I would like to take this opportunity to apologise unreservedly to Twitter. Like many of my colleagues, I unfairly characterised it as a vacuous expression of our narcissistic age. In fact, it turns out to be the most effective tool for advancing freedom and democracy since the invention of the internet.
Perhaps over-egging it slightly, but you get the picture.
iPhone instrument orchestra
Created by technicalfault 1 day ago in Pop Music
The iPhone, iPod Touch and similar devices offer downloadable applications. Some of these enable users to play synthesized musical instruments such as an Ocarina, a bass guitar, an acoustic guitar and various types of percussion.
Participants will gather, with an instrument they can play downloaded and agree some simple tunes that everyone can play. In the style of a marching band or perhaps just organised chaos, the iPhone instrument orchestra can then perform, providing a unique perspective on Manchester’s digital and music scene. (!)
iPhone lover? Vote for my idea!
Anyone exhibiting symptoms is being referred to an isolation room where they can be evaluated by a public health official before proceeding to their destruction.
High-speed photographs by Alan Sailer capture the moment a pellet fired from an air rifle hits an object
In perhaps his most incredible photo, Alan fires a pellet at a razor blade gripped in a vice. The pellet is cut clean in half by the blade
Exceptionally brilliant!
Immigration is not the problem. It is part of the solution.
Trevors Phillips’ speech at an event yesterday discussing the impact of the recession on migration, amongst other things.
Gosh – this is incredible! It’s a bit like those CGI scenes of spaceships taking off from Earth – but it’s real!
