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Archive for February, 2009

U2 rooftop gig at the BBC

Posted in event, music, tagged , , , , , on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

U2 performed a few songs from the roof of the BBC’s Broadcasting House in London last night. Early activity on blogs, message boards and twitter ensured that there were some diehards finding the best vantage points for this “secret” gig from quite early in the afternoon. As it approached 6.45 the police closed off Portland [...]

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early morning stroll in Berlin

Posted in gaming, virtual worlds, tagged on February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

early morning stroll in Berlin, originally uploaded by fatcontroller. probably should have worn more than short sleeves (it was -2c) This is twinity, a 3d virtual world based on real world data – the first city is Berlin, others to follow. Lots of elements similar to other virtual spaces but pretty cool to walk round [...]

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samsung connected TV

Posted in consumer electronics, tv, tagged on February 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

samsung connected TV remote, originally uploaded by fatcontroller. interesting to see a TV remote with an “internet” button on it. still early days, as can be seen by the strange way some of the content is organised. Yahoo have stolen the early march into this space with their widgets. there are a few more pictures [...]

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BBC – Radio 2 – Elbow with the BBC Concert Orchestra

Posted in music, radio, video, tagged , , on February 1, 2009 | 11 Comments »

The rights on the video have expired now,  but it was great stuff, even if you’re not mad on elbow. you can get cd & dvd of the performance from the elbow site. UPDATE – the original online retailer is now out of business. New retail partner is HMV – details here more live music [...]

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