Fairly Interesting

2010

December

November

October

September

August

July

June

May

April

March 62

February 72

January 124

2009

December 135

November 59

October 100

September 73

August 107

July 76

June 116

May 102

April 81

March 106

February 93

January 105

2008

December 87

November 83

October 127

September 80

August 62

July 48

June 38

May 40

April 8

March

February

January

“7 new things we know about Apple iPad as it goes on...

“The Sandpit” by Sam O’Hare. A day in the life of New York City, in miniature....

Click to see the full set: My Way - Abstract City Blog by...

Letter from Philip K. Dick to Jeff Walker, who was behind...

Oh nice: the previous item, regarding the view options in...

“In the iPhone OS, the concept of the file is essentially...”
— Rob Foster on the iPad. (Via...

Above: Microsoft Windows 1.01 in all its splendour. Click...

jessie-estella: 4-d: Apple Newton “Cadillac” Prototype. ...

You don’t want to know about Chatroulette.com

“I feel for Google – Steve Jobs threatened to sue me, too. In...”
— Sun’s ex-CEO Jonathan...

Crazy new 50m statue dominates the capital of Senegal.

“Apple currently holds the fifth-largest market...”
— AAPL market cap hits $200...

Foxy! (Via jessie-estella.)

The new trailer for Tron Legacy can be found here.

A new way to crack RSA by deliberately fiddling with the...

Recession: the United States is winning fewer Oscars each...

Watch “Logorama”, the Oscar-winning animated...

“The next morning, as Mark Thompson announced his plan to...”
— David Mitchell on the BBC.

If you’ve ever wondered what the underside of Boeing 747 looks like, this is the video for...

Lush: screen grab from Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The game...

Should we call it “Legs”? The first iPad TV...

Five and a half minute long single shot Johnnie Walker ad starring Robert Carlyle.

“Nobody fucks with the Jesus”: John Turturro talking about his role in The Big Lebowski.

OK, as a special Sunday treat here’s another crazy game: Angry Birds on the iPhone.

Joe Danger: well this looks suitably nuts. (Best watched in HD, btw.)

Soundville: a Sony “advertisement” by Juan Cabral set in Iceland. (From a Gizmodo...

So a total bullshit iPhone “radiation measuring”...

Scenes from the funeral of Internet Explorer 6.

Apple historical product porn.

“I would not hesitate to recommend a Nexus One to a...”
— Jason Snell of Macworld with a...

OK, so there’s another Microsoft Courier tablet concept video mock up doing the rounds....

Good lord, who are these people? (Via chrisbowler.)

James Cameron’s TED talk, February 2010.

BBC sprinkles “open source” throughout blog...

Apple announces iPad availability dates

“We’re losing the throwaway paperback. The airport paperback....”
— A smart (and...

Twitter passes 10 billion tweets

Cool set of faux Mac ads from Valve.

It’s not just Apple: we’re currently witnessing...

“When he’s not not doing his emails, Sinclair...”
— Guardian interview with Sir...

Here’s what happens when you explode a...

“A few weeks ago I read what I believe is the most important...”
— George Monbiot, writing about...

Look it’s one of those thingy wotsit machine things…

Portal trailer: comes amidst rumours that Valve Software is bringing its Steam online distribution...

New York airport jets ‘directed by child’

The BBC talks to Dr Eyjolfur Gudmundsson, the econonmist for...

“What better way to demonstrate the depth of public affection...”
— “The BBC is caving in to...

Jeremy Paxman vs Mark Thompson. Worth watching through to...

jessie-estella: yearslater: “Dear Typography,” a Giclee...

Doonesbury: “A Banker’s Progress.”

“If they close 6 Music, instead of acts like Seasick Steve...”
— Lily Allen outlines the...

“Because of the unique way we’re...

“Please make a sign, even an el-cheapo sign, to identify...”
— Patent nonsense? Richard...

How to make the perfect martini. The shaking at the end has shades of Stephen Fry.

“Microsoft told Windows XP users today not to press the F1...”
— Better still, don’t...

The apocalyPS3 has passed: “Some older PS3 consoles...

Shawn Blanc’s overview of RSS feed reading apps for...