Links: April 2004

  • Future vision 28 April 2004, 11:13

    After reading Snow Crash I longed for the time when I could jack into a computer with automatic retina tracking and laser-optic projection. Now it's here! Hover cars around the corner ...

  • Carl de Keyzer 26 April 2004, 15:04

    One of the rare times when I've sat through the a Flash introduction in its entirety ... then rewound. Beautiful photography (Note: Flash)

  • Pixelpalooza 2004 26 April 2004, 13:40

    I want to get a Mac just so I can use Yenz's Moccu icons.

  • Neal Stephenson 23 April 2004, 15:56

    An interview with my new favourite author – a man who can effortlessly switch between the technological and the baroque.

  • Saddam's interrogation logs 23 April 2004, 12:23

    Judging from these logs, it'll be a while before the Feds get anything useful out of SH.

  • Destroy stars 22 April 2004, 14:01

    Ebay auctions the stuff you dreamed of when you were a kid, running around with a broom for a light saber.

  • Ping-O-Matic 21 April 2004, 13:55

    A God send if you run a weblog and like to ping stuff. Lots of stuff.

  • Bitkraft 21 April 2004, 16:10

    The wonderfully old-fashioned portfolio site for Philip Glofcheskie. Dancing Devil! (Note: Flash)

  • Michel Gondry 20 April 2004, 13:25

    Interesting descriptions and commentaries on video clips made by one of the greatest (and most prolific) music video directors.

  • Mosley meets Wilcox 15 April 2004, 14:52

    Some great product design, including a melted army man bowl! (Note: Flash)

  • Level vodka 12 April 2004, 16:48

    Sure, it opens full-screen, navigation isn't easily accessible, and it's all about getting you to drink their product, but the site's pretty damn cool. (Note: Flash)

  • Freebord 12 April 2004, 14:34

    Snowboarding for asphalt. Hit a pothole and you're screwed, though. (Note: Flash)

  • Subservient chicken 12 April 2004, 13:00

    "lay an egg", "flap", "moonwalk", "scratch balls" ... it's like playing King's Quest 1 with a real live chicken man.

  • That bike 05 April 2004, 00:51

    Anyone who's watched Akira has fantasised about the motorbike. Now it exists.

  • Paris by night 03 April 2004, 16:11

    A rather spectcaular nighttime panorama of Paris. (Note: 1.8MB)

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