Monthly Archives: October 2009

Fixed: global fixed-gear bike culture

FIXED is the first book to document global fixed-gear culture. It joins the dots between the bike’s design, its racing heritage and the customization that marks its appearance on our city streets. It meets the track stars, tricksters, messengers, hill bombers and polo players the world over, linking them to the artists, designers and framebuilders [...]
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morvelo

there are quite a lot of companies springing up to cater for the new cool side of cycling, but these guys have been around for years (no diss). they race track, road, cx, mtb, even hill-climbs and they’re doing some really cool tees and some very desirable cycling kit too. is lycra getting cool now!? [...]
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Cervelo Test Team TDF

the bartape.net has uploaded a new ‘beyond the peloton’ video of Cervelo Test Team at the Tour De France. As per the last ones, it’s beautifully made. Enjoy!
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Rory Sutherland – Confessions of an Ad Man

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Great insights, anecdotes and suggestions from the world of advertising on how to solve some of the world’s problems. Anyone want to know what my job is? I’m the guy who’s supposed to come up with insight genius like the Eurostar story, or [...]
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British Pathe

this so very nearly made me late for work this morning. so much good footage. on recommendation, i searched ‘herne hill’ to see some old motor-paced, tandem and ordinary bike racing. British Pathe
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Information is Beautiful

Hierarchy of digital distractions? How to get replies in online dating? Fatality rates of diseases? Information is Beautiful has them all.
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Dustin Humphrey

Dustin article on photoshelter
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R&D

will appear in the blogroll when i get it working again. but a constant flow of inspring images. Research and Development on tumblr Follow R&D on Twitter.
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Magic Realism

Magic Realism “Magic realism, or magical realism, is an artistic genre in which magical elements or illogical scenarios appear in an otherwise realistic or even “normal” setting. It has been widely used in relation to literature, art, and film.” It’s also a project curated by Yes Studio. It’s brilliant. I think they should add Chuck [...]
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Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School

Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School is opening its doors for the first time (?) so you can learn the finer aspects of film making. It’s not only unconventional, but far more exciting than any other sort of film school I can imagine. The Rogue Film School will not teach anything technical related to film-making. For [...]
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