Mahna Mahna

2007-01-28

“The question is, what is a Mahna Mahna?”
“The question is, who cares?”

The Mahna Mahna song (Piero Umiliani, 1968).

Performed by Mahna Mahna and the Snowths, (The Ed Sullivan Show, 1969). From Google Video.

See also:

song history on Wikipedia,
lyrics on poppyfields.net,
audio (mp3) on latke.net,
video (mpeg) on mahnahmahna.net.

Categories : music, video

DailyLit

2007-01-27

“We created DailyLit because we spent hours each day on email but could not find the time to read a book.
Now the books come to us by email. Problem solved.

This works incredibly well not just on your computer but also on whatever the PDA of your choice.”.

DailyLit. “Too busy for books? Read them by email.”.

Categories : books

Head On

2007-01-14
Head On

“This incredibly annoying commercial is evidence that the end of the world as we know it is near”

Head on. The most annoying commercial in history and his spoofs.

Requires Flash Player

Categories : phenomena

Handbuilt by robots

2007-01-04
Fiat Strada
English
“Hello, the engine is on fire”

Italian
“Ciao, il motore è in fiamme”

“In August 2001, a worn out Fiat Strada began a journey from Stroud to Turin where it was handbuilt (by robots) 25 years ago…”.
(from fiatstrada.co.uk)

Above: Fiat Strada (1978), blueprint detail, from fiatstrada.co.uk.

Categories : online culture

The Perils of Obedience

2007-01-02

“Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process.

Moreover, even when the destructive effects of their work become patently clear, and they are asked to carry out actions incompatible with fundamental standards of morality, relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority.”.

The Perils of Obedience, from Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram (1974).

Categories : psychology

Grimm

2007-01-01
“The tale of a man locked in a modern-day fairytale where not every prince ends up getting the girl.”.

Grimm (2005), a short by Demis Lyall-Wilson.

Grimm
Categories : movies