer), but Tom's Hardware took it further. I'd like to try it when I have the time, but I'd use baby oil to keep it clear.Anyway, here's Tom Hardware's video of the Oil

Song of the Day - Black Hole Sun

2007-01-05T00:01:00.001+01:00

SoundgardenDefinitely a great song (way up on Soundgarden's Top 10) accompanied by an excellent video. A must watch!Svaj

Song of the Day - It's The End Of The World As We Know It

2006-12-31T22:40:00.000+01:00

R.E.MWell ok, maybe it's just the end of the year, but a whole bunch of things have been hitting the fan lately. Hussein was made a saint, Bush choked on another cookie and Gorbachev celebrated 16 years with a Nobel Peace Prize. Castro is about to die, Google bought its first party plane and Americans keep getting fatter.No offense intended, it's just the word on the street.Love to stay and have

Song of the Day - Man of The World

2006-12-28T18:56:00.000+01:00

Fleetwood MacOk, I'm just gonna stop saying "this is a great song" and stuff like that every time I post a Song of the Day, because, well, if it's here it IS great.This is Fleetwood Mac at its best, the Beat Club performance in 1969.The dude.

Song of the Day - Sonne

2006-12-22T00:42:00.000+01:00

RammsteinAmazing song, I just HAD to make it song of the day. Watch this very powerful live performance from England.Cheers

Song of the Day - Beds are Burning

2006-12-21T00:01:00.000+01:00

Midnight OilsI didn't know them either, but this group was apparently very popular in the Australian underground hacking scene in the 1980s, as I found out in this book (Underground by Suelette Dreyfus - get it free here).There's an interesting story about one of the first computer worms released in the wild, which paid homage to the Midnight Oils by sending annoying messages with the text 'Oilz'

Song of the Day - Wild World

2006-12-20T00:01:00.000+01:00

Cat StevensOutstanding live performance of this now classical tune (from Tea For The Tillerman).Stevens wrote this [song] about searching for peace and happiness in a crazy world. Much of it was a message to Patti D'Arbanville, an actress he had been dating.This was one of the songs that convinced Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, to release a boxed set of his songs in 2001. He stopped making

Song of the Day - Seether

2006-12-19T00:01:00.000+01:00

Veruca SaltI met them through the Australian Music show and thought they were underground Aussies, but apparently they're from Chicago and pretty much mainstream.No difference, it's still cool to listen to a nice rock group with hot girls as lead-singer and guitarist. Seether was their first single from American Thighs (1994). Enjoy.Svaj

Song of the Day - Wild Horses (cover)

2006-12-18T00:01:00.000+01:00

BushYou've probably already heard this mellow song by the Rolling Stones. I'd put up their version, but I love covers so here's one by Bush that's actually pretty good too.Svaj

Song of the Day - Ja Sei Namorar

2006-12-17T01:19:00.000+01:00

TribalistasArnaldo Antunes and Carlinhos Brown have joined Marisa Monte to form a secret trio that will take over the world. Well, maybe not the whole world, but their melody will stay in your head for a while, so click at your own risk.Svaj

Song of the Day - Somewhere Over The Rainbow

2006-12-16T00:01:00.001+01:00

Israel Kamakawiwo'oleOr Iz as he was later called, grew up to be a 1.88m 340kg Hawaiian singer, and like Poppa Chubby managed to outgrow his body physique into a persona that was larger than himself (and that is no easy task!).Permanently attached to his ukulele, he has blessed us with this magical rendition of Somewhere Over The Rainbow.Unfortunately he died prematurely (aged 38) due to

Song of the Day - So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright

2006-12-15T00:01:00.000+01:00

Simon and GarfunkelToday's Song of the Day is the tribute song to Frank Lloyd Wright by Simon and Garfunkel (1970, Bridge Over Troubled Waters).Interesring facts:Art Garfunkel dared Paul Simon to write a song about Frank Lloyd Wright. This song was the answer to that dare.This song can also be interpreted as a good-bye from Paul to Art since "Bridge" was their last album together. The phrase "I

Song of the Day - Nah Neh Nah

2006-12-14T00:01:00.000+01:00

Vaya con DiosThis is probably one of the better known songs from this Belgian group who sings in English and has a Spanish name. It's in the album Night Owls, and without further ado, here's today's Song of the Day.Svaj

Song of the Day - Never Let Me Down Again

2006-12-13T00:05:00.000+01:00

The Smashing Pumpkins (cover)Originally by Depeche Mode, this song rates as one of their masterpieces. But, sorry Depeche Mode fans, The Smashing Pumpkins have done it better!Don't believe me? Hear for yourself:Smashing Pumpkins version (just listen to the music, the video was made by some cracknutte)Depeche Mode version:Have a gay day!Svaj

Song of the Day - One more cup of coffee

2006-12-12T13:10:00.000+01:00

I've decided to put up a "Song of the Day" section to set the mood and keep the posts coming when I haven't finished writing other posts/have nothing to write about (yikes, there, I said it).So, by nature, these posts will be much shorter than my other posts so they'll be faster to read/write, and maybe (just maybe) allow you to discover a precious gem you may not have otherwise known.Well,

Ethics is what we do when nobody is looking

2006-12-06T14:46:00.000+01:00

But somebody is always looking. Specially on the internet.Your sister may have decided you shouldn't do something on the internet. Or maybe your company filters everything and doesn't let you post to your blog, or thinks you shouldn't have access to certain pages. Or maybe even your country has decided to stop you from doing such things. Anonymity is hard to get these days.Happily, there are

Popa Chubby

2006-12-05T00:47:00.001+01:00

He's fat, bald, ugly, and likes to insult people with a wave of his hand. But he's sold his soul to the devil and now plays the blues from New York.If you watch him live, you'll become addicted to his energy; if this guy doesn't pause for a minute, he's gonna have a heart attack soon. He's put out 6 albums in the last 6 years, with no decline whatsoever quality wise.In "Stealing the Devil's

Theory of Zuma

2006-11-30T08:32:00.000+01:00

If you've been to the Temple of Zukulkan, Quetzal Quatl and Popo Poyolli on the same day without leaving your computer, then you've probably been playing Zuma.I'm sure you already know this addictive game (pick up a copy or play it online at popcap games). As with any other puzzle-like challenge, when colors unite they explode! So your goal is to make the long chain of balls disappear - by

How much is this blog worth?

2006-11-27T01:09:00.000+01:00

I found this tool by Dane Carlson (Business Opportunities Weblog) which computes the "value" of your site."Inspired by Tristan Louis's research into the value of each link to Weblogs Inc, I've created this little applet using Technorati's API which computes and displays your blog's worth using the same link to dollar ratio as the AOL-Weblogs Inc deal."Now my blog is officially worthless!My blog

A Look On Google Part 4 of 4

2006-11-24T13:10:00.000+01:00

Future Directions – Don’t be Evil?Google is continually making technological progress and giving it out for free in exchange of information. After all, information is what makes AdWords work efficiently, and this means money for Google.Yet what is at stake is increasingly more important. As new information enters, more is exposed to the outside world. Google vowed (from the day of its creation)

A Look On Google Part 3 of 4

2006-11-23T13:12:00.000+01:00

Economic Success – A Googol of RevenuesGoogle started out as a search engine, with no visible way of making money. In fact, it was not after a couple of years as leader in the search industry that theydecided they needed a way of making money (without harming their interface’s simple style).The internet’s traditional way of making money online (if you have a webpage) is through banners. But

A Look On Google Part 2 of 4

2006-11-22T23:59:00.000+01:00

Philosophy – To Organize the World’s InformationThe technological difference between Google and the other search engines was the PageRank algorithm, developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. With it, they were able to extract order out of the apparent chaos that reigns on the internet. It is often regarded as a perfect example of an abstract mathematical application to a practical, everyday,

A Look On Google Part 1 of 4

2006-11-22T23:49:00.000+01:00

The Importance of Search Engines - Historic ReviewOne might say that the key difference between the online and the real world is that online it is much easier to find things. Whereas in the real world, you might have to look for an almanac, check the index, look for the page and find the information you are looking for – say, Japan’s population –, online you just need to type in a simple query (“

How to handle rejections

2006-11-22T22:40:00.001+01:00

So you applied for a position somewhere and you didn't get chosen? Not to worry, you're just a couple of lines away from reading the perfect follow-up letter in such a case.I found this sample letter a couple of years ago on the Riley Guide, but there was no information on the original writer of this precious gem, so no credit can ultimately be given to the mastermind (names have been altered for

Turn your PC into a Mac

2006-11-22T14:53:00.000+01:00

We all know Mac is cool and Windows is dumb. This is no news. Common sense would tell us to buy a Mac the next time we need/want to change computers. They're more stable (it's based on Unix), they're virus-free, very user friendly and - let's face it - they're beautiful!On the other hand, there are also very sound reasons not go that way, most importantly:1. We may simply not need a new computer

Svaj Malizo finally gets a Blog!

2006-11-06T17:14:00.000+01:00

That's right, this young dude is taking time off his busy schedule to keep you posted on the interesting stuff that surrounds him.I'll try to make this blog ad-supported so, if you like what you read, leave a comment or click on an ad - or better yet, DO BOTH!Anyway, that's all for the moment, peace bothers.Svaj Malizo